01-17-2005, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by retroeric
Interesting... And this, for a camcorder (GS14) that this very website calls the best sub-$600 camcorder out there? So basically this camera is useless since I mainly intended on using it indoors in low lighting. Please tell me I didn't just waste all that money.
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Very few, if any, camcorders do well in low light. Even expensive professional machines use extra lights to get good results.
Look at the lens on the front of the gs14; it's pretty small and at f3.4 on maximum zoom you aren't getting very much light in. It also has a 1/6" CCD considerably smaller than older generation chips. So it's very possible for your old camcorder to preform better in low light.
The review here says it doesn't perform well in low light and that most camcorders in the gs14 category don't either.
Proving once again, newer isn't always better. |