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Samsung SC-D365 Camcorder Review
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Samsung, the fifth leading
camcorder maker, has a difficult route. The mega four manufacturers
Sony, Canon, Panasonic, and JVC so exhaustively prevail the market for
standard that it appears rivals have to resort to tricks to attract
innocent consumers. This is not the matter with Samsung, tho'. The
SC-D365 (USD399 MSRP) is a reasonably average MiniDV camcorder, free of
catches. But five minutes with it makes it obvious why Samsung stays
outside the golden halls poor functioning and result and meager
fabrication. You can get enough good one than the D365 in the same cost. |
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On showing, the SC-D365
looks a beautiful offer. With multiple card characteristic, satisfying
manual function control, a microphone input, and above all, a low cost
tag. The video functioning and result is exceptionally bad. The stills
are also poor. We can reject the Samsung for those two drawbacks only.
In any case, a camcorder does not have to perform any task well but take
an image. But it continues: the physical structure feels cheap; the
interfaces are awkwardly located; and the automatic function controls,
especially the focus, work deficiently; it all makes it a bad deal.
The
competition, from another point of view, shines. The Sony HC36 features
comfortable handling, simple of operation, and video functioning and
result. The Panasonic presents a bit more hand-operated control and a
sharper picture. The Canon Elura 100 is better then all having good
video display and more characteristics, together with AV-input. Our
ending: the Samsung merely cannot contend.
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Picture & Manual
Control
Automatic Control
The Samsung SC-D365
(USD196) possesses a determined automatic control set its definitely
not anything to meet a Sony, and it deficiencies some of the options
that you would receive on other camcorders from nearly any other
camcorder maker company.
It
gives the minimum automatic functions; these functions include white
balance, exposure, focus, and shutter speed. The D365 efforts to make
functioning comfortable for novices by placing an Easy Q button which
is located on the upper left side of the physical structure. Easy Q mode
incapacitates the menu like an idiot proof step.
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Control quality is
especially bad. Exposure shifts are fast and displeasing. As discussed
in the Video Performance segments, the amount of colors the D365 can
develop looks badly fixed, and produces shadows and strange changes in
straight surfaces. Focus control was not good.
This camcorder presents a
few Program AE modes, one-touch adjustments optimized for shooting
situations where full auto mode may not be needed. This Program of AE
mode has different features. These features are Auto, Sports, Portrait,
Spotlight, Sand/Snow, and High Speed (specially designed for sport
shootings).
Overall Manual Control
The
manual control setup given on the SC-D365 is simple to get at and
operate that is one of the best offerings of this camcorder. It offers
two menus: one is a full menu, got at by the Menu button, and the second
is a Quick Menu, reached by the Quick Menu button. Operators can move
through the menu with the zoom switch and shutter button: a seldom
practiced but shrewd design. Regrettably, one-handed functioning is not
potential, because the big record toggle hinders menu buttons from the
thumb.
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