Canon DC230

While recording video you can directly save the data on a 3 inch DVD/DVD RW and even dual layer DVDs. You can playback the videos directly on the screen, although you will need to finalize the disc before you can view it on your computer or DVD player. Although to finalize you will need to attach the DC230 to the power source, it just won’t finalize on battery. If this was merely a precautionary move than a compulsion, I would have liked it. What really happens is that while finalizing, if the camcorder runs out of power then DVD will be rendered useless. But keep this in mind, what if you want to finalize the disk on the spot? I can think of a million situations where I'd want to do that.

The camcorder has a number of scene modes to avail vis-à-vis, Auto, Program, TV, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight and Fireworks. Apart from this, you can add effects to the opening of the video using the digital effects: Auto fade and Wipe. Like most camcorders this one too features image quality adjustments like vivid, neutral and soft skin detail. The DC230 also clicks pictures in two sizes: 1152 x 864 and 640 x 480. You can click pictures simultaneously while shooting videos.