Customer Reviews

SVP T500-Bk FULL HD 1440x1080p Digital Camcorder + Camera with 2.5" LCD, 20x Zoom, Leather Body, HDTV Output

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I bought this in hopes it would basically replace my camcorder and picture camera as it advertises. One positive is in absolute bright light it has an ok picture. The rest of the time it is not worth the effort. It is light in the handle and heavy at the top. It advertises that is has leather on it. It is not on the handle, so it is very slippery in your hands. Pushing the record button is awkward. The camera does not have any balance. The pistol grip is a good idea, but pushing the record trigger you have to loosen your grip and stretch to get it to record, thus causing the camera to jerk around. The other problem is downloading, non-existant software and a mpeg-4 codec which make it imposible to edit with out buying conversion software.

I could go on! Bottomline, Save your money. Good idea possibly in the future with upgrades. I forgot sound is horrible. If you notice there is no advertising about sound. It is be cause it is horrible. Well, once again. Save your money, I bought a digital camera buy "C" and I could not be happier. Hope this helps.

I have had this digicam for a year now and am so happy with it. A friend of mine said the picture on her $250 sony camcorder was better than mine so we put it to the test. We both recorded 2 minutes of my husband riding around the yard on his scooter and hooked each to the tv for our small audience to watch. My picture got much better reviews and her sound got much a little better reviews. I don't have a problem with the controls, they are very convenient. My problem is I can never remember how to get to a certain screen, even now. I love the light, although I don't know how I will replace them when they die since they are enclosed. I don't like the fact that you can only use up to a 4 gig memory card and has no internal memory. I just have to remember to take extra memory cards on vacation. The manual says not to let the battery die or you will lose the memory but that didn't happen with mine. I still had the 2 days vacation on the unit. I really do love this unit. I don't know that I would buy another one since I had originally wanted a flip out with internal memory but I still love it.