[BLU/Officers] BLU camcorder

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

It already shipped. I'll try to set up conditions similar to a BLU meeting
to test the video quality.

> 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.

Can you point me to these reviews? The ones I've seen were mostly positive,
with a few negative reviews that sounded like the reviewer didn't know how
to operate a camera in the first place.

I just did another search, and I didn't find any mention of the Sony
upconverting from Standard Definition. The only mentions of SD I find
are that it records onto a Secure Digital flash card.

I found a side-by-side comparison on Youtube of the Kodak Zi-8 vs the
Sony HDR-C110 (the model that the 210 replaced when it was released
earlier this year), and the video quality of the Sony looked every bit as
good as the Kodak, and better in a low-light test.




On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> 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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