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Samsung SC-D6550 Camcorder Review
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A camcorder having two
lenses! It should perform extraordinarily. In fact, the Duo cam is bit
extra a digital still camera having few video characteristics put in.
though the still images look good, they develop at a extra cost - a
total fall in video result. We feel a bit guilty getting this camcorder,
as if we are hitting it out because it is dissimilar to all the other
camcorders, but it is so defective in so lots of ways that we cannot
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Picture & Manual
Control
Automatic Control
Automatic controls are
very bad. The camcorder does not focus on a single object for more than
a couple of seconds without bounding back out again and resetting
itself. Even though in extraordinarily good light conditions, the Liquid
crystal display showed the Duo cam flashing in and out, continuously
blurring and focusing again and again.
White balance is even as
defective and this is one of the major drawbacks of the SC-D6550. Though
focus can ever be set by hand, no manual white balance feature is given
in video mode. In bright light conditions, the whole spectrum appears to
have acquired a brownish hue.
Automatic exposure is
satisfactory, whereas the white balance setting so unwell. It is hard to
decide whether the problem is from the exposure or from the bad color.
The Duo cam needs a long time to understand the surroundings and decide
the appropriate exposure adjustments. Camcorders featuring enough good
automatic controls, similar to Sonys, make the change rapidly and
swimmingly.
Program AE modes are
accessible in the manual control menu, got at thru the on-off switch to
the left side of the Liquid crystal display screen. These modes are
Auto, Sports, Portrait, Spotlight, Sand / Snow, and High Speed.
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Overall Manual Control
Majority of the manual
controls striking picture quality are placed on the Quick Menu,
reached by pushing down on the on-off switch on the left border of the
Liquid crystal display screen. This menu holds various controls received
on the main menu, together with some extra functions. Digital image
stabilization is located at the top side of the manual control list.
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The toggle switch
alongside the Liquid crystal display screen is the only method to move
through the manual control menu. To pull up the menu, press the toggle
switch in. You cant employ the joystick. To switch off the menu,
though, you should press the Menu button adjacent to the joystick.
The still functioning and
result is first-class, whereas, the video quality is dismaying.
The deficiency of manual
white balance must show instantly that this is not a good camcorder.
Blurring navigation, badly located buttons, and the ridiculousness of
bulking up the physical structure with two lenses drop the SC-D6550 to
the bottom of our standings this year.
It
appears as if Samsung did not effort when it came to the video side. The
camcorder works so poorly, the auto and manual characteristics are so
defective. There is no desegregation among the video and still side that
you have to really question their creation design here. Yes, the concept
of the Duo Cam is fine, but in the act of accomplishing the aim of
making this camcorder goes beyond failing. This camcorder is so
defective, badly presenting the design of Samsung camcorders, that we
honestly have a rough sledding calling them a true camcorder producer.
The Duo Cam makes video similar to the toy cams and merits the same
amount of value.
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