I recorded this the day after I got the Vado (five months ago) and never got around to putting this up. I didn't include the Vado's inadequate storage in my list of negative qualities, so you can add that one on there.
This review is for the Samsung W200 HD Pocket Camcorder. All scenes were shot in 1080p/30fps handheld, with Anti-Shake On. The other two options that the camera has, Face Detection and Back Light were off. The underwater shot could've been better but it's winter here and a bucket of water is the best I could do for the time being. I imagine with greater lighting and the camcorder being further away from the subject, the results will be better. Overall I would rate the camera 3/5. Video is pretty good and it takes decent pictures as well with it's 5mp camera. The underwater mode is really cool, it allows me to really play around with some shots. It is also shockproof which extends my experimentation. I had a problems with some of it's hardware/software, for example, you press record and sometimes it takes a while for it to start recording. Or when you think you press the record button and you don't. It records on an mp4 format but for some reason it has issues in Final Cut Pro. I am still an amateur at FCP but here are some the problems I have with it: Can't Log and Transfer (SD adapter maybe?) Sequence Playback (stops numerous times in between clips, hadn't had this problem until now. I've used a higher quality camera with no problems even with a 5400 rpm drive. The only thing I can think of is that this camera only shoots 30fps, while the higher quality camera could do 24fps, which is what I have it set on. I've tried changing recommended settings, but nothing) Never ...
Panasonic HDC TM900 Camcorder Overview. To see a wireless mic system for your camcorder go here: www.youtube.com To see a test video from this camera go here: www.youtube.com To learn how to use the time lapse mode on this Panasonic TM900 go here: www.youtube.com To learn how to turn off the red recording light in front of the Panasonic TM900 go here: www.youtube.com To learn more about the zoom modes and Touch Zoom on the Panasonic TM900 go here: www.youtube.com
I was testing out the video resolution of my camcorder in daylight and after reviewing the footage I noticed how clearly the sound was originating from the subject shoveling his driveway from between 1/8th - 1/4 mile away. Notice there is a delay between the video and the audio. That is because the light photons of him shoveling travel at light speed whereas the sound of him shoveling take much longer to travel to the microphone of my camcorder. I should note that while this camera has average video quality in high light areas such as outdoors, this camera's video quality is less than bad in indoor conditions. When indoors this camcorder produces video that is similar in quality to that if you were to hire a courtroom sketch artist to draw in chalk really really fast. But the audio microphone is very sensitive. The constant clicking you hear is due to the internal image stabilization motors trying to physically adjust the position of the capture sensor to the lens. You might see waves or wavy image distortions in the video...this is due to me filming from inside my warm house through a wide open door to the below freezing outdoors. The waves are a result of my paycheck blowing out of the open door. This is similar to the visual wave effect experienced when looking through the heat waves of a campfire.
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