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Hitachi DZGX5080A DVD Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom

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Brand: Hitachi
Category: Photography

List Price: ~~$1,017.17~~
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $817.18 (80%)
Buy New from $199.99

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

(1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3865

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Optical Zoom: 30
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 69
Minimum Focal Length: 2.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 5

MPN: DZ-GX5080A
Model: GX5080A UltraVision
UPC: 050585223882
EAN: 0050585223882
ASIN: B000LWW2ZI

Release Date: February 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Multiformat+ compatibility; support for DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW
•	2.7-inch widescreen LCD screen
•	Photo Frame Grab feature lets users easily capture any video frame as a still image
•	Cinema Res image processing
•	USB 2.0 connectivity

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The DZGX5080A is a DVD Camcorder with a built-in LED light, ensuring proper illumination even in the darkest environments. Also included with this model is USB 2.0 connectivity with PC and Mac software support. Ease of use is taken to a whole new level with features like Photo Frame Capture and 1-Second Quick Start. Photo Capture allows users to browse video scenes and choose individual frames to save as digital stills to SD card. 1-second quick start makes recording nearly instantaneous when powering up from sleep mode. 4-Format DVD compatibility, a powerful 30x optical zoom and a 2.7" widescreen LCD display complete the robust feature package.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Not quite what I expected May 15, 2007
22 out of 22 found this review helpful

I bought this camera to replace a Sony Digital 8 that went bad. I wanted to save the time of putting my tapes on DVD, and figured I'd buy a DVD camera.

I like the compact size of it, and it has a decent optical zoom. You can also film in widescreen mode, which is cool, but you can't switch between 16:9 and 4:3 on the same DVD.

Now for the downsides. The main one is that when I try to play back a DVD on the camera (whether it is finalized or not) sometimes I get severe pixelation - to the point where the camera pauses playback. If I put the finalized DVD in any of my players, it works fine. I don't know if this is expected behavior, but I wouldn't think so. I emailed Hitachi support about it a couple of weeks ago, and I've heard no response.

Another problem is the indoor video. The color and contrast are poor. I even bought this model with the light to try to avoid that, but it doesn't help much. Actually, it is too direct, and not powerful enough. This results in it being very harsh within about 5 feet, and ineffective past about 10 feet. Outdoor shots look pretty good.

One last comment is on the finalizing. The automatic indexing is nice, but you have to have the camera plugged in to finalize the DVD. I guess this makes sense, but it is a little inconvenient.

So, overall this purchase has been a bit of a let down.

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