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(More customer reviews)I have been using this camera for about 2 months, taking it on a cruise as well as filming a couple college choir concerts. All went well, exceeded my expectations, based on other reviews I read. The only problem I have seen is with lowlight indoor filming, however the fix I came across supposedly works, but I have not had a chance to try it yet (see fix at end of review). The 20gb drive was plentry for me, cpaturing several hours of HD quality film, still with plenty of drive space remaining. I have had very few problems with the software, the ones I did have are more around lack of a manual, but have figured out thru trial and error. Overall, I would highly recommend this product to anyone interested in a new camera. Plus you can stop buying tapes.Lowlight Fix (note I do not take credit for this, found it on the web but do not remember where). Here is the text exactly as I found it, including the comments at the end.
How I get good low-light/indoors video (do the following steps indoors with the camera in capture mode):
1) Disable the "Gain Up" feature (major contributor to the grainy low-light video)
2) Turn on "Manual" mode (via AUTO button)
3) Go to the manual control menu (down on the 'stick')
4) Set AE to '+2'
5) Highlight 'MWB' in the WB menu, point the camera at a sheet of paper (position the camera so the sheet of paper fills the view of the camera) and press and hold the middle of the 'stick' until 'MWB' stops blinking (about 5-10 seconds).
6) Set S.sp. to 1/60
7) Press down on the 'stick' to exit the manual control menu
After doing this, my indoors video quality is MUCH better (no more noise/grainy video). The settings will be saved, even if the battery is removed or depleted; they will return even if you switch to AUTO mode then back to MANUAL.
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