Samsung SCL810 Hi8 Camcorder with 2.5 LCD

by Samsung

Product Details

Product Manual [2.70mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 4.1 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008E00I
• Item model number: SCL810
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,865 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 31, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Samsung’s SC-L810 Camcorder features backlight compensation, a built-in light, and the Easy-Q easy navigator. Samsung offers quality and simplicity. Compact in size and easy to operate Samsung camcorders provide a top quality video image. The SC-L810 offers unique attractive functionality like Easy-Q, which lets you easily set your camcorder on preset standard shooting mode. The SC-L810 also has special features including, backlight compensation and the flexibility of its worldwide AV output.

Product Description

Shoot videos just like a professional with this Hi8(TM) camcorder. A 2.5" LCD screen gives you an instant view of the action, and you can bring objects up close and personal with the 22x Optical/880x Digital zoom range. A variety of effects and auto exposure modes make watching your videos all the more interesting. It even includes a convenient built-in light that lets you record in darkened settings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good camera for normal use, August 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Samsung SCL810 Hi8 Camcorder with 2.5 LCD (Electronics)

One good feature with this camera is that it has a built in light, so the camcorder works great during nighttime. One more goodthing is that it can playback tape on TV in both NTSC & PAL. One major drawback is that this camera does not have the feature 'Digital Image Stabilization' ( minimizes unwanted picture shaking ). Comapred to SCL810, model SCL860 comes with this feature, and SCL860 is only few bucks more, so I shall recommend SCL860 compared to SCL810.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camcorder!, October 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Samsung SCL810 Hi8 Camcorder with 2.5 LCD (Electronics)

I bought this camera as soon as we found out my wife was pregnant. We got it @ Target and have loved it. Especially for the price. The zoom is good -- 22x optical. I am not sure what the other reviewer is talking about with the cheap buttons-- the whole thing feels real high quality. I dropped it on cement once and it didn't do anything except scratch it. My wife likes the effects (negative, sepia, mirror, etc.) We have had the camera for 18 months and have had no problems with it at all. The battery actually lasts along time even when I use the flip out lcd screen. However with the spotlight on it does drain it about twice as fast. If you need a good reliable camera but don't want to plunk down big dollars, this is a great choice. My only complaint is the fade in/out button is under the flip out lcd screen, so if you want to fade you have to open the flip, a small annoyance. But all in all a great camera that has worked flawlessly since I bought it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great at first, then..., November 13, 2005

By 

Chris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung SCL810 Hi8 Camcorder with 2.5 LCD (Electronics)

I bought this camcorder about 1 and a half years ago because I really wanted to start making movies. So, I went to target and bought it for 200 dollars which is a great price for a camcorder. It has 22x optical zoom and 880x digital zoom. I took it home and tried to make a short test movie. It was easy to use, had a great picture, and good sound. It continued to work until one day, I made a movie and when I watched it, it didn't have sound half of the time. I took it to many places and no one could figure out what was wrong. Other than the sound not working it was great and had many diferent features. One of the features was DSE or Digital Special Effects. They are:

Sepia: adds a brown old tone to the screen
Black and White: the way films used to be
Negative Art: reverses the colors in the picture
Mirror: a mirror image of the picture
Art: makes the picture look drawn
Mosaic: the picture - made out of squares
16:9: stretches the picture vertically
Cinema: a lot like widescreen

When filming out or indoors there are different Program AEs you can use when the light in the picture changes. If you dont like switching them, you can set them to AUTO. The PAEs are:

Sports
Portrait
Spotlight
Sand/snow
HSS

Many camcorders have different faders, unfortunatly this camcoder only has one, Black fader. It is however, easy to use and is a good special effect for the end of the movie.

Another featre is BLC or backlight. I use this when I'm filming at night or in a dark place. It really helps to brighten up the picture. If you use it light places, it might make the picture too bright.

If you are shooting a home video of your family or freinds there are some titles programmed into the camcorder to display at the beginning of the video. These titles are also available in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian. They can be White, Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, Red, Green, and blue. They include:

Anniversary
Congratulations
Graduation
Happy Birthday
Happy New Year
Having Fun
Its the Weekend!
Merry Christmas
Our Baby
Our Daughter
Our Son
Vacation
Party
Picnic
Thanksgiving
Weekend

My last advice is that if you buy this camcorder, be careful with it or the sound might die.