Archive for the 'Less than $300' Category
RCA Small Wonder EZ201 Camcorder Review
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Last year, Pure Digital Technologies put out a simple plug-and-play video camera called the Point & Shoot Video Camcorder that featured a hideaway USB connector and built-in software that made viewing and sharing your videos incredibly easy. At the same time, RCA licensed the technology from Pure Digital and released its own version of the [...]
Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder Review
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Budget camcorders might not seem flashy, but they play an important part of every camcorder line. They’re designed to be no-frills, affordable products that anyone can pick up for only a few hundred dollars. Since their price is their main selling point, however, they tend to lack features found standard on higher-end models. Among Panasonic [...]
Canon ZR800 Camcorder Review
Monday, March 19th, 2007If you don’t mind working with tape, a budget-level MiniDV model such as Canon’s ZR800 can be one the best deals in the camcorder market. Sure, it doesn’t include still image capture or some of the nice extras–such as an accessory shoe–that can be found on pricier models, but for videographers who are tight on [...]
Canon ZR830 Camcorder Review
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Canon’s ZR830, the middle of the company’s three new MiniDV camcorders, is a whole lot like last year’s model, the ZR600. In fact, other than a longer 35x optical zoom lens and some minor menu changes on the ZR830, the two products are virtually the same. Of course, given the ZR600’s solid performance, that’s a [...]
Canon ZR850 Camcorder Review
Thursday, February 15th, 2007As the top model in Canon’s Mini DV line this year, you shouldn’t expect earth-shattering improvements from the ZR850 over last year’s models. After all, manufacturers seem to be putting more resources into DVD and hard drive-based models. The overall design keeps what we referred to last year as the “palm-friendly design,” and again bumps [...]
