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Samsung VP-D381 Mini DV Camcorder Review

Samsung was founded in the year 1938 with a mission statement that responds both to its own change and to the economic development of the nation. The company has surpassed the escalating competition from established rivals with its dedication to provide innovative products.

Samsung VP-D381 Mini DV Camcorder is equipped with 34x optical zoom and 1200x digital zoom and it records on MiniDV tape format. Recording on a Mini DV ensures high quality sound and picture. Everything is recorded in a miniature cassette. Thus, the size of the camera is small. It comes with 2.7” widescreen LCD for playback and weighs 340 g with dimensions of (W) 65 x (H) 95 x (L) 112mm. The camcorder is equipped with Digital Image Stabiliser, which eliminates the effects of shakes and produces extremely sharp pictures.
 
You can add verbal description to a recorded footage with the voice plus dubbing system of this Samsung VP D381 MiniDV Digital Camcorder. It also includes an audio enhancement feature that reduces unwanted sound. Auto focus and manual focus, both are available on this camcorder. The other features include back light compensation, display brightness control, 800k pixel CCD, built-in microphone, AV composite out, 10-step power level indicator on screen and Li-ion rechargeable battery.

The minimum operating temperature of the Samsung VP D381 MiniDV Camcorder is 0°C and the maximum is 40°C. The maximum shutter speed is 1/10000 sec and the minimum speed is 1/50 sec.

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Panasonic HS9EB-S HD Hard Disk/SD Camcorder Review

Panasonic is a world leader in the field of consumer and business related electronics products. It is committed to provide innovative products to meet the ever growing market demands. The company proudly launched its full-HD 1920 x 1080p camcorder - Panasonic HS9EB-S.

Panasonic HS9EB-S High Definition Hard Disk/SD Camcorder is a compact yet powerful camcorder which records video directly to the hard disc or SD memory cards in 1080p high definition. With High definition (2,070,000 pixels), you can get exceptional image details. The Digital Cinema Colour provides natural and true-to-life colours, comparable to the colour range used in Hollywood digital filmmaking. The integrated 60GB HDD offers up to 22.5 hours of HD shooting capacity.

You can capture images using 10x optical zoom and view them on the 2.7” widescreen display. The Panasonic HS9EB-S HD Digital Camcorder comes with Face Detection technology, which allows you to adjust exposure, contrast and skin tone to achieve finest results. With the surround sound system which comes with 5 microphones, you can pick up the audio atmosphere as you shoot. It also features Zoom Mic function. This function connects the microphone’s action to the camera’s action. When you zoom in on an image, the microphones also zoom in and record the audio.

You can easily operate all the basic functions of this Panasonic HS9EB-S Digital Camcorder with one touch navigation. You can take remarkably clear and sharp footage with Leica Dicomar lens and the Mega OIS (Optical Image Stabiliser) feature, which suppresses handshake. It uses gyro sensors to sight hand-shake and shifts the unit to precisely align the optical axis. For shooting in low light conditions, the Colour Night View feature is available. It offers progressive recording (25 frames per second) to capture quality images. The Intelligent Shooting Guide feature enables you to take mistake-free shots. Using a PictBridge compatible printer, you can easily print your images.

With a 16GB SDHA Memory card this camcorder can hold up to 6 hours of recorded video clips and the 60GB hard disk can hold around 23 hours. The dimensions of the camcorder are H74 x W75 x D126 mm and it comes with 2 year guarantee.

Canon FS100 Digital Camcorder

To recollect precious moments or to think about good times, it is a pleasure to every one. The fun you had with your friends, the togetherness you felt with your family, cool chilly occasions, the beautifully places you have visited and lots more, there is so much in one’s life to reminisce. Now don’t ever miss any snaps which you wanted to save and keep when you have Canon FS100 Digital Camcorder to assist you.

This stylish device has lots of interesting features, SD/SDHC memory card recording system being one among the most important ones and it is perfect for sharing. True Wide High Resolution of 16:9 is another interesting property. The light weight design incorporates a high resolution Mega pixel CCD sensor that allows you to take high quality video. There is a complimentary Colour filter too.

