| Samsung SC-MX10 Flash Memory Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom (Silver) | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: Photography
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New (16) Used (1) Refurbished (3) from $189.95
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 1395
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 34
Display Size: 2.7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 5
MPN: SC-MX10
Model: SC-MX10
UPC: 683728120382
EAN: 0036725301795
ASIN: B000MAM9MA
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| | Capture video to SD, SDHC, MMC memory cards | | | 34x optical zoom; 1200x digital zoom | | | Electronic image stabilization | | | iCheck feature shows battery life and remaining memory | | | USB 2.0 interface for easy file transfer |
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Product Description
Be prepared to capture that elusive moment anytime, anywhere with the SC-MX10 Memory Camcorder. It packs a 34x optical, 1200x digital zoom and 680k pixel CCD with digital image stabilization for remarkably clear pictures, viewed in the 2.7" LCD display. By offering a choice of shooting in 4:3 and 16:9, Samsung ensures the entire image is captured for playback on everything from older TVs to your newest, wide-format HDTV screen. With its high quality 34x zoom lens you can get close to the action from a safe distance and 1200x digital zoom will let you see in perfect detail for those ultra long distance shots. The external memory slot accepts both SD and MMC. Play videos, transfer images, music and documents quickly and easily. The SC-MX10 with its USB port allows for easy uploading of MPEG4 movie clips and JPEG still images to your PC. Recording Resolution - 720 x 480 EIS Image Stabilizer Back Light Compensation 3lux Low Light Sensitivity Lithium-Ion Battery Running Time - Up to 120min Compatible OS - Windows 2000, Mac OS X or higher Dimension - 2.4 x 2.46 x 4.76 Weight - 0.62 pounds
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Does everything a casual user wants, in a small package October 31, 2007
User Interface Critic (Riverside, CT)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
I are very rarely moved to write reviews. This time I am prompted to do so because of a product that not only met, but exceeded my expectations.
My needs are simple: I film my kids' performances at school, I film birthday parties at home, I film some family stuff (not a lot) on vacation. I was looking for:
* No moving parts -- no tapes, no HDD, no DVD's memory-only.
* Long battery life
* Light weight
* Ease of use
* Good indoor/low light filming
* Good image stabilization
* Simple connection to to the computer via standard USB cable
* Simple DVD burning
I was NOT looking for:
* Professional (or even advanced) editing capabilities
* Professional quality video
* Digital camera capabilities (I already have an excellent digital camera, thank you)
This camcorder is extraordinarily light (.6 lbs!), has an excellent big screen, and is astoundingly easy to use. The first day I got it, I opened up the manual to figure out how to install the battery and memory card, but after that I haven't needed to crack the manual at all. I *love* the one-button battery level check features -- and yes, the battery time is a true 2-hours plus, as rated.
I do not have a lot of experience with different types of camcorders, but the video quality on this one far exceeds my newly retired 2 year old Hi8 model. After a lot of research, I bought this camera instead of an HD model because the current crop of HD camcorders seem to have a lot of issues with battery life, and also weigh twice as much as this one.
So at this price, I can certainly afford to let the manufacturers keep improving the HD models, and I'll happily use this for a year or so.
All told, a great camcorder that I've been very happy with.
PERFECT for newbies April 16, 2008
Philip J. Allden
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Its so easy to use. Not everybody is a techno-wizard !! I only needed to glance at the quick start guide. The options/setup menu is a breeze. Picture,sound and features are more than adequate. I chose Flash Memory card over tape/dvd as its so compact. With fewer moving parts the camera is less likely to need repair and the battery life is longer. Also I can easily mail a card to friends/relatives abroad and not have to worry about different TV systems or DVD region codes !
For me Samsung have produced a winner
Great for casual filming! May 19, 2008
DAL
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I got this camera just a few weeks ago and have already made a few hours worth of films. It is small and very light and seems designed to fit a woman's hand. It is very easy to operate and the menus are detailed and easily navigated.
It is quick one button on, push to record - so I can grab it and catch the dogs or kids as they are playing - there is no setup time. It is even small enough to fit in your purse!
I don't understand some of the poorer reviews - some say the footage is pixelated - I have not experienced this at all and the zoom quality is great - you can choose manual or digital. As far as some people complaining about memory and battery life: memory is really in your own hands - try to figure out what size and/or how many sd cards you will use. I am just using a very small (2g) card and transferring the footage to my hard drive, then wiping the card. The flip-out screen gives a clear representation of both film storage and battery life remaining - so just plug it in for a short time to recharge it. I tend to think some of the more negative reviews reflect the skills/quality of the user, not the product.
I am very happy with this and really enjoy using the film editing software that came with it, as well. I recommend it for anyone who wants an inexpensive, quick & easy to use, lightweight camcorder for recording those spur-of-the-moment happenings as well as those family trips!
