Canon DC50 Digital Camcorder Review
August 13, 2008
Canon DC50 Digital Camcorder is a modish mini DVD recorder which can take remarkable video and still photos. It can record up to 36 minutes on a dual layer disc. You can even remove the Mini DVD disc from the Canon DC50 and play it on your home DVD players. The camcorder is capable of taking quality video in standard light and even under low-light conditions. It comes with 10x optical zoom.
It comes with a 2.7” wide-format colour LCD. The start/stop, zoom and photo buttons are positioned on the camcorder in such a way that it facilitates single-handed operation. The power switch plays a dual role, as a record selector and playback selector. It uses advanced optical technologies which are Optical Image Stabiliser and DIGIC DV II processor. Canon DC50 Digital DVD Camcorder integrates the optical image stabilisation. The automatic lens cover protects the camera when it is kept idle.
This Canon DC50 Digital Camcorder comes with White balance feature with automatic and manual options. The custom option provides you to manage the settings like brightness, contrast, colour and sharpness. The Quick Start button enables you to take instant photos, best for capturing the unexpected. It also has a built-in flash and Night mode. The PictBridge feature facilitates direct printing on any compatible printing device. With dimensions of 62 x 90 x 130 mm (W x H x D), the camcorder weighs 480g. With the 5.39 mega pixel sensor, you can take crystal clear images.
Canon HF100 Digital Camcorder
August 8, 2008
Canon HF100 Digital camcorder is a user friendly device which you need
essentially to capture and save all your beautiful and favourite moments forever. Snow, Beach, Sunset Spotlight, what ever it is, this digital camcorder proves its excellence.
Fast focus and excellent video quality are its most important and attractive features of the unit. Being a compact and comfortable device, it is easy to handle. An infrared remote control that comes with the unit is an exceptional feature. Excellent flash memory of 16 GB is supported by this digital camcorder. This can be expanded with MMC or SD cards.
CMOS as Digital Sensor type, Canon HF100 Digital Video Camcorder supports AVCHD video format. The optical sensor size supported is 1/3.2 in. Still image format supported is JPEG. Custom, Presets and Automatic White balances are supported by the unit. White balance presets include Shade, Cloudy, Daylight, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (cool white) and Fluorescent light (warm white). The built –in light ensures picture quality as well.
It has 3.3 mega pixels as the sensor resolution and 2.07 mega pixels as Effective Video Resolution. Effective Still Resolution is 2.76 MP. Some other features of this effective device are 24p Cinema Mode, Histogram display, PictBridge support, USB 2.0 compatibility, RGB primary colour filter and Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording. It also has the facility to take photos while you are recording a movie. Therefore you are not going to miss any snaps or videos. The 2.7in colour LCD TFT active matrix rotating display allows you to rectify all distortions and defects while recording. There is also a built-in microphone with stereo operation mode. Self timer with self timer delay of 10 sec and 2 sec are available too.
Talking about to the lens system, it has zoom lens with minimum focal length of 4.8mm and a maximum of 57 mm. With a lens aperture of F/1.8-3.0, it has 9 Auto Focus points. Focus adjustments can be done both manually as well as automatically. Optical Zoom is 12x and the filter size is 37mm. The digital zoom supported by the unit is 200x. The lens of the new Canon HF100 3.3 MP Digital camcorder has a built-in lens shield. Maximum shutter speed is 1/2000sec while minimum is ½ sec.
It supports Programme, automatic, aperture-priority and shutter-priority Exposure modes. The recording speed supported by the unit is LP, SP, XP and XP+.
Software’s supported by the device are PIXELA Image Mixer and Drivers & Utilities. Connector types are 1 x Microphone, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x Headphones, 1 x USB, 1 x HDMI and 1 x Component video output. Canon HF100 Digital camcorder is also included with a Canon BP-809 Li-ion rechargeable battery. With all the extra facilities and impressive performance it offers a warranty for 1 year.
