Arrived in good condition. Smaller than I expected. Works well. Great beginners camera for the price. Looking forward to using it. As a camcorder and vidieocast cam. Set up easy, instructions easy to get through. Read more

First i must say the short time i spent testing this camera video wise, it was good. The end. The microphone is not the one showing and you need to shout with the camera in your hand to get any recorded audio. I had another mic here and it worked perfectly. The remote they say is 2.4G and 360 degrees pickup. This is funny as the pickup on the camera is on the front and almost covered by the lens hood so to point the remote at this you would be need to be in Front of the camera and on your knee's. If you are off to one side or standing by or behind the camera it will not work. Camera has a Fill light THAT is also hidden behind the lens hood. WOW, did anyone not even see this camera before writing the description or other reviews. They do say with EIS on the 5K will not work. True. Also i discovered the zoom will not work in any of the resolutions with EIS on. I guess this is why in the videos in the descriptions they look as if the person is shacking it around. On a tripod and not being moved this would be an ok camera i guess. But for that you can spend half this money. Of course sorry to say i will be returning it. Read more

Cons: It has one fatal flaw, lens flare. It's cause by how it uses a cheap lens (plastic?) over the main lens and this causes a light refraction anytime there is a light source back on the main lens inside, a la lens flare... So, unless you plan on filming at night with nothing reflective around, you're always going to look like you're trying to be the Michael Bay of home videos. Other flaws: stabilizer is a joke; microphone was mediocre, at best; and software was limited and dated. Pros: Cost; size; carrying handle was pretty good; weight was great; low-light was decent, albeit marred by the lens flare issue; and it comes with a lot of accessories. I was looking for something to shoot indoors and as a webcam for office meetings. The lens flares were ridiculously bad to the point that I was never able to avoid them enough. I was never able to properly test the batteries but you get two and you can charge as you go. Read more

The quality of the videos with this camera is extremely good. The volume is not the greatest but good enough. The battery life is good, however the videos cut off at 15 minutes which is quite frustrating. Read more

Most people see video camcorders and think “are we in the 1980’s still?” Cellphone cameras take pretty decent video, certainly compared to the quality of the 1980’s camcorders. So why does anyone need a camcorder? There are a variety of situations where a nice quality camcorder is the answer to the problem. One such situation is that I am a polygraph examiner and I have to record all of my polygraph tests. The tests can take several hours and it is absolutely necessary to have them recorded and have excellent video and audio recordings. Often people make admissions during the process and those admissions can be used against them in Court and if you don’t have a quality recording that can be played for a Judge and Jury, it can be a problem. I have over the years used a couple of different cameras, from the inexpensive “webcams” to a couple of different camcorders and I always found that I was trading one good aspect for one bad aspect, either the audio was great and the video was poor or unreliable (skipping, pixelating etc) or I got clear and crisp video but the microphone made the person sound like they were mumbling into a tin can. Then there is the process of downloading the media and copying the media. I am not all that tech savvy, so when I choose a new product to try and resolve an old issue, I have to choose something that I can easily adapt to. If it is too complicated I will end up spending valuable time trying to set up something that ought to be pretty simple to use and process. I set out to find a good camera for this purpose and was attracted to this one because it seems to be designed for vlogging as opposed to a lot of the others that brag about their ability to capture live action such as sporting events etc (which is fine, but unnecessary for me). The price point was attractive to me as well so I took a chance on this camera and I am not the least bit disappointed. It was easy to unpack, simple to set up and use. I ran it for about 40 minutes and tested the audio from different areas in the room as well as how well it picked up sound from outside the room. The audio is impressive and the video, well I am not sure if it is indeed 5K, but certainly for this purpose it captures a very clear and crisp video. I would expect a camera of this quality to cost a lot more money. I know that the first camcorder I bought (yeah.. back in the 80’s) was a major brand from a big Japanese electronics company that used mini cassette tapes and I paid over $500 for that camera and the video and audio quality was at the time outstanding but certainly not at this level. Now I am thinking I might do some vlogging. Look out YouTube… I highly recommend this camera Read more