Hitachi DZHS500A DVD Hybrid Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom & 30GB Hard Disc Drive
by Hitachi
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: HitachiRelease Date: 2007-03-01
Model: DZ-HS500A
Product features:
- Combines the convenience of DVD with the flexibility of a 30 GB hard disk drive
- One-touch dubbing from HDD to DVD
- Multiformat+ compatibility; DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD+RW support
- 2.7-inch widescreen LCD
- USB 2.0 connectivity
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics 3RCA Component Video Cable (6 Feet)
- AmazonBasics IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
- Corel VideoStudio Pro X2 [Old Version]
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Hitachi DZHS500A DVD Hybrid Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom & 30GB Hard Disc Drive
Customer Review: Hybird DV
Summary: 5 Stars
OK. Look, I wanted to go out and use this Hitachi DZHS500A camcorder right away. But the book is so thick! And that seemed daunting of itself. So, I thought to myself, there's no getting around it, take the time to read.
AND then, the very first time I used it, nothing seemed to work. I knew I had done something wrong, I just didn't know what. Charged the battery; I bought 2 extra. Ran through the menu choices, for the 5th time. In truth everything WAS working just fine, but you couldn't convince me of that.
Alright, everyone of you have done this, so don't feel so smug when I tell you what was wrong with the camera, operator error.
Take the lens cap off and don't put it back on until you've put an orange dayglo sticker on the lens cap that says, "TELL ME ITS ON"
Other than that, this camcorder was designed for me. I'm a retard with electronic things (not to make fun of retards). So, when even I can make high quality 16:9 videos, its a major miracle. And, as promised, I took the Mini-DVD out of the Camcorder and into my portable DVD player, it played straight up. I mean, I've been told that so many thing could go wrong here, but thanks to reading the BOOK (imagine that)they didn't. That has given me the confidence to push my boundry.
I might even take pictures of something besides the cat and the birds at the bird feeder, now that I've finished the book. The camera? I've used all the features that make it a good first pick camcorder. But what makes this camera Great? That first Mini-DVD went into the DVD player and worked! And I composed all the scenes I saved to the Hard Disk and when ready, sent them to the DVD and finalized them. It was too easy. I guess I'm getting cocky with this Camcorder.
And, the zoom. I did tell you I took video of the bird feeder, from 20 yards away. I was able to zoom into the sparrow's eye. A whole eye filling up a 16:9 screen. And quickly, zoom out to catch 30 or more birds mobbing the feeder. I was in Zoom heaven. You don't even know when the 1:30 ends and the digital zoom starts. Smooth.
Gawd, I love this camera. I've got one gripe. Miniscule, but its there.
Where is the still shot memory stick? Even a 16Mb one would have been nice to have, just for learning purposes. I got a lot for what I paid. Still, a small thing like that magnifies itself in its abscense.
On my scale of 1 to 100, it gets a 89. Adding the memory stick for still photos would have pushed it over the top.
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