Customer Reviews

Canon DC310 DVD Camcorder with 37x Optical Zoom

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The overview states that this includes 'USB 2.0 hi-speed terminal for quick video transfer'. Read the detail section and there is no mention of a USB port, because there is none! You need to buy the DC330 to get that feature. That would not be so bad if the R- RW would work in any of our PC's or DVD players. Granted the DVD players are older modules but the PC's are less than 1 year old. Maybe if your PC writes to R- or you stick with none rewritable DVD's you would be happy with this camcorder (didn't waste any more money trying this). This module is being returned and replaced with the DC330.

I bought this camera for our family summer vacation. My old digital camera did not zoom close enough to anything. I was looking for a camcorder that was small in size that could get close up & that is exactly what I got. I have found it to be easy to use in every way and it is small enough to fit in just about any normal size bag.

Pros:-

1) Price is cheap for a DVD camcorder
2) Outdoor video quality
3) optical zoom

Cons:-

1) The menu is very confusing.
2) You cannot finalize unless you connect the camera to power adapter. You will not know it unless you read the manual carefully
3) You cannot charge the camera if the power button is turned on. So assume that you are using the camera and it goes off because of no charge. You connect it to the power adapter, it will not charge...it is because the power button is still turned on. I had this issue and had a hard time finding the cause. I even sent my camera to canon repair and it got returned back saying I need to keep the power button off while charging and otherwise it will not charge.
4) Finally, there is a lot of problem with finalizing the disc. The finalize menu item will not show up while in record mode. That is fine. But I recorded my disc in VR mode and now I see Finalize menu item but it is not selectable..not sure why. I am not able to finalize my disc and can't play it in dvd player. When I see the content of the DVD, it has files in VRO format. To convert it to DVD format, I need a software now which will cost me. And that's when I decided to write this review.

Canon DC310 DVD Camcorder with 41x Optical Zoom
We purchased this camcorder after looking at reviews in various places, in particular, one well known consumer product magazine. Since we wanted something basic, but a camcorder that would give us very good quality images, we counted on the Canon. It is easy to learn to use if you are a novice like we are, and is adequate for home videos. Taking into account the savings extras from Amazon, we purchased it at the lowest price that we researched on the internet, and at local electronics retailers. We highly suggest purchasing an extra battery, and the battery charger (stick with the Canon brand or you can be burned with the cheaper "replacement" claiming to be as good). Amazon shipped it in two days at no extra charge....a "special" at the time. We purchase from Amazon often because of their excellent customer service.

I reviewed the Consumer's Report 2009 regarding dvd camcorders and this model rated one of the highest. I am thrilled to concur with the Report. I wanted something simple to use which provided a good image at a good value. This seems to meet all three. The vendor I used shipped it within 4-5 days (Sixth Avenue Electronics -6ave). Overall great experience. NOTE: Read the manual - if you don't finalize the discs properly you may loose all of the recordings.

We were upgrading from our old VHS camcorder, and wanted something that was easy to use, we did not want to "upload" any videos to the computer, we just needed a new camera, user friendly to capture memories of our two girls. This camera is very easy to use, the quality of the videos indoors and outdoors is excellent. I purchased some mini DVDs here at amazon, popped one in, and started my first test video, it was great. As always, scan through the instructions, and follow them, believe me, for this price, it is a great deal, we like it. Lastly as you do your first dvd, do as the instructions say, "FINALIZE" your video, when you "FINALIZE" your video, it will play in any device, dvd player, and your pc.
J.Hess

I bought this camera in August 2008. I was tired of my old one. It's really easy to operate. I love it because its very light weight and it can fit right into your bag but I would suggest a camera bag for it. I haven't taken pictures with it yet. It has a great zoom lens on it. It doesn't shake. If you love filming like I do you will love this camera. I would suggest it to anyone. It's a great price too! I watched the Dvd that I had made on my Dvd player and the videos were very clear. This is a real nice camera. One more thing the battery has a nice long charge to it. I only had to charge it twice since I've had it.

This is a great little camcorder. It is easy to load and the DVD's are clear as can be. It has a memory card slot do you can use it as a digital camera, it takes really nice pictures. A really good deal.

I haven't fully used all of its capabilities, but so far I am not disappointed. It is smaller and more compact than what I'd expected...I thought the UPS delivery should have had another package for me. It's great, for a great price.

The Canon DC310 Camcorder is really nice, smaller than I imagined and produces great zoom optical pictures (via Camera Mode -SD Card) and really impressive DVD's.
People need to simply read the manual (which is only 88 pages) and is EZ to read, and understand. Set-up may take some adjusting but the manual spells it out. Some have complained that this model doesn't have image stabilization, but it does.
Once you get onto using the camera, know how to initialize any RW discs, (verbatim recommended) and know how to finalize the disc, this small disc will play on most DVD players.
For those needing the Fire Wire for transferring images via IEEE wire, will need the Canon DC 330 . But you can certainly copy the DVD via computer burner or external DVD burner. A Good DVD Camcorder.