A really good camera that is concentrating on essentials

Compared with the price and the performance class in which the camcorder is to be settled, to get a really good device. I have 12 years of experience with a variety of camcorders the lower and mid-range. I bought it, although now the Mini DV cassette is as a storage medium slightly "out" because my old camcorder is defective (Mini-DV) and I wanted to stay with the same system this time.

Positives:
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+ Good picture, little noise (in the gloom, there are certainly problems, but who wants to have good pictures even in the dim light must buy a fundamentally different device and primarily invest a lot more money).
+ Good sound with clear stereo effect, there hardly occur running noise of the inserted tape or the running engine on (this is in mini-DV camcorders in this class often a problem!)
+ The power supply also serves as an external charger for the battery. That means if you have two batteries, you can use one and the same time charge the other. This solution Personally I like very well. However: Charging while the camcorder is connected to the power supply, do not go.
+ The camcorder has both USB and "Firewire" port (IEEE1394). Firewire need to dub the recorded movie and taken photos to your PC. Your own PC must therefore necessarily have a FireWire port, if you want to dub the films it.
The USB port is only needed if you want to use the camera as a webcam.

Negatives:
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- A replay of the PC ready-cut film on the camcorder is not possible with this model. Since large external hard drives but are to have become very cheap, you can save sliced ​​his films there, this disadvantage is therefore to get over.

Conclusion:
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From me an absolute buy recommendation for anyone who wants to have a good and cheap camcorder for shooting of holidays, children, birthdays and similar occasions. More video and audio quality can not be expected in this class.