Features
The camcorder features 35x optical zoom with 1000x digital zoom. Using the digital zoom on this camcorder isn’t that effective (I would suggest steer clear of this in any case).
Talking about the lens and sensors, the camcorder boasts a focal length of 2.6 to 91mm, with a maximum aperture of f2.0 to f5.0. The DC230 records video at the widescreen16:9 ratio by default, and can be adjusted to the traditional 4:3 ratio too.
While recording video you can directly save the data on a 3 inch DVD/DVD RW and even dual layer DVDs. You can playback the videos directly on the screen, although you will need to finalize the disc before you can view it on your computer or DVD player. Although to finalize you will need to attach the DC230 to the power source, it just won’t finalize on battery. If this was merely a precautionary move than a compulsion, I would have liked it. What really happens is that while finalizing, if the camcorder runs out of power then DVD will be rendered useless. But keep this in mind, what if you want to finalize the disk on the spot? I can think of a million situations where I'd want to do that.
The camcorder has a number of scene modes to avail vis-à-vis, Auto, Program, TV, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight and Fireworks. Apart from this, you can add effects to the opening of the video using the digital effects: Auto fade and Wipe. Like most camcorders this one too features image quality adjustments like vivid, neutral and soft skin detail. The DC230 also clicks pictures in two sizes: 1152 x 864 and 640 x 480. You can click pictures simultaneously while shooting videos.
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