The amazing camcorder has a dimension of 2.9 x 5.1 x 13.4in (W x D x H) and a weight of just 13.4oz.
| General Features | |
|---|---|
| Model | HF100 |
| Brand | Canon |
| Weight | 13.4 oz |
| Dimensions | 13.4 x 5.1 x 2.9 in |
| Key Features | |
| Sensor Resolution | 3.3 MP |
| Effective Still Resolution | 2.76 MP |
| Widescreen Video Capture | Yes |
| Media Type | Flash card |
| Optical Sensor Type | CMOS |
| Optical Sensor Size | 1/3.2" |
| Min Illumination | 0.2 lux |
| Digital Zoom | 200 x |
| Recording Speed | SP, LP, XP, XP+ |
| Shooting Modes | Digital photo mode |
| Special Effects | Art, Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Vivid, Skin Detail |
| Image Stabiliser | Optical (SuperRange) |
| Maximum Shutter Speed | 1/2000sec |
| Minimum Shutter Speed | ½ sec |
| Exposure Modes | Programme, automatic, aperture-priority and shutter-priority |
| White Balance | Custom, Presets, Automatic |
| White Balance Presets | Shade, Cloudy, Daylight, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (cool white), Fluorescent light (warm white) |
| Digital Video Format | AVCHD |
| Still Image Format | JPEG |
| Microphone Type | Built-in |
| Microphone Operation Mode | Stereo |
| Power Device | Battery |
| Battery Supported | Li-ion rechargeable battery |
| Battery Details | Canon BP-809 |
| Memory Type | |
| Flash Memory | Yes |
| Lens | |
| Lens Type | Zoom lens |
| Focal Length | 4.8 mm - 57 mm |
| Focus Adjustment | Manual, Automatic |
| Auto Focus | TTL contrast detection |
| Lens Aperture | F/1.8-3.0 |
| Optical Zoom | 12x |
| Zoom Adjustment | Motorized drive |
| Filter Size | 37mm |
| Extra Features | |
| Low Lux Night Mode | Yes |
| Digital Still Camera Function | Yes |
| Self Timer | Yes |
| PictBridge Support | Yes |
| Display | |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Display Size | 2.7 in |
| Display Format | 211,000 pixels |
| Display Form Factor | Rotating |
| Connectivity | |
| Connectivity Type | USB, HDMI, component video output, DC power input |
| Expansion Slots | SD Memory Card |
| Accessories | |
| A/V cable | |
| USB cable | |
| Component video cable | |
Canon DC230E Digital Camcorder
June 9, 2008
Canon, world’s best video manufacturing company of electronic items has brought out their new product to the UK recently. They have launched their new model of digital camcorder with attractive stylish looks and quality. It is now a challenge for the other camcorders to compete with this new Canon DC230E Digital Camcorder. It has come to the stores in a stylish silver colour mixed with light brown colour.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Canon DC 230E handy cam provides great quality movies with great colour definition. This is an important feature which other camcorders fail to provide. This handy cam provides an image stabilising feature. It has a powerful 35x optical zoom feature which gives a close vision of the far off object.
Canon DC230E has an LCD display which has a dimension of 3.5 inch. The DC230E handy cam records on to several discs like DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-R DL (dual layer). It takes good quality stills even in low light which you can store onto DVD or removable memory card and it is very easy to transfer.
There is an excellent feature included in this handy cam and it is the picture bridge link which helps you to print the stills directly from your camcorder to the printer without going via computer. This camcorder gives a good battery backup so that you can record around 108 minutes before recharging.
The dimensions of this handy cam are 9.5 cm of width, 13 cm of height and 6.5 cm of depth. The canon DC230E digital video camcorder weighs about 460gm. Widescreen format feature and viewfinder features are included in this handy cam.
The features that you miss in this camcorder are the backlight compensation, external microphone socket, video lamp, video to memory card option etc.
| General Features | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Canon |
| Model | Canon DC230E |
| Weight | 460 gm |
| Dimensions | 9.5 (W) x 13 (H) x 6.5 (D) cm |
| Key Features | |
| Min Illumination | No |
| Optical Zoom | 35x |
| Image Stabiliser | Yes |
| Lens | |
| Lens Type | Optical |
| Optical Zoom | 35.0 |
| Extra Features | |
| Digital Still Camera Function | Yes |
| PictBridge Support | Yes |
| Display | |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Display Format | Widescreen |
Canon XM2 Digital Camcorder
March 28, 2008
Using an inbuilt recording unit camcorders capture and record the audios and videos. Canon is a very big producer in this field and it introduces the new Canon XM2 Digital Camcorder off late.
