Creative Preps 5 Megapixel Camcorder

May 30, 2006 By Digital Trends Staff

The new Creative DiVi CAM 525D is designed for handheld usage and has motion stabilization and real time video source recording, among other features.

Creative Technology today unveiled for the Singapore market a new mini digital camcorder with portable video player capabilities. The new Creative DiVi CAM 525D is priced at $229 and will be available in June.

The Creative DiVi CAM 525D, said Creative, sports a five-megapixel CCD sensor with motion stabilizer technology and real-time recording from a TV or other external video source. It is able to record MPEG-4 movies in 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution at 30 frames per second and has a night mode for shooting videos under poor lighting conditions. The DiVi Cam 525D also is setup so one can view the video as it is being recorded on the digital camcorder’s 2.5â€ LCD screen.

Other features of the CreativeDiVi CAM 525D include 11 megapixels total when using in-cam interpolation, a variety of shooting modes, 8x digital zoom, MP3 player functionality, voice recorder functionality, USB 2.0 connectivity, a rechargeable battery, 32MB of internal memory, SD memory card support and a built-in Web cam function.

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BOB at 6:46pm 31st May 2006 They're just hanging their name on this unit. There are a dozen other companies that are selling these units in various flavors. I have an Aiptek that is almost a dead ringer for this camera. Just make sure you pay attention to how fast your SD memory card is if you want to avoid frame studdering. My next move with solid state camcorders is th Sanyo XACTI HD MPEG4 camera.
Giligan at 4:58pm 31st May 2006 That's easy. They said they would p0wn apple in the mp3 business and we've seen how well that did in that.
Ian Bell and Dan Gaul at 10:14pm 30th May 2006 Why does Creative keep trying to delve into this market? Their older camera's sucked, so what makes them think anyone will buy this?