8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Convenient, solid, control your expectations
Date of Review: Aug 13, 2009
The Bottom Line: If you want a portable and convenient video recorder, and don't expect true "HD", then this is a great addition (rating based on this expectation)
I bought this little camera because I found that I never had my camcorder at hand when I needed it. The product is sleek, small, people mistook it for a cell phone (not quite iPhone slim, but still very portable).
The lens is small, so that tamped my expectations for low light performance. This came very true. Pictures in low light come out blurry at best. Any movement will fuzz up the shot. I think any normal point and shoot would probably be better.
The small lens limitations go forvideo too. And "HD" is true to a point. The capabilities are limited by the lens so any comparison with proper HD camcorders don't apply.
I took a good deal of video with this and when in normal daylight and more, the video comes out very good, far superior to cell phone videos, and close to mid-range camcorders from my experience. I have a non HD DV camcorder and the webbie video is better. The time is limited to 25 minutes, but this is for capturing those short moments that just happen. I pull the videos up on my Macbook Pro and the resolution and size is impressive. Full screen on a 15" is solid. Impressed by the video, as long as the lighting is adequate.
The sound on the video is dicey and I have to remind myself to keep my finger away from the mic. Again, I wanted this just to shoot quick little videos, almost like one would use a phone video recorder. This is far superior.
The camera is easy to use, not much to it. Anybody with experience with a mobile phone camera or point and shoot should have no problem.
Overall, very happy with the product. Very convenient, on hand when you need it, good video, fun to have and it is light and reliable. I took it for 2 weeks traveling, beach, stuffed in a bag, lots of use, no problems, and didn't have to charge it once.