Advanced lens system: New 45x advanced zoom helps you to have the minute details of distant objects captured. Optical zoom is 37x where as digital zoom is 2000x. It has DIGIC DV II1 processor. Minimum focusing distance is 10mm for the lens which has focal lengths 2.6 - 96.2mm. f2.0 to f5.2 is the maximum lens aperture. Maximum shutter speed is 1/2000th sec and minimum is 1/6th sec.

Capture them easily: There is a microphone input and it is not a simple one. It is the one which helps to have superior quality audio. The electronic image stabilizer makes the photos and videos perfect. The 2.7" colour LCD rotating widescreen with approx. 123,000 pixels gives a clear preview. Manual adjustments can be done on brightness and backlight. Built-in Video lights with LED and flash makes your task easier. There is also a remote control with the unit.

Auto white balance is another peculiarity of the device. White balance presets include Daylight and Tungsten. Image sizes which can be captured include 1152 x 864, 1152 x 648, 640 x 480. Camcorder Sensor Resolution is 1.07 Mpix. Effective video resolution is 710 Kpix and Effective Still Resolution is 0.8 Mpix.

Hi Speed USB 2.0 and Easy DVD creation with DW-100 is another feature that makes the device a handy one. Direct prints can be made and these help to get outputs easily and quickly. LP, SP and XP are the recording speeds supported by this device and there is a self timer where timer delay of 2 or 10 sec can be set. Other remarkable features supported by the device include Backlight compensation, Direct print, Display brightness control, Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording and Histogram display.

Special effects: Auto Fade, Wipe, Black & White, Sepia, Art, Mosaic can all be done with Canon FS100 Digital Video Camcorder. Vivid, Neutral, Soft Skin Detail are the enhanced image effects. Night mode facility is also available. Other shooting programmes supported are Spotlight, portrait mode, night mode, fireworks, sports mode, sunset, beach and snow.
Efficient battery system: The intelligent battery system displays remaining recording time which is accurate to the minute which helps in better planning. Supported battery is Lithium – ion type and the kit includes BP-808.

Exterior: The stylish camcorder has blue enclosure colour which gives it a trendy look and the dimensions are 6x 5.8x 12.4 cm (H x W x D). It weighs just 260g.

Vivitar DVR-530 Digital Camcorder

Vivitar has once more showed their talent in manufacturing electronic equipments by launching their latest model of digital camcorder. The new and advanced camcorder is the Vivitar DVR-530 Digital Camcorder.

About the product

Vivitar DVR-530 5 MP Digital Camcorder comes with a camcorder sensor resolution of 5.0 mega pixel. It supports CMOS optical sensors. The shooting mode of this unit is Digital photo mode. The device supports both automatic and manual exposure modes and the exposure compensation of this unit is ±1.8 EV range in 1/3 EV steps. It is equipped with automatic white balance. Tungsten light, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white) are the white balance presets supported by the unit. The digital video format supported by the device is MPEG-4, and the still image format is JPEG.

Vivitar DVR-530 Digital Video Recorder can be used as your web cam by connecting this to your PC. The images are captured and saved as JPEG files and the supported resolution are 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1280 x 960 and 640 x 480 pixels. This device comes with a flash memory of 32 MB and the supported flash memory is Multi Media Card and SD Memory Card.

Other features

Vivitar DVR-530 Digital Video Camcorder has a built in flash and the flash modes includes auto mode flash OFF mode and red-eye reduction. The lens used in this unit is f/3.5 and it has manual focus adjustment too. The minimum focus range supported is 60cm. It has an aperture of F/3.5. The self time delay function has two time settings of 10seconds and 3 seconds.

Vivitar DVR-530 Digital Camcorder has an LCD display of Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) technology. This colour display has a size of 2.5". This rotating display supports 230000 pixels. This camcorder can also be used as a Digital player/voice recorder and the supported digital audio standard is MP3.

Product supports USB connections. The software included is Drivers & Utilities and Ulead Video Studio 8 SE. The operating system supported by this unit is Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP. OSD languages supported are English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Japanese IM Language English, French, German, and Spanish.

Vivitar DVR-530 5 MP Camcorder works on a power of a Li-ion battery. The approximate weight of this camcorder is 150g and it is easy to carry from one place to another. Dimensions of this camcorder include a height of 11.8cm, a width of 2.9cm and a depth of 5.8cm.

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