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Reviewed by UK Guest, 9th Jan 2007. |
| Review Summary: Superb Camcorder for the money |
Overall Score: 5/5
 
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Review: This Canon MV890 digital camcorder is a wonderful piece of kit.
For less than £180 you get a true widescreen camcorder with digital image stabalising, excellent sound recording, pretty good image quality and all the features you could posibly hope for.
And, whilst it has manual white balance and manual focus and exposure etc. etc, all you really need to do is whack in a MiniDV tape ([..] each for a 60min tape), turn the rocker switch to "Record" mode and hit the white button that lies perfectly under your thumb. It does the rest. The optical zoom is excellent. It took 20 mins to get used to it and now I can zoom in and out really smoothly, varying the speed. You can even fix the speed of the zoom to ensure it stays nice and smooth.
Okay, other, more expensive, camcorders may give you stills photography (who cares, the resolution is always rubbish!) and various other features, but this one gives you the stuff you actually need. It even has an external mic socket, should you need it.
The only slight downside is that, in poor lighting, the image can get a bit orange. Then again, that is the case for the vast majority of camcorders, even those 2 or 3 times the price of this one.
If you do go for it, don't bother with the horribly expensive accessory pack [...]I got a decent case, 3 sony tapes and a 4 hour battery for about [..] by buying them separately here on Amazon. |
Ratings
| Value For Money: |
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5 |
| Review Score: |
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5 |
| Recommended? | |
Yes |
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Digital Cameras