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18 November 2007
Canon Optura 20
I bought this one chip camera 3 years ago for $700. I chose this camera over the Canon ZR series because of more manual controls and it was bigger in size and more ergonomic of a regular video camera.
The only gripe on this camera is the lowlight shooting is worthless. Alot of grain and no color saturation. If you have good lighting then everything looks very highend .If you have Final Cut Pro then you can add the saturation back in.
The lens is a 16x and sharp until you get to about 14x and then it softens up. Exposure control is changed with a small toggle switch by the left side of the camera lens. If you click it the mic picks the sound up. You can put filters on the lens.
The mini dv tapes load in from the bottom. I have never understood why they started this stupid idea. For years cameras always loaded in the top right side. Why change a good thing? You have to take the cam off the tripod and unscrew the tripod plate to change tape....madness!!!
Firewire ,audio mic and head phone inputs are nice. The camera also has analog conversion pass through. The lcd pop out screen is 3". A very good size to focus well with. Bigger batteries can be added on.
Stills are a good function on this camera too. Not the highest resolution but it does take good stills to be a video camera. There is some grain in some lowlight photos.
I rate this camera overall as good. Still a good buy on ebay and its little brother the Optura 10.
Review by Tony Beazley
18 November 2007
Canon Optura 20
I bought this one chip camera 3 years ago for $700. I chose this camera over the Canon ZR series because of more manual controls and it was bigger in size and more ergonomic of a regular video camera.
The only gripe on this camera is the lowlight shooting is worthless. Alot of grain and no color saturation. If you have good lighting then everything looks very highend .If you have Final Cut Pro then you can add the saturation back in.
The lens is a 16x and sharp until you get to about 14x and then it softens up. Exposure control is changed with a small toggle switch by the left side of the camera lens. If you click it the mic picks the sound up. You can put filters on the lens.
The mini dv tapes load in from the bottom. I have never understood why they started this stupid idea. For years cameras always loaded in the top right side. Why change a good thing? You have to take the cam off the tripod and unscrew the tripod plate to change tape....madness!!!
Firewire ,audio mic and head phone inputs are nice. The camera also has analog conversion pass through. The lcd pop out screen is 3". A very good size to focus well with. Bigger batteries can be added on.
Stills are a good function on this camera too. Not the highest resolution but it does take good stills to be a video camera. There is some grain in some lowlight photos.
I rate this camera overall as good. Still a good buy on ebay and its little brother the Optura 10.
Review by Tony Beazley
07 April 2022
Great nikon as described great company and very satisfied. A++++++
1 of 1 found this helpful This company has a very good selection of Nikons. I had a D-40 years ago and never had one problem from it. Nice and sharp photos as good as my D-5100 today. These D-40s are a great backup too. Plus the smaller censor adds to the lens magnification. Excellent camera I got from this good company and very clean and it works well. Thanks A++++++