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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 508708" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>Take a standard, low-end consumer video camera, slap a few new colours on the case and give it the ability to work underwater and what've you got? Well, unless you're heavily into gimmicks, you have a pretty disappointing new Xacti from <a href="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=sanyo&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date" target="_blank">Sanyo</a>.</p><p>The 258g <a href="http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4/0804news-j/0418-1.html" target="_blank">Xacti DMX-CA8</a> goes on sale worldwide at the end of May for, based on the Japanese price (the only one announced so far) of ¥50,000, around £250. Unfortunately for anyone excited about filming water sports on SD cards, it's yet another disappointing camera.</p><p><strong>Underwater let-down</strong></p><p>An 8.1-megapixel CMOS for stills is fine, as is the ability to shoot video at 60 frames per second. Sadly, that video clocks a maximum resolution of just 640 x 480 pixels, which is no great shakes at all.</p><p>Perhaps most disappointing is the underwater performance - we know this isn't intended for the Marianas Trench, but a depth limit of just 1.5m is next to no use for most people.</p><p>Still, if the IPX8-level <a href="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=waterproof&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date" target="_blank">waterproofing</a> is enough for your needs, then the Xacti range is at least easy to use, so should please the kids on a day at the beach.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/camcorders/sanyos-waterproof-camcorder-a-little-shallow-323071" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 508708, member: 259515"] Take a standard, low-end consumer video camera, slap a few new colours on the case and give it the ability to work underwater and what've you got? Well, unless you're heavily into gimmicks, you have a pretty disappointing new Xacti from [URL="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=sanyo&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date"]Sanyo[/URL]. The 258g [URL="http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4/0804news-j/0418-1.html"]Xacti DMX-CA8[/URL] goes on sale worldwide at the end of May for, based on the Japanese price (the only one announced so far) of ¥50,000, around £250. Unfortunately for anyone excited about filming water sports on SD cards, it's yet another disappointing camera. [B]Underwater let-down[/B] An 8.1-megapixel CMOS for stills is fine, as is the ability to shoot video at 60 frames per second. Sadly, that video clocks a maximum resolution of just 640 x 480 pixels, which is no great shakes at all. Perhaps most disappointing is the underwater performance - we know this isn't intended for the Marianas Trench, but a depth limit of just 1.5m is next to no use for most people. Still, if the IPX8-level [URL="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=waterproof&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date"]waterproofing[/URL] is enough for your needs, then the Xacti range is at least easy to use, so should please the kids on a day at the beach. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/camcorders/sanyos-waterproof-camcorder-a-little-shallow-323071]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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