A Camcorder for Homebuilders

cavelamb himself wrote:

Mark Hickey wrote:

Nice camera for the money. But if you want something REALLY small and
light, check out the Sanyo Xacti series camcorders. The thing is
smaller than my PDA (a lot smaller, actually), and slips into a shirt
pocket easily (since it's also smaller than a pack of cigarettes).

It also uses a chip and produces MP4 movies (and JPG images with a 6
megapixel camera). The form factor makes it easier to point and shoot
than a "brick" camcorder.

http://www.shopcartusa.com/P_Sanyo_X...PC-CG6_VPCCG6/

Costs a little more than the Samsung (though a whole lot less than I
paid for mine a couple years ago), but the ability to slip it into a
pocket or wear it like a pager/cellphone is invaluable.

YMMV.

Mark "Hollywood" Hickey

What is the lens like?
I'm a big fan of optical zooms over software zoom.

I don't know the technical specs (which are "odd" for camcorders
apparently, since they're converted into "SLR lens equivalents". It's
certainly a small lens - not the greatest choice for low-light
situations (the jpeg compression starts getting pretty grainy as the
light goes away). But still, it's a 5X optical zoom, and is passably
wide in its "zoomed out mode".

Mark Hickey