Best Camcorders - Multimedia Card (MMC) Memory Card Type, true MPEG Movie Mode, CCD Image Sensor Type, 700 to 3500 x Digital Zoom

'severely dark picture and overwhelming noise'

'Samsung SC-D365 Video PerformanceThe Samsung SC-D365 has a 1/6” CCD with 680k gross pixels.'

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'The automatic controls on the SC-DC164 were poor, either jarring in their adjustments, or as in the case of focus sometimes unable to make a proper adjustment at all.'

'Every other major manufacturer ??? Sony, Canon, and Panasonic ??? offer DVD camcorders that are significantly better in some, if not all, regards.'

'the still lens is very noisy when zooming'

'Low-light test results ranked the SC-D6040 near the bottom of the group, as the image was too dark and extremely grainy.'

'Samsung camcorders are notoriously bad with noise, and the SCD6040 is no exception.'

'the manual white balance is very picky in how long you hold down the button for.'