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Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
- Full HD Camcorder with 1080P Progressive Mode
- 8GB Built In Memory
- 6.4M CMOS, 10X zoom
- Docking Cradle
- SD-MMC Slot
Samsung Hi Definition Memory Camcorder
List Price: $ 849.99
SALE Price: $ 987.55
Rating: 
(out of 30 reviews)
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Review by Sean for Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
Rating:
Pros
-the .mp4 files are OSX friendly and viewable instantly in QuickTime !
- we had no problem getting these files into Final Cut Xpress 4 or iMovie ’08
- I was editing these files within minutes of popping the card out of the cam
- Photos can be plucked out of the video streams at 8mp (4mp interpolated?)
- the menu interface is clean ,intuitive, and performs well
- the photos look great, even the ones you capture while viewing video playback
- the TouchPoint focus can create cool effects
- colors and automatic levels seem pretty accurate
- quickly change recording to INTERNAL or SDHC or MMC
- manual controls are simple sliders (WB, Exposure, Shutter)
- 90 minute battery life from a small form battery
- shoots in 4 resolutions : 1080p/30p , 1080i/60i, 480p/60p an 300fps SlowMotion
- you can be in and out of these resolutions in seconds via QuickMenus
- shooting this puppy is a breeze, we haven’t even looked at the manual yet
- nice Slideshow with music functions
- TouchFocus allows you to focus on different objects in the foreground or background
- it’s a very small package and feels quite solid for it’s size
- QuickInfo button displays battery life / memory / resolution even powered off
-clips can be split, deleted and combined IN CAMERA
-the phot slideshow can be accompanied by music
Cons
- you MUST have the cradle (included) for charging / HDMI out
- manual controls are very simple …… will be too limiting for hardcore tweakers
…….. that being said, the automatic levels are about as good as you’ll want
- no hot shoe
- no built in light … only pop-up flash
- photos cannot be cropped or rotated in camera – no red-eye removal tool either
- the focus drifted on me a few times
- btw, the focus is a little SLOW
- the TouchFocus was hit or miss in practice
-the battery and SD/MMC slot are behind a trap door, probably not going to be an extended run battery
there’s alot to like about this camera
the easy to use touchscreen does almost everything I need it to do under normal circumstances
playback in QUICKTIME is smooth and free of some processing artifacts I noticed when using VLC (nightly) to view .mts files from Panasonics and Canon’s … and that comes in handy if you shot alot of clips and want to get to previewing them quickly and not waiting an hour for it to load into your editor
I think I’ve narrowed it down to this camera and the Canon hf100. I went to the store and shot some clips with my memory card. I found the .mts file buried in a STREAM subfolder several layers deep.
The Samsung has a folder called 100video, click on that and there’s your files
The Canon’s menu is more advanced and offers more options, but it’s also more complex
but if you can live without advanced manual controls and a mini-hotshoe and want to work with a more friendly file, this Samsung SC_HMX20C is the camcorder to have
this camcorder works well with a 2.2ghz Macbook with 4gb RAM running OSX Leopard
about 1 year ago
Review by Noname for Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
Rating:
OUT OF THE BOX
What a treat it was to get this camcorder! It comes with a charging stand, which I prefer to just plugging directly into a wall. It took about 1 ½ hours to charge and I have about 90 minutes of recording time on my battery. That is so nice.
I have a choice of memory cards, either SDHC or MMCplus — or I could go with the internal memory, which gives me 75 minutes in superfine mode. That is a huge plus. There have been many a time when I’ve brought my camera or camcorder with me only to find I’ve forgotten to put a memory card in or the memory card is full. No need to worry here. I have a built-in backup.
The filmed images at night under incandescent light is somewhat grainy, but I haven’t found a camcorder which wasn’t grainy at night. The graininess is less than my other camcorders, so it’s better than I expected.
The sound is clean and crisp, no static or distortion. I have no complaints.
When I zoom, the image is shaky. Whatever stabilization feature the camera has, it’s not enough. I would need a tripod to help with that. Even at wide angle, it takes effort to keep the image stable. My son keeps asking why I’m shaking the camcorder so much. I’m not trying to shake the camcorder.
Daytime video quality is good. It does take a little time to focus sometimes, but it was fast enough to not bother me. Except for the shakiness, I do like the quality when viewed on my television.
The menu is intuitive. I have no problem navigating the touchscreen and I realize this isn’t always the case with camcorders. It’s well thought out and I appreciate the ease of use.
CAMERA FUNCTION
I can take photos as I film. What a marvelous feature. There have been countless times when I wanted to do both and had to choose. Or maybe I was filming and realized that was a Kodak moment that I missed. I can now do both, and boy have I utilized that feature. This has to be the absolute strongest selling point of this camcorder.
The flash pops up out of the camcorder and gives plenty of light, but it doesn’t happen if I am taking photos in filming mode. For that, I need to be in camera mode. The red eyes appear less noticeable than in other cameras and there is a strobe feature to reduce red eye.
The photo resolution is better than any other camcorder I own. I have yet to get my photos back from developing and will update my review when I get them.
