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I did end up purchasing a spare battery so that I have it available when I know I will be using it for extended periods of time. It is easy to use and has similar features to the camcorder I have. The camera has all that I want in a digital camcorder. I previously owned a Canon VHS camcorder and was very pleased with it. Therefore I had no qualms about making this purchase decision.
It has performed great in all types of lighting and circumstances. We took the camcorder on vacation and took several short moving of family and friends. We are very pleased with our new Canon DC310 DVD camcorder. We have been using it for over 2 weeks, we took pictures of our granddaughter's ballet recital in a dark auditorium and we were 9 rows back and the picture was as bright as day and the sound was very good.
This seems to meet all three. Overall great experience. I reviewed the Consumer's Report 2009 regarding dvd camcorders and this model rated one of the highest. The vendor I used shipped it within 4-5 days (Sixth Avenue Electronics -6ave). NOTE: Read the manual - if you don't finalize the discs properly you may loose all of the recordings. I am thrilled to concur with the Report. I wanted something simple to use which provided a good image at a good value.
When I see the content of the DVD, it has files in VRO format. But I recorded my disc in VR mode and now I see Finalize menu item but it is not selectable.not sure why. I had this issue and had a hard time finding the cause. To convert it to DVD format, I need a software now which will cost me. The finalize menu item will not show up while in record mode. Pros:-1) Price is cheap for a DVD camcorder2) Outdoor video quality3) optical zoomCons:-1) The menu is very confusing.2) You cannot finalize unless you connect the camera to power adapter.
You connect it to the power adapter, it will not charge.it is because the power button is still turned on. I am not able to finalize my disc and can't play it in dvd player. You will not know it unless you read the manual carefully3) You cannot charge the camera if the power button is turned on. That is fine. And that's when I decided to write this review. So assume that you are using the camera and it goes off because of no charge.
I even sent my camera to canon repair and it got returned back saying I need to keep the power button off while charging and otherwise it will not charge.4) Finally, there is a lot of problem with finalizing the disc.
As always, scan through the instructions, and follow them, believe me, for this price, it is a great deal, we like it. I purchased some mini DVDs here at amazon, popped one in, and started my first test video, it was great. Lastly as you do your first dvd, do as the instructions say, "FINALIZE" your video, when you "FINALIZE" your video, it will play in any device, dvd player, and your pc.J.Hess We were upgrading from our old VHS camcorder, and wanted something that was easy to use, we did not want to "upload" any videos to the computer, we just needed a new camera, user friendly to capture memories of our two girls. This camera is very easy to use, the quality of the videos indoors and outdoors is excellent.
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