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 Excellent little camera March 30, 2010
A. Petrov (California, USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Before it arrived, I was a bit sceptic about such a feature-rich camera being so small and cheap. I've had a few cameras, including Sanyo and Sony and this one surprisingly came out on top with respect to picture quality for both video and still images. Handles outdoors and indoors shooting very well. Adjusts to changes in light conditions very quickly and effectively, resolution is just what they promise in its specs. Screen is excellent - you can actually appreciate HD picture quality on it somehow. Did not expect that on a pocket camera. Movie trasfer is very simple with Windows 7 - you just take the card out and plug it into your PC. They also managed to squize all connection ports right into the camera - no need for a docking station, when connecting to a TV. But you do need to take the battery out to charge it, as it was noticed in other reviews. Not a big problem for me though. Video slot cover, battery cover and SD slot cover feel rather thin and you are afraid to break them when taking them out or putting them back, but so far they turned out to be pretty solid, actually. And you need to look very carefully at the camera to realize where all the slots are hidden, but, hey, Sanyo had very little space to play with when designing such a little camera - can't blame them. One somewhat serious drawback is the location of recording buttons, as it was pointed out in earlier reviews. Can't push them without shaking the camera and auto-stabilization does not compensate for that much (especially annoying for still shots). But you get used to that after a while (just hold the camera with both hands when starting/stopping the recording).
Overal, great experience. My girlfriend never liked taking video cameras with us to vacation trips as they where too bulky to carry around and distorted her "style" :). This one, however, she loved and uses it all the time. So I guess it's a stylish little camera...
GREAT CAMCORDER March 29, 2010
NEEDSANAME (OCALA FL)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING ON IVE OWNED EVERY CAMCORDER THAT SANYO HAS MADE SINCE THE C-5 THEN C-6 THEN THE HD-1 HD 1000 AND THE HD 2000 NOW THE CS1 THE CS1 IS FINALLY THE SIZE OF THE THE C-6 EASY TO POCKET . I KNOW THE 1080 IS INTERLACED BUT I CANT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE I OR P . I HAVE BOTH HD 2000 AND CS1 I MOUNT THIS ON MY BIKE AND RECORD MY WHOLE RIDE . I ALSO HAVE A MOUNT IN MY TRUCK AND RECORD MY RIDE TO AND FROM . I HAVE A 32 GB SD CARD IN THE CAMERA AND I GET A LITTLE OVER 4 HRS OF RECORDING . I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DONT MAKE A BURNER THAT I CAN SAVE AND WATCH IN HD . I HAVE TO SAVE ALL THE FILES AND WAIT TILL THEY MAKE A AFFORDABLE BLUE RAY BURNER . I CAN TRANSFER TO DVD BUT ITS NOT HD . TO WATCH IN HD I HAVE TO PLAY THRU THE CAMERA .
This camera is off the chain! April 28, 2010
V. Wiggins (Atlanta GA USA)
I got this camera along with a 16mb memory card to record media..It records great videos and decent pictures with the 8mb camera. Small and easy to use...It is gorgeous. Of course, under dark conditions things get grainy, but with proper lighting it is awesome...The mic zoom feature is also great, in that you can choose omni mode or target mode to aim the mic..And as small as it is, it still has a tripod port. All in all a tremendous technical breakthrough.
 Its a solid little Handcam March 16, 2010
C. Patterson
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I purchased this as im a web vlogger and I needed something new and Hd for not such a pocket killing price.
At first touch it does not feel cheap it feels solid. The batters charges out of the device so you cant record and charge but they do sell an ac battery for just that.
Keeping it small means that they hid away all the little slots behind little lids that can be trouble to get into but its nothing over the top.
It records well and all the features it comes with ate massive for the price. Video transfer is easy from camera to PC with the civen cables and or just remove the SD card.
Ill write more as my time goes on with this product.
Great camera March 18, 2010
SouthGA (South GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my 3rd xacti. I've owned the HD1A and VPC-CG10. The form factor is amazingly small with this VPC-CS1. The video is truly amazing for such a small video camera.
Cons:
- No flash (there is a LED for macro's, but no flash for indoor pics)
- Unlike the VPC-CG10 there is nothing below the lens to prevent your finger from sliding in front of the lens. This is more of an issue with the way I hold the camera, and I can adjust for it...just thought I should mention it.
Overall, I highly recommend this camera. The xacti line just keeps getting better and better.
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