[BLU/Officers] BLU camcorder

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Cancel the order if you can.
If not, check it out when you get it, and if it does not meet with your
expectations, return it.

On 06/06/2012 11:54 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> Sorry, I thought nobody cared to respond. I ordered it earlier today.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:28 PM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
>> On 06/04/2012 06:05 PM, John Abreau wrote:
>>> Hi, guys.
>>>
>>> The Kodak Zi-8 mini camcorder is not working right. Even at its best,
>>> it did a poor job
>>> of recording in low-light conditions, and for the past two meetings
>>> that I recorded
>>> wit it, the video was extremely blurry to the point of being
>>> completely useless.
>>> I made several attempts to clean the lens, to no effect.
>>>
>>> I'm considering purchasing a new camcorder. I did a search for
>>> low-cost HD camcorders
>>> that work well in low-light conditions, and I found that the Sony
>>> HDR-CX210 showed
>>> a lot of positive reviews. Amazon is currently selling the HDR-CX210
>>> for $327.94, and
>>> The balance in our checking account is currently 1,979.45, so it seems
>>> reasonably
>>> affordable.
>>>
>>> I'd like to hear your thoughts before I decide whether to go ahead and purchase
>>> the HDR-CX210.
>> I'm sorry I have meetings Tuesday and Thursday this week so I don't have
>> time to do a ton of research, but a quick search turned up  mediocre
>> reviews calling it flimsy.
>>
>> Technologically, it seems to be the worst of both worlds, because its
>> sensor is SD resolution and it upconverts to HD, so you have huge files
>> at low quality.
>>
>> I'll try to do more research this weekend, if you can wait that long.
>>
>>
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