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Samsung SC-DC173 Camcorder Review
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The SC-DC173 (USD369 MSRP),
a DVD camcorder which is new to market, It does not feature Sonys
comfort of operation, Canons functioning and results, or Panasonics
greatly designed shape, but by putting together small pieces from all,
it finished with a decorous camcorder. Certainly, there is a lot to
criticize about. The SC-DC173 is not a ball of fire, but it may do the
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The Samsung
SC-DC173U (USD238) (where U stands for United States release) is a
fringy effort, which is not astonishing in new to market camcorders.
The SC-DC173 is a variety
of all the three, shining at none. The manual control set is excellent,
but the button and joystick position is very bad. The camcorder is
comfortable and simple to operate, but to achieve the better image
quality, the photographer requires interceding, and the camcorders Easy
Q mode is too limiting to perform so well. We were delighted to find
that the picture result was not very defective, not compared to other
camcorders in its array. The picture surely missed sharpness; however
the color result was good than awaited. Handling is the most prominent
trouble with the SC-DC173. Placing almost all controls on the left side
of the body of the camcorder is a scheme that almost all makers have
left in the last few years. To find the same defect again gives no
reason.
The
Samsung SC-DC173 is not designed for all, but the good qualities make it
one of the enhanced offerings from a company outside the chief DVD
camcorder producers, Sony, Canon, and Panasonic.
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Video Performance
The
Samsung SC-DC173 is outfitted with a single 1/6-inch Charge-coupled
device, having a gross pixel numbers of 680,000. The effective pixel
count is not known, however we can guess it to be approximately 340,000.
This is the average chip size received in majority of low-class
camcorders. The 1/6-inch Charge-coupled devices are embarrassingly
stingy and develop less than prima results, while a good company can
create them function to their extreme potentialities.
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Low Light Performance
The small 1/6 Charge-coupled device does not give much expectation for
low light conditions.
Our laboratory test is a complete little series of
challenges. By shooting the Chroma DuMonde table at 60 lux. At this low
level, which is not bright but enough for reading the noise levels. It
turned quite evident that this is not a good player in low light
conditions. Some of the colors grasped firm, but color differentiation
became a trouble. Largely because of the noise, fine detail took a rapid
decline. We also checked some quantity of bluish noise, which is much
the case with low-class Sonys. It is probably an imager distortion.
Since 60 lux shooting is not far away from indoor lighting, this is the
video you can get from indoor shots.
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