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Reviewed by: glennchan
 (Intermediate)

Review Date
December 2, 2003

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

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Summary:

Bottom line... stay far away from this camera! Video quality is average to poor, low light capability is far worse than other cameras, the audio is very poor (on-board mic is close to useless and no shoe for attaching external mic). There was one case where I found this camera useful. It was shooting a stop-motion movie. The SCD55's close-up focusing was slightly better than a Sony TRV22 and the optics was "better" because the TRV22's lens hood causes a white cast/flaring when light is shined at it (stupid design on the TRV22's part). Even for shooting stop motion films this camera isn't good.

Strengths:

Good zoom Cheap?

Weaknesses:

horrendous low light subpar video quality (lots of noise, false colors) poor audio lack of full manual features

Similar Products Used:

Sony TRV20, TRV22, TRV110 (digital8)

Customer Service:

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