Discount Panasonic PV-GS35 MiniDV Camcorder w/30x Optical Zoom On Sale.

	1/6-inch CCD imager with 680K resolution MiniDV recording format offers up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution 30x optical zoom with digital image stabilization 2.5-inch diagonal LCD MagicPix feature enhances images shot in low light

	Product Description: PV-GS35 is an Ultra-Compact Digital Palmcorder MultiCam Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom.PRODUCT FEATURES:30x Optical Zoom;3-hour Battery;USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Port;SD Memory Card Slot;1.7 Second Quick Start.

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• Phoenix Gold IEEE-1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (2 Meters)
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• Belkin F3N401-06-ICE IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin 400 Mbps FireWire Cable (6 Feet)
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Rating : - Good MiniDV camcorder
The reason I am giving only 3 stars is...refer the neagtive factors I have listed below....if you don't want that feature...this is a 5 star product for you then.

+ Good quality
+ easy to use
+ reliable
+ handling

- Converting the mini DV to CD (The process is very very slow and the converted DVD/Cd format takes tons of your hard drive space (like 10 GB for 1 hr of video)
- Problem is you will have to convert the video to DVD or CD if you want to store it for lets say several years...like you home video....DV media is not safe to store for say couple of years...it will attract fungus and dust very quickly....and converting the video to DVD/CD format is a pain in the a$$.

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