Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Canon MD101 Digital MiniDV Camcorder (35x Optical Zoom, 2.7" Widescreen Colour LCD)

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Canon EAN: 8714574993027 Feature: • Widescreen-ready camcorder featuring: 30x optical zoom, easy shooting, intuitive navigation, true widescreen recording and 16:9 LCD and EVF, joystick controller, compact lightweight styling, microphone input and DIGIC DV." Label: Canon Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers. Manufacturer: Canon Model: 1886B023AA Publisher: Canon Release Date: 2007-02-20 Studio: Canon
Features • Widescreen-ready camcorder featuring: 30x optical zoom, easy shooting, intuitive navigation, true widescreen recording and 16:9 LCD and EVF, joystick controller, compact lightweight styling, microphone input and DIGIC DV."
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: excellent product Comment: as a first time user with a camcorder, I have to say I'm really impressed. I took it to America with my family and am very pleased with the footage I took, lasting memories. Very good value, I left all the settings on easy so just pointed and shot the images, no "rocket scientist" needed! Definitely recommended. Only one small problem there is no wire to connect to my computer,(USB port)and all I've looked at are 4-6pin connectors, could someone tell me which one I need to buy. Customer Rating: Summary: Great camera for not much money Comment: You get what you pay for everywhere, but sometimes you get better than you have a right to expect. I bought this on impulse 'cos it was cheaper than the compact digital stills camera I had gone to buy. It performs far better than I had any right to expect. Dead easy to use, but with a good degree of manual flexibility. Good optics, good facilities (including external mic and a proper viewfinder). No it doesn't perform like a camera costing 5 or 10 times the price - but it does perform like one costing twice the price. On the motor noise issue - I can imagine that there is a bit in silent surroundings. If that's critical, you'll havee to think of something else. But it hasn't been a problem for me. Customer Rating: Summary: a premiership camera for championship money Comment: wasnt expecting too much for the price, just wanted something functional to take on my holiday. Got back, plugged into TV and was amazed at how crisp the footage is, both audio and video are v good quality. Also very robust in spite of the plasticy feel it got dropped a couple of times and also rained on. Of course, camcorder connosseurs could probably pick holes in it but for Joe Bloggs like me was all I needed to record my holiday, no shaky images and battery life reasonable. Customer Rating: Summary: Very good camera Comment: It does what it says, it's easy to operate and you can connect an external microphone to it which you can't do with 99% of cameras in the same price range. Great value for money. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for amateur film makers or ordinary home use Comment: I have used this camera for just over a month now, and it has proved to be a versatile camcorder for various tasks. Out of the box it does what you'd expect it to, it records in the more modern standard of 16:9 (widescreen), however this can be easily switched to the older 4:3 option. The picture quality is far better than older mini dv camcorders I have owned in the past, and doesn't look bad on large High definition tv's as some camcorders can now look blurry on them not using a high def format. The sound on the built in microphone is average. It's fine for noisy atmospheres but in normal and quieter places camera noises like the tape mechanism are clearly heard. Unlike many cheaper camcorders, Canon have provided a 3.5mm jack microphone plug, one of the most useful things they could have included. This opens the option up to using a boom microphone or clip (lapel) microphone. This of course cuts out the camcorder noises, providing a much more professional appearing video. The camcorder lacks a camera shoe however for adding a clip on boom microphone, meaning you will need other means of holding your microphone. This camera has various clever little features like the built in lense cover that can be slid up and down without having to have a separate lense cap which often go missing. The joystick used to navigate the menus on screen is easy to use, and the menu screens themselves are clean and simple to use. The more automatic "P" mode and the "M" manual mode have been replaced with an "Easy" mode and more manual like "P" mode. These modes work well but it would have been nice to see a dedicated manual mode as well. The 30x optical zoom is acceptable by today's standards and works well, however rival models often have more zoom, but without a tripod you wouldn't want to be using all the zoom avaliable. The camera is light weight but with a good balance, and has a very slick appearance. Canon's "DIGIC DV" technology appears to help these single CCD camcorders to make colours more vibrant. The camcorder has the standard AV and firewire connections, and of course the tripod screw connection at the bottom of the camcorder. Battery power on this camcorder is usually over an hour to an hour and a half. A spare battery is something I'd recommend to have, these can be obtained in most shops or cheaply on-line. The screen is large enough at 2.7inches and is visible in daylight, however for situations where screen glare my be a problem, the colour screen view finder is very useful. Overall this camcorder is a good all rounder, the microphone input been a key feature, along with other innovative features. The built in microphone is average/poor and a separate microphone should be used when ever possible. Hope this has helped you, Dale. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: • Widescreen-ready camcorder featuring: 30x optical zoom, easy shooting, intuitive navigation, true widescreen recording and 16:9 LCD and EVF, joystick controller, compact lightweight styling, microphone input and DIGIC DV."