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Great Image Quality, bad Audio.
By: James B
December 7, 2006 @ 1:37 PM36ppm12>
I got this for the image quality and it delivers great HDV. Close to what the $8,999 XL-H1 delivers in bright light. It amazed me.
The good: Perfect for affordable image quality and good not so limited manual settings. Outstanding image stabilization. Higher quality than DVD or HDD Hi def camcorders as the data rate is twice as good; Very important.
The bad: Ergonomics out the window, somewhat bad balance; get a tripod or monopod. No audio ports and terrible mic placement. Your audio will not be of quality whatever you do. No HDMI output, no bundled software for video, pretty bad battery life, you better get at least 3 batteries if you plan on getting that graduation ceremony.
If any company that wants an opportunity to sell a product, try to create a microphone replacement for this camera and maybe some audio jacks. Canon dropped the ball here badly.
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