Archive for the '$300 - $500' Category
Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 Camcorder Review
Saturday, November 17th, 2007Nowhere is the line between still cameras that capture movies and video cameras that take stills fuzzier than in the ambiguous market segment occupied by the Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1. Despite the moniker “digital movie camera” and the nontraditional pistol-grip design, everything about the E1, which includes the ability to shoot 640×480, 30fps movies as well [...]
Panasonic SDR-H18 Camcorder Review
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Hard-drive camcorders have been slower to catch on than I would’ve thought. Sure, they cost a bit more than their DVD- or tape-based equivalents, but the convenience of having such a large storage capacity–and not having to deal with tape–make them appealing. However, some buyers can’t get past the idea of not having removable storage, [...]
Canon XH A1 Camcorder Review
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Giving independent videographers something to choose from besides its popular but long-in-the-tooth GL2, Canon offers up two HDV models designed to appeal to the prosumer and entry-level pro markets. Derived from the same technology that the professional-level XL H1 uses, the XH A1 and the XH G1 HDV models trade the XL H1’s interchangeable lens [...]
JVC Everio GZ-MG255 Camcorder Review
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Size matters, and both big and small camcorders have their own places in the world. A huge expensive camcorder like the Panasonic AG-HVX200 will produce amazing footage, but it’s just not the best choice for every occasion. If you’re shooting home movies and family gatherings, you might not want to fiddle around with a giant, [...]
Sony Handycam DCR-SR42 Camcorder Review
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Though most digital cameras produced today have sufficient resolution to make the spec itself almost a nonissue, the same can’t be said about camcorders. That goes double for camcorders which record directly to hard disk or DVD, since they need sufficient pixels to compress into a decent image. The resolution of the hard-disk-based Sony Handycam [...]
