Page 1 of Errrr Canon Mini DV Camcorder £150 delivered (All sold now, sorry)

Second attempt at posting a bargain, last one ended in failure as the store wouldn`t honour any purchases. Better luck this time I hope!! :/

Just bought one these today from ebuyer. Seems like a nice buy. Canon MVX200.

www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=11195931943&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=62736

Here is a review of the MVX200i which is identical except it has DVin whereas the 200 doesn`t.

"Canon MVX 200i

May 2004


The MVX 200i is the more expensive of the two Canons on test, coming in right on our upper price limit with a guide price of £699, although it can be found for as little as £477 online. It`s geared up to provide high-quality digital stills as well as video footage. To this end, it has a 1.3 megapixel CCD and a mechanical shutter. Still photographs can be stored on a SD/MMC card, and support for the PictBridge printing standard means you can connect the MVX 200i to a PictBridge-compatible printer and print still photos directly from the memory card.
For capturing video, the 14x optical zoom, f1.8 lens is average for cameras in this price range, and you`re best off ignoring the 280x digital zoom. The eight program auto-exposure modes include all the usual options that allow you to adjust the camera`s exposure.
The MVX 200i uses Canon`s Digic DV processor, which improves colour fidelity, making blue skies blue rather than white and keeping skin tones neutral.
It performed very well in our indoor tests. The auto-exposure was great, with excellent colour fidelity, and the image stabiliser gave good results. Blue sky was exposed correctly, but that was the case with all the high-end cameras on test. Our only criticism is that the auto-exposure system was occasionally a little sluggish in adapting to changes in lighting. We were impressed, however, by its reproduction of natural skin tones. Indoors, there was a little more noise than we would have liked in low lighting conditions, and it failed our darkness test. The mic picked up sounds well, but there was some tape noise.
The way a camcorder handles is almost as important as the quality of the results it produces, and this camera scores well in this area. It`s comfortable to hold, and the 2.5in LCD screen seems somehow bigger than most, despite having identical dimensions. Importantly, tapes are loaded from the top of the camera.
Good performance and excellent features make the Canon MVX 200i one of the best camcorders on test."

Good luck.

Inkitin

This item was edited on Friday, 23rd September 2005, 20:04

Looks like a fantastic bargain - what`s the catch?

Always been after a decent smaillish video camera, and at 150 notes this is too tempting to pass up (particularly as it appears to be 350 - 450 elsewhere.)

Blackjane

Don`t know that there is any catch.

They`ve sold a shed load today though. Let`s hope they honour the sales!!

Good luck if you buy though.

Inkitin

I`m going for it - but I`m wondering which accessories I need to pick up at the same time.

Any ideas?

Hi again Blackjane

I haven`t looked in detail but it has a remote control, firewire lead, USB lead etc.

I think the only things you will have to buy are tapes and a carry bag.

All the software is included as well.

Regards

Inkitin

Ordered mine, after a lot of fiddling about with passwords and other such fiddly nonesense.
Many thanks to original OP.
More details here.

The only down side is that I think the sound is mono.

This item was edited on Friday, 23rd September 2005, 19:56

All gone now >:(

Wow.It is too!

I went for one (now only 6 left when I ordered!)

I also picked up a cheapie value case, a 256Mb SD card as well as a triple pack of 60 min tapes.

I should also be able to hook this up to my DVD recorder, which is a plus.

Thanks again to the original poster!

This item was edited on Friday, 23rd September 2005, 20:00

Batavia

Quote:
The only down side is that I think the sound is mono

I`ve checked the Canon website and the sound is definitely stereo. I think what they mean is that the camera itself is mono i.e. one speaker.

Hope this helps and sets your mind at rest.

Regards
Inkitin