DXG has announced the DXG-572 camcorder, which has an amazing set of features that make you wonder how in the world you could get this much value for only $149 (you can’t). The DXG-572V records MPEG4 video footage at 640×480, 30fps. It includes a true 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, 4x digital zoom, and a 2″ LCD screen.
Your video can be stored to the DXG-572’s SD card slot. It looks like there is no support for SDHC cards. Video can be shared and uploaded to popular online video sites via the USB 2.0 connection
The DXG-572 is powered by 4 AA batteries, a little different from your run of the mill camcorder.
Now, I’m not going to say that no one should buy this camcorder - there is definitely a market for it out there (give it to your kids) - but please, please don’t record precious memories to a camcorder like this one. 20 years down the line you will kick yourself when you want to watch your kids when they were young.
[ via Engadget ]
Get it for your kids to mess around with, unless quality doesn’t matter.
They claim a high quality image. You do not get a high quality video with this camera. My Samsung digital still camera produces better video in video mode. This is just a good toy. Fuzzy images. Blurred motions (kind of a weird glow following moving objects).
I should just make sample recordings and put them on YouTube and link to them, then let people decide for themselves.
The best thing I got from buying this thing was the software. Pretty decent video editing software…not fancy…just decent.