HANDLING
The size and shape would make the grip a bit awkward, but the swivel grip helps with that. I just wish the record button wasn’t so far down low to the right. It’s just difficult for me to reach that position with my right thumb. It would have been better to locate that button somewhere near the top of the camcorder,
SOFTWARE
The software included is Cyberlink DVD Suite. I don’t know what’s wrong, whether it’s my computer or a softward glitch, but I just can’t get it to work. Actually, it’s most likely my ancient computer. I have a Compact Presario SR1930NX with 960 MB of RAM. I work a long time to get the video I want and then it won’t burn the CD and it’s very frustrating. I tried MediaShow and that worked, but it has fewer bells and whistles.
THE FINER POINTS — details which would make life nice
The camcorder is missing a neck/shoulder strap. I’m not sure if that is a plus or minus. I found myself wanting one yesterday, when I was lugging it around to film a birthday party. Then again, the strap on my other camcorder was an annoyance. Putting it in and out of the bag, it just kept finding a way to get stuck on Velcro. It was nice not to have a strap to get in the way. I find myself going either way on this feature.
The lens opens and shuts automatically as needed.. I like that because I never have to remember to close it.
A small annoyance is the shell is just too shiny on the side with the screen. It just gets covered in my fingerprints. Wish they have made it more like the rest of the body.
Something I never expected to have but is a nice plus is the slideshow feature. I am used to scrolling through my photos. This is the first time I could play a slideshow to music with fading effects on the camera at the touch of a button That’s so cool. The music only plays when the photos are on the internal memory. Still a nice feature.
Pros:
+Nice video quality
+Good sound
+Lens opens and closes automatically
+Take photos while filming
+Internal memory with about 75 minutes of recording time in superfine mode
+Long battery life
+Slideshow feature
+Pop-up flash
+Choice of optional memory cards SDHC or MMCplus
+Good photo quality
+Intuitive menu
Cons:
-Image can be grainy at night
-Image stabilization could use improvement
-Record button located in an awkward position
-Shell is a fingerprint magnet
-Software didn’t work for me
Overall, this is a fantastic camcorder. I highly recommend it.
UPDATE: I got the photos back from Snapfish. They are good and I wouldn’t know they came from a camcorder. Even the ones I took while in filming mode were good. The ones I took in camera mode were better, but only ever so slightly so when taken in daylight. Very nice photo quality, especially for a camcorder.
about 1 year ago
Review by D. P. Schroeder for Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
Rating:
I’ve struggled with deciding on a rating for this camera (3 or 4 stars) because there are so many features on this camera to like, and I really want to like it more than I do. Actually, for my purposes, it’s a 4-star camera, but for most, I believe it will only achieve 3-stars, and that’s based on a few simple observations –
1) Low light (indoor) performance can be very grainy, especially since the light source/flash only works with stills: with this camera, the brighter the shooting environment the better (up to a point).
2) Autofocus can be very slow. If you are mounting this camera on a tripod, mainly focusing on details in the distance with very slow, deliberate movements and focal changes, you’ll be fine. This is my main intended use for this camera. However, if you want to use it as a “handy-cam,” you may be disappointed. In filming indoor, close-range action of family members, the lens will take anywhere from 1/2 second to 5 seconds with any significant focal change. The 5-second episodes are where the lens corrects in the wrong direction, goes all the way to the end of that focal length, only to turn around and come back.
3) Size of shooting frame: this is not really a ding on this camera but to most HD cameras. If you’re filming at a distance, you’re fine, but for close-ups with people, you may find you’re clipping torsos or heads. Keep in mind that at a distance of 6 ft, the size of the 2D plane that you’re capturing is roughly 5ft by 1.5ft (~60in x ~34in = 16:9 HD ratio). Thus, for most, the 10x zoom is nice, but a wide-angle addition (say 0.7x) would really be much more helpful.
4) There is no 720p mode — only 1080i/p and 480. However, there is a really neat slow-mo feature (in SD only, unfortunately) where one can film a 10 second clip and play it back at 1/5 speed.
5) The sound quality is quite good, but, probably to avoid operator hand-noise and breathing, they’ve mounted the mics on the bottom of the unit. This is fine in many situations, but if you’re filming while walking, the “clomp clomp clomp” of your footsteps is VERY loud.
These are the main factors I’d consider crucial in determining if this is the camera for you. For me, it’s quite good, with great optics; wonderful picture quality, color, and sharpness (if filmed in good light); tons of features; and a great docking bay that lets me plug it into an HDMI cable directly to my Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ85U 42-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV.
Without going into micro-technical detail…. For my purposes — making HD recordings of concerts (BTW, the external mic input works great), filming students in music lessons with the ability to simply plug in their SDHC card when they start and pulling it out for them to take home when they leave, filming myself for self-critique of my playing, etc., ALL from a tripod, this camera is more than adequate. However, if you’re doing a lot of mobile camcording, you might want to consider some of this camera’s limitations that I’ve outlined here. Good luck with your deliberations and product comparisons….
about 1 year ago
Review by Darrell W. Moore for Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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I have been watching Mpeg-4 cameras to see if they could become usuable. So far, the stock AVCHD cameras have provided images that were so compressed all they were good for were shoot and display; editing the video was an utter pain. The artifacting made the contrast too hard, and the standard AVCHD file was decidedly unstandard with the streams unmuxed and the framerates inconsistent. Lotsa luck trying to get QuickTime compliant apps like Final Cut to deal with the video.
