Title : Canon ES75 Hi8 Camcorder with Color Viewfinder
Author : Canon USA
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Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $269.99
Amazon.com Price : $199.90
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Editorial Reviews : Don't just look back on memories through photos, remember them as they happened with this Hi8(TM) camcorder. See what you're recording through the large color viewfinder. The built-in light comes in handy when you're recording in dimly lit rooms, and the optical/digital zoom helps you focus in on far-away subjects. Get your creative juices flowing and use the digital effects and titling option to make your movies even better.
Buyer Reviews : This is not my first camcorder, but my 3rd. Its Hi8 recording format beats my previous other VHS-C and 8mm gear. Its optical system (22X zoom and large lens), allowing night-time low lux shots, has a surprising level of quality for its price. The Li-Ion battery and separate AC charger on international norm (takes 110-240 V) are lightweight but allow over 2 hours of shooting, ( and even if you switch on permanently the built-in torch, it's still over 1 hour). There is no LCD screen, but this is no big loss for me as I did not want one, due to their voracious power consumption. The color viewfinder with its crisp and bright image compensate for this. Besides, I do most of my video editing on my PC.For those who don't, it has a lot of predefined titles, shooting and transition modes, accessible in an easy to navigate menu. Most of my shooting situations are family events, so the 800X zoom will rarely be solicited, (therefore there's no need for an image stabilizer either) There are 2 big bonus, in my view : first is the off-center focusing (with a joystick tracking if needed) ; second is TV playback mode in PAL, required for most countries outside of US and Japan, so that I can immediately show my European friends the footage taken on *their* TV sets. I wanted a easy-to-use, quick-to-shoot camcorder, which would replace my digital cam (for still shots) and would at the same time let me record more than 1 hour of video at a good definition and framerate (not the ridiculous postage stamp format), since it's now easy to transfer to a PC (via my TV board) and re-encode it into MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 and burn a VCD. I wanted it to weight no more than a small digital cam, battery included, and I wanted to spend as little money on it as possible. This cute, compact, Canon ES75 meets these well-defined needs, and the surprise bonus is Canon quality for this 'toy' price.
(by A customer)
Features/Technical Specs : * Hi8 camcorder * 22x optical, 700x digital zoom. * Color EVF * Photo Mode records still pictures for approximately 7 seconds * Uses an included lithium-ion battery; includes power adapter and A/V cable
