Best Camcorders - Built-In Memory Memory Card Type, 0.525 to 1.15 lb. Weight, CMOS Image Sensor Type, High Definition Recording Format, true Digital Still Shot Mode
'You press and hold the center button to select the dial's operation: manual focus, exposure compensation, aperture or shutter, mic level and automatic gain control limit--which caps the signal boosting in low light to minimize visual noise. '
'The new touchscreen system is intuitive and good for beginners, but we did find it a bit frustrating for navigating the camcorder's long menu system.'
'the display is clear and viewable even in quite bright conditions.'
'Ultimately it's slow to scroll through menus and all-too easy to 'select' items when you mean to sweep them.
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'The HDR-CX160 features several automated modes for better recording, including Optical SteadyShot for more stable videos, Tracking Focus to keep focus on a moving object, and Wind Noise Reduction. '
'colours are warm and well saturated – reds particularly eye popping and skin tones bright and healthy looking – with detail and sound impressively clear when viewed back on a flat panel telly.'
'Cons: Short battery life, unable to recognize edited projects using its own video. '
'solid video quality'
'A Genuine Canon 20x HD Video Lens and Dynamic IS works in combination with our sophisticated Canon HD image processing to deliver the sharp, vivid, lifelike video you want to see on your HDTV. '
'Bright light video recording produces crisp and detailed videos but may also exhibit some noise and grain in the images.'
'Its average color performance in bright light conditions gives it good video quality but may not be enough to provide stunning and life-like images. '
'in mind though that video isn't quite ready for geotagging; unlike photos, there's no metadata standard for storing the information with the file.'
'Good video quality'
'Its battery life is also decent; the Sony Handycam HDR-XR200V's rechargeable battery lasted nearly 2 hours on a single charge (111 minutes in our test), which netted a battery life score of Good.'
'It is best suited to casual users who want something reliable and cheap that’s still impressive enough to screen on an HDTV.'
'large, bright LCD screen'
'Solid array of features. '
'Digital camcorders that record MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 to memory cards may be picky about the cards you use since those encoding schemes require the ability to write to the card more quickly than most standard cards can handle.'
