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Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 9MP Flash Memory Camcorder with 5x Optical Zoom (Black)
Price: $239.99
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| Features 40MB of internal memory; SDHC Flash memory compatible |
| Shoots 9-megapixel digital photos; includes Face Chaser technology |
| Highlighted by a 2.5-inch LCD display; super-fast start-up |
| Easily share videos and photos with highly-advanced MPEG4 video compression |
| Includes a high-capacity Sanyo brand lithium-ion battery |
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Customers Reviews
2009-11-05
It has its place....
Update 11-12-09 3 stars
The indoors natural light pictures and video this takes is unacceptably poor so I returned it. If this is used outdoors only, or with flash indoors, it takes fairly good pictures and nice video. For this price you might look elsewhere like the Canon SX110 series.
Original Review 4 stars
First of all I own Canon cameras (Canon SD1000 and Canon SX110) that take better photo's and videos than this does but the things this combo does is quite good. I like the pistol grip style, the nice large screen and the audio is excellent. I was hoping it was a little thinner as it puts a bulge in your pocket, any thicker and it would be a deal breaker. It is something you would not mind having on you most of the time at a place like Disneyland. It feels well constructed and I like the lens being recessed into the body as it won't get finger prints easily. As others have said it does not take good pictures or video in poorly lit areas but in good light it is good on pictures and video. It has some nice features most point and shoot cameras don't and for the money its worth it. It's place in this world is for someone that wants spur of the moment decent video's and pictures mainly to send over the internet to family and friends. Its not the camera you want for once in a lifetime photos or videos. Consider this a second camera or video camera as its not a DSLR or a $350 48x optical zoom camcorder and it doesn't pretend to be. It has its place......
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2009-07-24
misleading
Bought this camera expecting all listed features to work.This camera takes fair vidios,if you don't move to much, fair still pictures but won't print date on photo copies or on images transfered to computer.Contacted Sanyo and after 4 or 5 emails back and fourth their last reply was that it will not print date unless you have PicBridge on your printer or on images transfered to computer.I also took my sd card to Wal-Mart to make copies and it will not print dates with their photo printer.This feature is useless if it will only work under certain conditions.I think the biggest problem is Sanyo's failure to acknowledge that this camera isn't working right.What good is a warranty if they won't fix the problem?NO MORE SANYO FOR ME!!!
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2009-07-21
Nice little cam
The camera is exactly what I was expecting for - beautiful, little camcorder, small enough to carry around most of the time (which was the reason I bought it) with video quality ok for most of the situations. This camera is indeed does not have the greatest IQ around, but wait, we don't expect the image quality of semi-pro 3CCD camera from a toy that fits in you pocket. As I said, I needed a camera that I could carry around with me all the time with satisfactionary IQ, and Xati was the right choice. In sunlight the colors are good and video is sharp and smooth (unless you start to peek at the pixel level), indoors it obviously much less impressive, with a lot of noise and noise reduction smearing artifacts, but watchable anyway.
The build quality if fine, the camera design is great and device indeed look sexy. And it is much more convenient to hold in your hands, than phone-style Flip camera, for example. What I did like less, is annoying lens cap, which (if used) is somewhat awkward to remove and if strapped with included loop - tends to get in front of the lens when your are shooting, unless you hold it. I don't have a problem with non-standard usb, like several people here mentioned - because I simply don't use it at all - I just pop out the memory card and insert into card reader built-in in most laptops, or use external cardreader for desktop computer, which is way more convenient than camera lying around PC connected with cables. The battery is indeed small, and it is pity it lacks the ability to charge battery in-camera, but the charger is very compact itself, and it battery charges very fast.
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2009-06-08
Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9
I bought this camcorder as a backup to my Panasonic Mini DV. This is my first experience with flash card memory so I was not prepared for the differences between it and mini DV tape. I think this is a great camera. The clarity of the videos I have taken so far are impressive. but I have been unable to find any software for my computer that I can use to edit my videos. Unlike DV tape, each time you stop and re-start this camera, it starts a new file whereas with tape, it merely resumes from the point where you stopped it. I recently transferred 101 files from the Sanyo to my computer and there they sit unedited. The camera does have a built in editing program but it is really limited. Besides, who wants to edit video on the 3" monitor? Other than that, it is a great camera, especially since the price was reduced last month.
If anyone knows of a program to convert MPEG4 back to AVI, please advise. Then I could use my existing software.
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2009-05-18
Buyers Beware! Will NOT Record 16x9
There are some things I find very good about this camcorder; and some that are just unforgivable. First off, I couldn't find anywhere that said if this camcorder shot 16x9 or not; but I assumed that the suggested retail price and manufacturing date implied it did. It was idiotic for Sanyo to make this camera just 4:3 (Or maybe I was foolish for having such faith in Sanyo) But we're talking about a ten dollar circuit! At the end of the first decade I'm shocked that a standard definition camera with a retail price, from Sanyo, would Not support 16x9. Let me ask them a question, "Who makes 4:3 televisions now?" Nobody! But you may say this is a webcam. Hold on, a webcam with a 9.1 CMOS image sensor?! Gimme a break! If youre rich then this is a great camera for shooting stuff on the web, provided you don't mind the small-ness of 4:3 video... both YouTube and FaceBook support the increased size of 16x9. The project manager responsible for overseeing this product was irrelevant; they failed to understand the contemporary market. I'm done complaining; I'll just lay out what I think are the pros and cons.
Pros: The large image sensor records incredible color space and lighting contrast, as well as taking fantastic still pictures. The pistol shape of the camera is ergonomic, meaning you could hold it for longer than other cameras since you don't have to leave your wrist cocked in a strained position (this is a great hallmark design of Sanyo's). Battery life is long; though if you like this camera you ought to get second battery. SD memory recording, which is incredible since you can get a 32GB card and record video and still images forever with. The sound recording is very good, however, the specs boast that it records stereo, but there's only one microphone on one side, so it records mono in a stereo stream, which is still just really mono... but very good mono.
Cons: NO support for 16x9 video. This camcorder does Not record 16x9 video. In 60 frame recording mode (the best mode) it records too much edge noise when there's alot of detail in focus; once again, for this suggested retail price there's just not enough disclosure from Sanyo.
Conclusion: This is either an over-glorified webcam or a very bad standard definition camera that could have easily been corrected by the project overseer reponsible for releasing this product; it just needed to be 16x9 & better (or less) compression.
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Product Details
Batteries Included:
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sanyo
Color: Black
EAN: 0086483070525
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Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: SANYO
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Manufacturer: SANYO
Model: VPC-CG9
Publisher: SANYO
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