Date: Monday October 5th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Samsung Canada
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PRODUCT FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS

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PRODUCT COMPOSITION

For a very affordable US$300-$325 you will receive the following.

- Shoulder Carrying Strap
- AC Charger and Power Supply
- Lens Cap
- USB cable
- Composite A/V to 3.5mm Male Plug Jack

Software and Literature included was:

- User's Manual
- DVC Camcorder Software
- Quick Start Guide
- Product Registration and Warranty
- Backup Battery for Setting Memory

The battery included is a 7.4v 1100mAh Lithium Ion battery pack which is good for 1.5 hours when using the LCD screen and 2 hours with only using the viewfinder eyepiece while recording or playing back. Through extensive testing during a couple of weddings this is right on the money. If those number are perhaps a little low for your liking, you can purchase a 2200mAh pack good for double the time for a pricetag of about US$70-$90. Charging time from completely discharged is two hours for the smaller battery and three and a half for the larger optional battery is you chose to purchase it.

Last but most important is the actual camcorder. In the bottom right you see the DVC recording media that is used with this actual camcorder but what is hard to make out in this shot is actually how small the DVC tape is. Think of the tiny cassettes you see for answering machines and personal voice recorders and the DVC cassette is just slightly larger than those but able to still record a full hour in full quality SP mode and 90 minutes in lower quality LP.

This camcorder is indeed very small and equally just as light. As shown in the photo above, this camcorder has no problem fitting easily in the palm of my hand. But I don't want to go into to many of the features right this second seeing I will walk you through this product in the next pages.