Editorial Review:Product Description:Sony NSC-GC1 is extremely small and light. Here's a camcorder to shoot your world and send it out on the Internet - still or video. Share your world. Shoot crystalclear footage with the NSC-GC1 MPEG4 net sharing camcorder and keep your viewers on the edge of their seats. Thanks to the 2.4? SwivelScreen(TM) LCD and SteadyShot(R) Picture Stabilization System, video will be easy to capture and a joy to watch. Store images on MemoryStick Pro Duo cards (not included). The long-lasting LITHIUM Ion battery system lets you enjoy the filming experience longer, while the USB interface enables you to share your memories with the world over the Internet. Long-lasting, rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery Change the menu display from English to French, or Spanish Scene Selection modes make recording easy even when filming in challenging situations. Choose from Beach, Candle, Fireworks, High-Speed Shutter, Landscape, Snow, Soft Snap, Twilight, Twilight Portrait Get creative when recording or playing back your videos with Sony's Picture Effect Modes. Effects available in Camera mode - Monotone and Sepia USB 2.0 interface CaptureMPEG4 video and 5 Megapixel Still Images (2592 x 1944) directly onto Memory Stick(R) media (sold separately) for easy trasnfer to PCs for uploading, emailing or printing; Tested to support up to 8GB media capacity; does not support high speed transfer function Dolby Digital Output - AAC-LC Recording Format - Stereo Dimensions (Approx.) - 1 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 (29 x 104 x 56mm)
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Convenient but low video quality
This is a convenient camcorder with its size the ease of use, though need a little time to figure out how selection button works. The video quality is not good, but uploading to Youtube is fun and easy. Overall, I like it, except the blurry video quality.
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Nice
It takes great pictures but the video is not all that good but its a nice little gadget.
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Sony NSCGC1
I never have been a video recording nut. My wife and I take ballroom dance classes from Parks & Rec, but while we can do quite well during classes, only a few weeks later we have forgotten what we learned. Using this to record what we learned while at our last class provides us with a great visual 'review' to remind us just before we go out dancing! For a minimal investment, this has served us very, very well.
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The jury is still out...
I have shot news professionally and still own a broadcast Betacam and my faithful Canon GL 1 mini DV camera.
I bought this camera as a Sony-refurbished play-thing with MPEG-4 technology.
I also was told that is should be seen by newer Macs with the latest iLife software as an AVCHD camcorder. My iBook is 7 years old so when I fire up my Mac Mini - I will have a better idea on IF it will work with iMovie or not.
This camera reminds of some low light and compact Sony Hi8 cameras of 15-18 years ago. No zoom but some had a tele lens switchable to a fairly wide and fast normal lens. I would not put "the glass" on this camera in the same league as the afore-mentioned camera series.
After shooting in daylight and at dusk with this camera - this has to be a "bright daylight use camera". I recommend a small sturdy tripod for it. There is supposed to be some minimalist stability when using the video side but --- use a tripod.
The zoom is not designed to be used when filming - it jerks.
The camera has problems around engines - car, motorcycle or diesel train engines and picks up microphonics or noise in the video. I am a train buff and tested this on some METRA train run-bys and even at 40 feet away - the video jittered. More so when talking to a friend on his Harley.
Setting all of the many camera settings can be a pain - my purpose was for web based stuff - am going to the Indy 500 and was going to throw this baby in with my other stills gear for shots on "Gasoline Alley" - not the race.
So I am still putzing around with this thing.
The wonderful Sony memory cards are great but very pricy. IF you buy this camera - buy another makers' card. It should be cheaper.
A good thing? The stills camera side is not bad in the headshot mode - did not take any tele shots with it.
Lastly - is this a good kid's camera? Yep - to play with and try shooting YouTube home movies.
But if your kids or grads are more serious - buy a Sony/JVC/Canon/Panasonic mini dv camera or SD card camera...
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I like it
I purchased the camera out of the box at a local Circuit City a couple of weeks ago.
Its easy to use and upload stuff now that i know how to use the camera. For those without advanced computer knowledge it would be very frustrating. Getting video up on You tube and other sites is easy.
Converting MPEG4 files needs to be accomplished and you need to get software to do this.
The video quality is fine but not as good as camcorders that i have owned.Stick to outdoor video or very well lit indoor scenes.
Still pictures are great outdoors. I find indoor pictures even with the flash to be pretty poor compared with a digital camera
Overall, good for the 80 Bucks i paid plus the 29 bucks for the 2 gig storage. Lots of space for short videos and lots of pix.
The battery stays charged for a long time too. I like this feature. No more batteries to charge or purchase.
I even youngsters in the family play with the camera.
