subject: Samsung Sc-mx20 Review No Optical Image Stabilization [print this page] Samsung SC-MX20 is a digital standard-definition camcorder that comes in all white, blue accents, red accents and silver with black accents. It has nice rotating grip like the SC-HM1. The SC-MX20
Specifications:
1.1200x digital zoom and 34x optical zoom
2.2.7 inches LCD display
3.Memory card slot that supports both SD Memory card and MultiMediaCard
4.CCD optical sensor
5.Digital photo shooting mode
6.Electronic Image Stabilization
7.Maximum shutter speed is 1/10000 second and minimum is 1/60 second
8.White balance Automatic and Presets
9.Exposure modes: Automatic, Program
10.H.264 digital video format and NTSC analog video format
11.Zoom lens of 2.3-78.2mm focal length and F/1.6-4.3 lens aperture
12.Inbuilt lens shied and microphone
13.JPEG still image format
14.Connectors: USB, DC power input and composite audio/video output
Features:
A.Widescreen video capture
B.Webcam capability
C.Digital Noise reduction
D.USB 2.0 compatibility
E.YouTube capture mode
F.Face detection
G.A lot of manual options
Drawbacks
a)Poor video quality
b)No optical image stabilization
c)Awkward interface
d)Difficult to use zoom rocker
e)Poor focus
Design Aspects
Samsung SC-MX20 is 2.4 inches tall, 2.4 inches wide and 4.9 inches thick and it weighs 9.9 ounces. Navigation switch on the LCD is flat and difficult to press. Zoom rocker is located on the top and a bit difficult to control.
Video Quality:
The MX20 provides average video quality as per the YouTubes pre-HD standards. The recorded video looks soft with compression artifacts and moir colors. Video quality is the best at Super Fine mode of 720480 pixels resolution at 60fps. Electronic image stabilization works just good for minimizing the shake, but not the best like optical one.