The Samsung SC-HMX20 delivers something new: an H264 mpeg-4 file that is not so highly compressed (the 1080p files have a 14.85 mbit/sec bandwidth) and the mpeg wrapper file is fully QuickTime compliant so editing is not a problem. The images aren’t perfect (there’s still artifacting and banding where colors and contrasts converge), but its head and shoulders above any other AVCHD camera. The 1080p image is quite handsome, but sometimes doesn’t handle fast motion so well. The camera claims to shoot in 1080i, but it doesn’t work on the Mac so I haven’t been able to check that. It would be terrific if the camera could shoot both 1080p (for resolution) AND 720p (for fast motion). I guess that’s asking for too much at this price.
about 1 year ago
Review by Y. Kim for Samsung SC-HMX20C 8GB High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Samsung is well known for devices such as LCD TVs and cell phones. However, not many people know that Samsung makes pretty decent digital cameras and camcorders. I came from the country where Samsung started and heard about Samsung’s optical products. Although they do not have a reputation like Canon or Sony, Samsung comes pretty close to the level of other popular makers of cameras and camcorders. I think the HMX20c from Samsung shows a good evidence of this. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this camcorder and started to use the HMX20c more than any other camcorder I have. So, here goes my story for you.
First of all, the HMX20c is a very Mac-friendly camcorder. The other HD camcorders that I have use AVCHD codec to record the video, and you might need to do additional jobs to work with iMovie. AVCHD files recorded in the camcorder need a conversion process to be used by iMovie, and it takes up so much space. I have a Canon HG10 hard drive based AVCHD camcorder and iMovie always converts the AVCHD files to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec) to use in iMovie. So I gave up using iMovie and used the Ulead DVDFactory on a Windows PC. However, the HMX20c records files on a flash memory (SDHC card) in H.264/MPEG4 format that iMovie loves to handle. AVCHD files alone from the HD camcorder cannot be recognized by iMovie without the conversion, however, MP4 files from the HMX20c have no problem being used directly on iMovie. I really like this and thank Samsung for choosing H.264/MPEG4 codec.
The weakness of the consumer level HD camcorder is the performance in low light. The HMX20c uses a comparatively larger CMOS (1/1.8 inch) than other HD camcorders (1/2.5 to 1/5 inch CMOS or CCD). This means the HMX20c is better in low light performance since the size of the CMOS (or CCD) is critical to accept lights, and it uses a 49mm lens, which is pretty big for a camcorder like this. So the HMX20c shows a pretty decent performance in indoor shots. I shot the video in our living room and church side by side with the Canon HG10. The HG10 also is a very good camcorder for indoor shot, however, the HMX20c is a lot better. I could notice that the shots from the HMX20c shows less grainy picture than the HG10. I take most of my videos indoors, so this is a very important factor for me. Also, I do not have any complaint about the picture quality of daylight shots. Most full HD camcorders that I see on the market already provide more than spectacular pictures and the HMX20c is no exception. The 6.4 mega pixel CMOS really does the job.
The HMX20c is a very beautiful camcorder. Its piano gloss barrel shape body looks great, and I have been always asked about the camcorder whenever I use it in public. It is very easy to grip and fits my in my hand nicely. And the user interface of a rotating LCD screen is pretty intuitive. The control menus that I use the most (white balance, video resolution, storage option, etc) are located on the root so I can use them in a single touch (LCD is a touch screen type). Some people might prefer the jog-dial like control, however, I prefer the touch screen interface because it is quick to access the features.
Another convenient feature that the HMX20c offers is that it allows to record the video in 480p SD (standard definition). Most HD camcorders only allow to record in HD and this SD recording feature can be very convenient if you want to take the video for web pages or other occasions that do not require highest resolution video recording. And the ability to take slow motion shot for 10 second is a plus for me. I will use this feature to monitor my golf swing.
There are a few drawbacks of the HMX20c. It does not have a HDMI port in it. If you want to connect the HDMI cable, you have to connect it to a cradle. And you cannot use a thick, high capacity battery because the battery is inserted inside of the camcorder and the space is already fixed for a battery. Unless the battery can have more capacity in a given size, you cannot expect to use a long lasting high capacity thick battery.
I was concerned about the lacking of optical image stabilization (the HMX20c uses a electric image stabilization) in the first place. Fortunately, I take most of my videos on a tripod so I did not recognize it. Even when I did not use a tripod, my shots were great and I do not miss optical image stabilization now.
Overall, the HMX20c is a great flash memory camcorder. I really like the low light performance and bright lens (f1.8-2.5). No motorized part inside gives very silent video without any buzzing noise. I have sold other HD camcorders that I had, and I do not miss them. The HMX20c is my only camcorder now, and this shows how much I like the HMX20c. Good job, Samsung.