Typical price: £269
What is it: MiniDV camcorder with 25x optical zoom and widescreen LCD
What we think: It's easy to use, affordable and ideal for widescreen moviemaking, but low-light performance remains a problem
Average user rating
6.0
good
Average user rating from 1 user
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Canon MV960 user reviews
December 2, 2006
Posted by: Alasdair Rhodes
"Great for integration with PC"
What I like:
No hassle analogue to DV (Firewire) conversion, DV input for PC backup, low cost
What I don't like:
Grainy dull picture, incredibly loud noise from motor picked up on soundtrack
Review:
I bought this specifically on the recommendation of a computer magazine for the 2 likes above, ie to convert old analogue camcorder tapes to DV (worked brilliantly, no messing with codecs required) and to backup edited movie masterpices to DV tape. Cheaper, more reliable, longer lasting and higher quality than a hard disk or DVD archive.
For use as a camcorder, I'm not so sure. It's not a patch on my (9-year-old) Sony DV Handycam. Although widescreen, the picture quality is poor, but to be fair I haven't tried it on a sunny day yet (but should I need to?). The biggest problem is the noise from the tape transport. It's louder on the recorded tape than when holding it, almost to the point of spoiling the movie.
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