Best Camcorders - 1 to 3 MegaPixels Memory Still Resolution, 1 to * CCD Quantity, 200 to 700 x Digital Zoom, 2 to 3 in. LCD Panel Size, 5 to 7 in. Depth

'sub-HD resolution sensor'

'equally awkward touch screen'

'gigantic battery'

'Unbelievably poor battery placement'

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'performance, and image quality didn't live up to its high price tag.'

'lack of a viewfinder'

'high price'

'chunky rectangular zoom slider'

'When activated, the camcorder continuously records three seconds of video by putting it into a cache, so you'll never miss that all-important goal or collapsing wedding cake.'

'exceedingly shallow LCD cavity'

'No video editing app supports its capture format.'

'Noisy compression'

'The manual focus is unusable, for example, as it provides no distance feedback.'

'the battery, which juts out of the back end like a prodigious grey brick.'

'With its 680g weight, this massive brick of a camcorder has more in common with the analogue models of yore than those fiddly fag packet-sized digital cams you currently find dominating the market.'

'It's a shame that the recording format is so poor, because the DX1 is otherwise a primo bit of kit, packing triple 0.5-megapixel sensors, Dolby 5.1 audio, and a lovely Leica lens.'

'frustrating interface'

'Grainy footage in low light.'

'Good camera shoots pretty well I use this for mostly indoor 'home' movies, its ZOOM funcition isnt the best as it doesnt autofocus on things when you get real close with the zoom.'