Samsung SC-D103

Good Camera for Average user

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Pros: Inexpensive for a DV camcorder. Easy to use.

Cons: Grainy in indoor, low light conditions...but this is not a showstopper.

praise, praise, praise

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Pros: size, looks, and price

Cons: only has a 2 hr batt. life

Recommended for documentaries

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Pros: reliable, has ext. microphone jack, cheap enough not to worry, nearly foolproof automatic.

Cons: Bad in low lighting; MP4 recorder limit 20 seconds; cannot change tape while on tripod.

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Excellent for documentaries, lectures, schools, etc. because of the support for external mike, the reliability, and ease of use. Read More

Quick & easy to figure out

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Pros: Playback buttons located outside LCD; intuitive design and controls. Firewire. Works well with our Mac!

Cons: Still shot have excessive noise levels. Very grainy in low light.

Pretty good for a first timer, received as a gift and loving it.

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Pros: compact, easy to use

Cons: LCD is poor, viewing the picture is graining, hard to see what you are filming.

Terrible image quality

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Pros: Low cost, great sound quality.

Cons: Grainy image with indoor lighting, no video in recording, autofocusing sometimes behaves odd, colors inaccurate.

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Didn't like it at all. Read More

Disappointing video quality

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Pros: Price, features.

Cons: GRainy, pixelated pictures.

Expensive lemon

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Pros: Easy to use, light, relatively good sound and picture quality

Cons: Broken Visual Display. Camcorder is unusable after less than 5 hours of recording time.

NO REPAIR FACILITY

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Pros: cheap

Cons: really cheap -

Died after about one hour of use

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Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: expensive to fix