An LCD colour Monitor is used as the viewfinder that shows the images, status etc. The screen size of this display is 2.5 inch. Zoom is a key feature applied in this unit. By using 20x Optical zoom and 100x Digital zoom, users can magnify the captured videos.
It has a Mini DV cassette used as the storage media. A head cleaner is used to clean this storage media and this saves the camcorder’s life. The rated sensor resolution of the device is 0.44-mega pixels.
The optical sensor used is 3CCD. That means a Charge Coupled Device is used in the lens with the size of ¼ inch for capturing the images. For this optical sensor the least illumination point is 0.37 lux. The lens aperture is F/1.6-2.9, where F is the Focal length. The minimum focal length of the lens is 4.2 mm and the maximum is 8.4 mm.
All the captured images are stored as JPEG files. The highest resolution for the still image is measured as 1488 x 1128 pixels. By using Multi Media Card and Secure Digital Card you can store more images and video clips. The maximum capacity of the memory card used for this camcorder is 8 MB.
The major shooting modes applied in this Canon XM2 Digital Camcorder are Auto, Beach and Snow, Frame movie, Digital Photo, Manual and Spot light. At the same time many special effects such as Art, Auto fade, Black and White, Mirror, Mosaics, Sepia, Slim, Stretch, and Tracer are added. You can also fade the image as Black, Overlap and Window wipe by using Fader options.
For the connectivity feature, it requires A/V, FireWire, S-Video and a USB port. The size of the product is 11.8 cm (Width) x 30.6 cm (Depth) x 13.6 cm (Height). This Camcorder weighs only 1120 grams and can you can easily take it with you even while you are travelling. The integrated Lithium-ion batteries will support the device by giving it the required power.
Canon MD101 Digital Camcorder
February 29, 2008
Assuring a simple solution for virtually any movie-making situation, the Canon MD101 Digital Camcorder is equipped with powerful optical zoom lens. Ideal
for near and far off objects, this camcorder offer stunning clarity to the images photographed. Easy shooting mode and intuitive menu navigation makes shooting of films a pleasure. Powerful 30x optical zoom and 800x digital create true 16:9 wide screens assuring complete satisfaction. The LCD screen and colour viewfinder, and microphone are unique to this camcorder.
Wide screen recording is pure pleasure with this digital camcorder. With 2.7 inches wide screen LCD previewing of recorded images on a wide screen TV will enhance the quality of images. An option to save battery power is also offered-by monitor recording via the 0.35 inches on 16:9 colours Electronic View Finder. Simple easy-to-use techniques simplify the movie making process. The one-push easy mode let even the amateurs begin shooting immediately. Advanced features can be selected using an intuitive Joystick controller positioned on the frame of the LCD screen.
The camcorder’s lightweight and balanced body makes capturing of images easy and simple, hiding the real power behind its deceptively simple design. An external mike input connection can capture the superior sound quality. To have extra flexibility in controlling the audio recordings, simply plugging in the microphone is required.
DIGIC DV makes movies appear vivid and vibrant on the screen with Canon MD101 Digital Camcorder’s innovative image processing technology and uncompromising quality making it possible to record life like images with beautifully resolved colours! Superior features like filter size, Record to tape, Standard and High definition SD and Mini DV video recording format are also supported by the device.
30x optical zoom, 800 x digital zoom, image stabiliser, colour viewfinder, LCD screen in 2.7 inches, manual focus, manual exposure, manual white balance, top shutter speed of 1/2000 minimum light of 2 lux in night mode and external microphone socket are all excellent technical details to enhance the creativity of the user. With Lithium-ion battery to support the functions, this unique camcorder has dimensions of (W) 57 mm x (H) 92 mm x (D) 119 mm and weighs just 375 grams.
