Aluratek AHDVC02F Cinecam HD Digital Video Camcorder - 5.0 Mega Pixels, CMOS Sensor, 3” LCD display, 4x DigitalNot for Live PerformancesReviewer: AWOLGINA on Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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I bought this to film live music performances in nightclubs. The flash on here only works with pics, NOT video! Also the sound distorts so badly I tried fixing it with cotton ball over mic, still bad. ONLY good for daylight, normal to quiet sound situations, which makes it useless to me & too late to return. Last, the photo quality is so poor my 1.8 MP cell camera does better than this supposed 5-12 MP camcorder. If I could post samples, you'd be shocked at the extremely low quality. The HD is only 30 FPS, not the 60 it should be.
Sample video using this camcorder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754wItNhlow
My reply to the above comment: Hello,
ReplyDeleteThis is not stated before one buys the camcorder, so seeing a light on it, one assumes it being a dedicated camcorder, the light works with the camcorder!
Second, the 12 MP is a setting in the camera, which should produce the 12 MP it says it does--but the truth is this camera does not even produce 5 MP images, so my comments stand correct, so far on both.
Third there is a setting for 60 FPS in this camcorder, for a smaller size video--so again, you don't know your own camcorder as well as a person using it apparently, since it does have 60 FPS capability, just not in HD mode.
Last, I did not discover these weaknesses until I had filmed two live music performances using it, this is why the delay in reviewing the product fully, as I stated in my original review, I could not fully critique this product until I had used it in several modes & for what I purchased it for, which is live music recording. The return time was only 14 days, so obviously I'm unable to return this inferior product. I very much regret buying this product instead of saving up for a better quality camcorder, since this does not even do daylight still photography at the quality advertised & while it does do good HD video in sunlight, it does not perform at all in night or club lighting locations, nor handle sound at all. I'm having to tape a cotton ball over it to get it to record sound that is actually undistorted. There's no separate mic input for bypassing the built-in mic, so I'm embarrassed to show my work with this camcorder to any one, because the video is dark with distorted sound. Not exactly a great advertisement for your equipment.
I wish this has been advertised correctly as a daytime, normal sound only camcorder. If I could re-do my original review, I'd make sure all potential buyers did not make the same mistake I did, and so my reviews stand as 100% true & correct, hopefully others will avoid this mistake & look for better quality elsewhere, as I should have done & now must do.
Here's an example of what this camcorder produces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754wItNhlow
Gina