Canon - MVX430 Camcorder Review

I bought this camcorder last year for shooting home video, and we love it.

It's light, simple, and quick start, good battery duration, and can be plug to TV and play directly.

It records on mini cassette, but much more reasonable price than the new models with hard drive or cdr. I import the video footage into my mac to edit anyway. So I'm happy to use the cassette over and over.

Zooming works very well. The video quality and color is very nice and under good lighting condition, for example out door shooting. However it turns dull, when it's a little dark. night mode won't help too much. The little supplement light equipped on the cam is not sufficient.

However, in camera mode, it doesn't have the lighting problem, always works as a charm.

The starting time is relatively quick, however, I just wish it could be even quicker, because kid's precious moment gone in a second.

Over all it's a good cam for shooting home video and taking pictures, good price without sacrificing picture quality.