DXG’s A85V cascade into an odd promote hidey-hole. It looks like a standard, hand-held camcorder, perfect with flip-out LCD display. Even the figure set lies everyplace linking a standard camcorder and a Flip-style camcorder. Let’s first take a look at the corporal eyeglasses, then take a look at how it fares when shooting 1080p video.
The key features include full support for HD video (1080p resolution at 30fps.) The lens is a 12x optical zoom, supplemented by 10x digital zoom. We commonly avoid using digital zoom, since you lose resolution, so the 12x optical zoom is salutation. That 12x translates to an powerful zoom of 36-428mm (based on 35mm SLR plot). Video is captured in H.264 .MOV file plot. The sensor consists of a 1/2.3-inch CMOS 10-megapixel unit, which can capture soothe metaphors at full resolution. The A85V also chains a 12-megapixel, interpolated resolution for soothe captures.
The DXG-A85V is a square camcorder with an activist price tag.
The video resolutions this camcorder chains are a modest odd: There’s support for 1080p at 30fps, but not 1080p/24 or 1080i. It also handles 720p at 30- and 60 fps, as well as lower resolutions for standard-def shooting. The A85V also includes a stereo microphone, but it’s built nearly flush into the camera body, and it didn’t always capture at listenable levels. There’s no provision for using external microphones. There’s also a built-in strobe, but it’s positively pale.
NTSC and PAL formats are user selectable, as are the 50- or 60Hz refresh rates. External interfaces are via HDMI (for video) and USB (for file transfers) While the A85V includes 128MB of built in enthusiasm, that’s not enough for total tape, so you’ll liable want to add an SD card; SDHC is completely supported, up to 32MB (but be prepared to your fingernail or a knife blade to release the card). The battery is Lithium-Ion and slides into a slot; unlike pricier camcorders with external battery mounts, you can’t add a larger battery for longer shoots (even if you can attach a USB charger for relentless power).
Overall, the figure set looks sweet excellent for a 9 (MSRP) high-classification camcorder that’s available online as low as 9. The lack of microphone partaking is problematic; then over again, it’s not a in tears we expect to find on a low-cost camcorder. The more valuable question is how well does it spring out? The answer: middle-of-the-road. We’re not comparing the DXGA85V to Canon Vixia HFS-100, which expenditure three times as much, but we’re focusing on the basics here, not any enhanced features.
The DXG-A85V has an SD slot, but extricating an SD card from it is a frustrating encounter.
It’s worth talking about the user interface for changing settings. The DXG-A85V uses a straightforward and in order in tears-screen interface; of way, it’s in order since it doesn’t deliver a lot of hegemony: There are no programmed modes—such as “proceedings” or “portrait,” for model.
Auto white weigh isn’t above all excellent. Unreliable set alight sources resulted in noticeable variances in color weigh, a in tears not so noticeable with the Canon. Low-set alight blast is in fact sweet excellent, though, but you should be prepared to modify white weigh or be prepared to “fix it in post” if need be. Note that the camcorder lacks any provision for manually setting white weigh, so fixing it when you’re control video may end up life your only choice.
When shooting outdoor proceedings scenes, DXG’s camcorder tracks pans sweet well, but the sign seemed a modest muted. The conservational from an reproduction-turf football field looked washed out and lacked point when compared to the Canon.
The largest conundrum was autofocus, above all in relatively low set alight conditions. Even with high-draw a distinction metaphors, we experienced person a lot of focus hunting with inside lighting conditions, and cases where the autofocus just didn’t lock on to a static, high-draw a distinction assumed role. In brightly lit, outdoor conditions, autofocus soothe hunted a modest more than we would have liked. Overall bit rates seemed adequate for 1080p, 30fps shooting, though.
In the end, a square camcorder that can spring out 1080p video and is available for below 0 sounds like a huge deal. Just be aware of the limitations previous to you buy.
DXG-A85V HD Camcorder
Stanley Kubrick
Inexpensive; positively sharp 12x optical zoom; simple user interface.
Uwe Boll
Wonky autofocus; washed-out sign; ineffective auto white weigh.
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