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5 Reviews for Canon MD101 Digital MiniDV Camcorder (35x Optical Zoom, 2.7" Widescreen Colour LCD)
a premiership camera for championship money - 19 Mar 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
wasnt expecting too much for the price, just wanted something functional to take on my holiday. Got back, plugged into TV and was amazed at how crisp the footage is, both audio and video are v good quality. Also very robust in spite of the plasticy feel it got dropped a couple of times and also rained on.
Of course, camcorder connosseurs could probably pick holes in it but for Joe Bloggs like me was all I needed to record my holiday, no shaky images and battery life reasonable.
Very good camera - 09 Mar 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful.
It does what it says, it's easy to operate and you can connect an external microphone to it which you can't do with 99% of cameras in the same price range.
Great value for money.
Great for amateur film makers or ordinary home use - 19 Nov 2007
39 out of 39 found this review helpful.
I have used this camera for just over a month now, and it has proved to be a versatile camcorder for various tasks.
Out of the box it does what you'd expect it to, it records in the more modern standard of 16:9 (widescreen), however this can be easily switched to the older 4:3 option.
The picture quality is far better than older mini dv camcorders I have owned in the past, and doesn't look bad on large High definition tv's as some camcorders can now look blurry on them not using a high def format.
The sound on the built in microphone is average. It's fine for noisy atmospheres but in normal and quieter places camera noises like the tape mechanism are clearly heard. Unlike many cheaper camcorders, Canon have provided a 3.5mm jack microphone plug, one of the most useful things they could have included.
This opens the option up to using a boom microphone or clip (lapel) microphone. This of course cuts out the camcorder noises, providing a much more professional appearing video. The camcorder lacks a camera shoe however for adding a clip on boom microphone, meaning you will need other means of holding your microphone.
This camera has various clever little features like the built in lense cover that can be slid up and down without having to have a separate lense cap which often go missing. The joystick used to navigate the menus on screen is easy to use, and the menu screens themselves are clean and simple to use. The more automatic "P" mode and the "M" manual mode have been replaced with an "Easy" mode and more manual like "P" mode. These modes work well but it would have been nice to see a dedicated manual mode as well.
The 30x optical zoom is acceptable by today's standards and works well, however rival models often have more zoom, but without a tripod you wouldn't want to be using all the zoom avaliable. The camera is light weight but with a good balance, and has a very slick appearance. Canon's "DIGIC DV" technology appears to help these single CCD camcorders to make colours more vibrant. The camcorder has the standard AV and firewire connections, and of course the tripod screw connection at the bottom of the camcorder.
Battery power on this camcorder is usually over an hour to an hour and a half. A spare battery is something I'd recommend to have, these can be obtained in most shops or cheaply on-line.
The screen is large enough at 2.7inches and is visible in daylight, however for situations where screen glare my be a problem, the colour screen view finder is very useful.
Overall this camcorder is a good all rounder, the microphone input been a key feature, along with other innovative features. The built in microphone is average/poor and a separate microphone should be used when ever possible.
Hope this has helped you,
Dale.
Might be a dodgy batch - 11 Oct 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful.
Read the earlier reviews about problems with hearing the motor whirr whilst using the built in microphone. Fore armed I tried using 3 different mikes as a test before recording my only public presentation in five years, but when I plugged in the mike, no sound was recorded at all.
Spoke to Canon who said to send it back, and Amazon were very good and immediately replaced it on the day before the presentation. Unfortunately plugging in a mike stopped this one recording too. Checked the manual again (just plug in mike and go) but it should have worked.
Had to record the talk with a buzzing motor and this one is going back as well.
Good picture, easy to use - poor sound no matter what I tried.
Excellent Value for Money - 12 Jul 2007
22 out of 22 found this review helpful.
A nice little camcorder at this price. This is my first camcorder and I'm quite impressed with it. Quality at low light levels isn't great but at this price you don't expect it to be. Features are standard but it has got an external mic socket which you don't see in many other cameras in this price range. Build quality is fine, LCD display is great, you can hear the tape through the mic a bit though.
I've bought a bigger battery and seperate charger to compliment (generic models off ebay) as the battery provided only lasts about an hour.