"Gene E. Bloch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I went to the Sanyo site, but couldn't find any support or manuals
> today, so I would suggest that you Google to find a manual (or if
> you're a better navigator than I, go to http://www.sanyo.com/ and find
> one).
Were you looking for a manual for your C5, or for the C6? I think I actually
downloaded a C6 manual the other day, I forget from where. If you would like
to see one, I could try to find out where I downloaded it from, or perhaps
post it as an attachment to a post to this thread.
> Have you looked at the usual review sites? Like
> http://www.camcorderinfo.com/
> as well as
> http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_.../c5.html#specs
>
> The second one reviews the C-5. I didn't look today to see if it
> reviews the others.
Yes, I have. I believe both those sites also have reviews of the C6, I
cannot remember for sure.
> I suspect (leaping to a conclusion) that the 6 is a 5 with more pixels.
A logical conclusion, and yes, that's part of it, megapixels that is. But
I've read there are other improvements as well. (I think I might have read
about it at steve''s digicams.)
If someone reading has tried more than one of these units, it would be
interesting to read their comparisons.
I'm actually leaning now more towards the Panasonic or JVC models mentioned.
They record to MPEG-2, DVD quality video. Although as I said, from what I
read, I don't think any of the cams mentioned will get as good results as a
mini-DV camcorder, but the Panasonic and JVC models will certainly come much
closer to that than the Sanyo and Samsung. Much less compression than the
mp4 used in the other two models, much easier to make a DVD from. (And of
course, one could recompress at higher compression and lower resolution to
make suitable videos for web and e-mail.) Of course, the trade-off is that
such DVD quality video takes up much more space. With the Panasonic only
having an SD card slot like the Sanyo, the card will fill up much faster. (2
GB SD cards are inexpensive now though, and I hear 4 GB SD is on the
horizon.) The JVC, however, has both an SD and a CF card slot, the latter
being wide enough to hold a microdrive. It comes with a 4GB microdrive, and
one can buy an 8GB microdrive for around $150 now. So, much more space to
hold high quality video on the JVC. Although still small and pocketable, it
is larger and heavier than the other three models mentioned, so there's
another trade-off. (It also has the longest boot time, I think 13 seconds or
so.)
I think the Samsung model mentioned has probably, from the reviews I've
read, the least video quality of the four models mentioned. It uses memory
stick media, which to me is less preferable than SD. However, it has a
couple things going for it. For one, I think it's the smallest and lightest
of the four models, even beating the Sanyo in that respect. Furthermore, I
have seen it for sale new for $209, much less than I could get any of the
others for (including used on Ebay). That puts it in the price range of the
higher end of the "cheapo-cams" (Aiptek, Mustek, etc.), while I think
probably providing better video quality than them, and including a 10x
optical zoom. (Same zoom for Panasonic and JVC, the Sanyo only has a 5x
optical zoom.) ( I think it boots up quickly too.) If it was the same price
as the others (or at what was its normal price) I don't think I would
consider the Samsung, , but at $209 new it looks tempting.
Again, I'd appreciate hearing from anyone else who has tried one or more of
these models, or others. Thank you.
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