| Canon DC220 DVD Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $269.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 17060
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 35
Display Size: 2.7
Battery: 1 Lithium BP-208
Maximum Focal Length: 91
Minimum Focal Length: 2.6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 2.1 x 3.5
MPN: DC220
Model: DC220
UPC: 013803079500
EAN: 0013803079500
ASIN: B000M4YAJQ
Release Date: March 27, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Genuine Canon Optics with 35x optical zoom/1000x digital zoom lens | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen LCD monitor; widescreen HR recording | | • | DIGIC DV II image processor; smooth zoom control | | • | USB 2.0 hi-speed terminal for quick video transfer | | • | DVD-R/-RW Dual Layer recording format |
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Product Description
Canon's reputation has been synonymous with precise optics and photo engineering. The Canon DC220 digital camcorder uses 8 centimeter DVD discs resulting in a compact camcorder with easy, convenient storage and transfer. It uses DVD-R/-RW discs that are compatible with most DVD players and can store up to 30 minutes of video in standard mode and 60 minutes of video in long play mode. They also record to DVD-R DL (dual layer) discs that can store up to 108 minutes of video. You can also pop it into your computer's DVD drive and transfer the images for editing and enhancement. The DC220 offers 35x optical zoom for a vast range of shooting, from wide-angle to telephoto. It also allows standard and widescreen recording modes. Images recorded in widescreen can fill the screens found on new flat-panel televisions. There's also a slot for a miniSD card; perfect for storing still pictures that you can also take with the DC220. To match the brilliance of its video image quality, the DC220 records audio with Dolby Digital Stereo. This ensures a complete movie theater experience in the comfort of your living room as you share vivid memories with your friends and families. Life happens but once and the DC220 is a worthy way to capture and preserve your images and experiences. Viewfinder -. 27-inch TFT Color, approx. 123,000 Pixels / LCD Screen - 2.7-inch TFT Color, approx. 123,000 pixels Image Sensor - 1/6-inch CCD, approx. 680,000 pixels / Effective pixels (movie) - approx. 340,000 pixels (4 - 3) / approx. 450,000 pixels (16 - 9 IS OFF) / approx. 360,000 pixels (16 - 9 IS ON) / Effective pixels (still image) - approx. 450,000 pixels 2 Lux night mode capable Dimensions - 2.1 x 3.5 x 5 inches (154 x90 x128mm) Weight - 0.88 pounds without lens and battery pack Canon 1 Year Parts And Labor Limited Warranty
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Great VHSc replacement October 1, 2008
This is a great inexpensive camcorder. MUCH easier than our VHSc camcorder that has been sitting in its bag for 5 years now and also better than the short videos we can record on our digital camera. After you are done you can just "finalize" the DVD, put in in your DVD player and watch the movie.
I blank miniDVD-R are inexpensive (I got 50 for $20) and very easy to store.
One minor complaint. The "finalize" option is only available if the camcorder is plugged into wall power. This is no problem but there is no way to know that unless you read the small comment burried in the manual somewhere that mentions that. Having that comment on the camcorder "finalize" menu would have been a lot more stright-forward.
 Disappointed, frustrating - its painful. May 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had a DC220 for a couple months and I am growing to dislike it more and more although some of this is due to frustrations with the mini-DVD format.
The DC220 records on mini-DVDs. These cannot be viewed on a DVD player or transfered to a computer until they are "finalized". Once finalized you cannot record any else on a mini-DVD. I have been using the included DVD-Rs and have been forced to finalize a couple with only a few minutes of video so others could watch them. Kinda wasteful.
You can use DVD-RWs, which can be un-finalized, but in my experience these have only 30 mins of recording time while a DVD-R will record 60 mins.
The finalization process seems very touchy. The camera will not even allow you to select this option unless it is connected to the power cord, not the battery. The process can run for a long time (6 min for the disks I did, which had 5 min of video) and there are warnings all over the manual to not touch the camera while it is finalizing or permanent data loss may result. Also you are warned to only attempt the finalization when the camera is at room temp.
I tried to play un-finalized movies back on a external TV. Eventually I was able to but the process is not straight-forward.
The manual is 100 pages of extremely small, dense text, small pictures and references pointing to other areas of the manual. It lacks any kind quick start guide and I am unwilling to read the whole thing through.
The controls are located in three areas: A circle on the side, a push button on the back and buttons along the bottom of the view screen. It is not clear when each control should be used so each time I want to do a function I need to flip the camera around pushing buttons trying to find the appropriate control, finally having to dig out the manual and reading glasses.
The viewfinder looks into the camera at a slight down angle instead of the more normal (for me at least) straight through. This proved very awkward when I was trying to film from from a deck looking down.
 Met Expectations May 9, 2008
This product met my expectations. It is inexpensive and easy to carry along. It allows me to take pictures while I am I videotaping although they aren't as high of quality pictures.
Impossible to Copy Mini DVDs After shooting February 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great idea! Shoot your memories to mini DVD-R. Right? Well, nice camera, nice idea, records to mini DVD-R, but when you are ready to copy the disks, forget it! You have to BUY expensive software to do this, and any demos I tried don't work. I've now been over three weeks trying to copy my mini DVD-Rs (which record as MPEG4 (.vob)) to full sized DVDs that will play in any player and I still can't do it. Also, the stills suck. 640x480 and I can't get it to snap stills at the same time as you are recording, as the camera boasts you can.
Disappointed with grainy picture January 16, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
After researching and reading reviews, I purchased this camcorder from BrandsMart at what seems to be a good price at $278. I had to test it and make a decision to keep or return within 5 days because of their return policy and ended up returning it.
Outdoor videos looked great, even on my 50" HD Plasma TV, however, when I recorded indoors in my living room, the quality was horrible. My old VHS camcorder did better than this thing. Although it was night time, I was shooting in a fairly well artifically lit area, hardly dark, and what I'd consider even more than 'low lighting'. The picture came out extremely 'grainy', certainly not what I'd expect from today's technology. On other small non HD tv's it was still very grainy and bad quality.
I would have loved for this camcorder to live up to my expectations, as it was fairly simple to use, although the manual is not very well written, eventually I figured it all out. Things are laid out pretty nicely and it fits well in the palm, even with a small hand.
Now I'll have to read another manual and learn another and different camcorder. Right now I'm looking at a Sony dcrdvd308 and the associate at BrandsMart now informed me that Sony's night recording feature is much higher quality than this one from Canon. Wish they had told me that before I wasted my time on this one.
Unless you're planning on filming outdoors or inside only during daytime with the blinds open, I wouldn't recommend the Canon dc220. I think there are better options out there for nearly the same or little more money.
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