A nice entry level Camcorder with the correct set up, recording on memory card media December 28, 2007
HoraceHorse (Texas USA)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I address this review to Mr Brown above who appears to have had a bad shake with this little camera, and to anybody else who has had problems with it, or have been influenced by such reports.
I am not an expert, this is my first Camcorder, and the only other video recording I have done is with a Kodak digital camera which makes Quicktime video clips. And I add here that I had to buy something else to make clips because my Computer would not edit Kodak .mov files.
With this product you must follow the instructions in the User Manual to the letter, and that includes charging the main battery when instructed to do so, P 18. Yes the manual is long winded and goes on about things you don't really need to know as you work through the preparation pages.
But, work through them you must in order to get the essential preparation done. Nowhere is that more needed than inserting the little 'button battery", P 20, into its slot so that the SC MX 10 can REMEMBER the date, time and settings you elect in the menu screens.
The camera in the box is beautifully presented with all the things needed to get started right away. However, the Quick Start Guide seems to me, P 2 to have two panels of instruction for the same thing, battery installation, but non a word about the Button battery.
Could it be that the typesetter and/or TW team made a mistake here?
You have to leave the MX 10 on charge for about an hour, then the little orange light changes to green indicating charging is complete.
Next after inserting the Button Battery, P 20 User Manual, I installed the supplied memory card, a Sandisk SC 512 MB card. P 33 User Manual and P 3 Quick Start Guide.
I next ran through setting up the date/time by starting the Camera with the 'power on' button, see Quick Start Guide P 5.
However, I thought that a few minutes playing around with our Kodak digital camera on video was training enough for me, but of course I was mad wrong about that one!
The MX 10 Quick Start booklet suggests just jumping in feet first, OK get soaked if you want, but there is an easier way! ... lol that's where this little Camcorder really takes the prize. Samsung has provided one button for novices like me, and I should really have pushed that when I went 'a videoing'. Located beneath the 'Mode' button it is called the 'Easy.Q' button, and it works well for such as myself.
My first videos were, as I already said, badly done because I haven't a clue about such things as 'back lighting', 'anti-shake' or 'portrait' settings etc etc, all I know is turn it on, point it at something and press record. Later I tried just one little Easy.Q clip and it was perfect for the overcast weather we had here today.
I don't need or use TV or Plasma Screens at all, so the S Video is wasted on me. But, I do use a Computer, so I installed all the software on my upgraded 3 year old HP Pavillion with no problem at all. The video editor rocks! It supplements my freebie from PNY, muvee_AutoProducer and XP native MS Movie Maker, adding other effects that I did not already have.
I have a card reader on the network, so removing the memory card from the powered off camera, I loaded that into the reader and hey presto XP opened the device as a USB drive, and after poking around in the folders there I soon found the video clips! A word of warning, besides viewing the clips on the memory card in the camera on you Computer do not do anything else to them. Don't rename or move files on it, don't mess with other properties either. It repeats this warning time and again in the User Manual and there is a very good reason for it, that is your MX10 may malfunction.
Still I wanted to check out the USB thing and did that as well, it works in the same way, but the nice thing in this case is that you don't have to turn off the MX 10 while downloading clips like you would if you removed the memory card.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other! Which ever works best.
The quality is way out there for a Camcorder selling around $200, and at max resolution it performs really well. However I like to send videos by email, as well as edit them before sending and that again is where this little Camcorder takes first prize. At the lowest settings, file sizes are small but the image is still great in XP.
All in all for the price and convenience of this product and with a little care setting it up, today there isn't anything on the market even near it for excellence.
Update: I talked to the sales person where I bought the SC MX10 and was assured that Samsung would be notified about the typos in the Quick Start Guide!
Also I got a 4 Gig SD SC card by Sandisk, as recommended in the User Manual, and it works even better than the supplied card, BTW these SD and SC cards are a different format! The SC grade is much faster in every way and it is most noticeable when copying files to the computer off of it. With the standard SD it takes a little while, with SD SC it is almost instant.
2nd Update:
January 5th 2008.
After using the MX 10 to make several little movies I realized just how user friendly this little camera is, and on buying it I never gave a thought to the magnificent 32X optical zoom on the camera. Adding the memory card technology is icing on the cake for what has to be the future of camcorders!
If you need something to collect clips with information in them and/or to email, and you do not want state of the art HD footage, nor the expensive and space gobbling technology to support that, then this is the only thing out there that fits the bill.
I dont know what they're talkin about... May 8, 2008
Chris Metzger
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I dont know what these other people are talking about. I love this camcorder. It has good picture quality, great sound, great zoom, easy to use, compact, and sturdy. The picture quality looks bad on the LCD screen only. Once you plug it in to your TV or computer, it isnt as pixel-y as on the LCD screen. I dont have 1 complaint for this product. I recommend it to every one. Dont listen to what the other guys tell you.
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