CamCorders Item ID: #678Samsung SC-MX20 Shoot & Share memory camcorder w/34x Optical Zoom (Blue)Product Information:
Item DescriptionThe MX20 makes it easy to capture everything you want to remember and some you might want to forget. It features an optimized recording mode for YouTube, a schneider lens with 34x optical zoom, image stabilization and face detection. The MX20 also features the longest battery life in its class, lasting up to three hours. Item Reviews5 Responses to “Samsung SC-MX20 Shoot & Share memory camcorder w/34x Optical Zoom (Blue)” |
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I’ve had this camera a little over a year and a half now. It was my first camcorder, and as a novice with these digital cameras, I found it to be very easy to use and have yet to run into any problems operating it.
It’s light, has a great zoom lens and other features that make me think I lucked into the perfect purchase for me at the time. The menus are very intuitive, and everything was super easy to find. Samsung really needs to be complimented on the ease of use here for rookies like me. The learning curve was almost non-existant. Even the software that came with it works fine and it’s easy to upload to YouTube as advertised.
The only downside, mentioned in other reviews, is that the camera is, admittedly, a bit outdated today. A new model was in the offing when I bought it (the F34, I think), so I kinda knew that at the time. It isn’t HD, and YouTube has since moved to widescreen, a setting you’ll need to find and change to in the settings. Still, if you’re looking for an affordable intoduction to digital video cameras, or just want to buy one for your granny, you could do a lot worse than to pick one of these up.
bought this camera in November 2009. within 3 months, the camera would not recognize a battery. i bought a new battery, same thing. so, since it was out of the labor warranty, i had to send it back to Samsung and they replaced the battery mechanism for $40. they customer service was very good.
the camera takes good movies, not great. sometimes they would be jumpy when recording to the flash memory. maybe it was the card i was using, but it was not always a seemless recording.
overall a decent low end camera, if you take the gamble on Samsung quality.
I have had this video camera for about a year now.I am 14 year old and have used this video camera a lot.i used to play airsoft and would videotape that.But now it is not very useful to me. Here are some Pros and Cons.
Pros:
Very easy to use.
Nice zooming but not very steady without a tripod.
Easy to upload onto youtube.
Great if your not very experienced.
Nice storage space.
Comes with carrrying bag.
Cons:
Editing Software is CRAP!
Horrible recording indoors or in bad lighting conditions.
Not that much Battery life.
Bad quality most of the time.
Very shaky.
Somewhat Confusing settings.
Overall:
This video camera is great for beginners while it lacks in some very important things. i would advice people to only but this as their first or second camera. not for profetionals(forgot how to spell it lol) but deffinately an OK camera. i’m current ly saving up for a $500 hd camera.
I bought the Samsung MX20 in December 2008, so I’ve had it a little over a year. The camera was okay and wasn’t used a lot. About a week after the warranty expired, I was using the camera and turned it off. A few minutes later, I turned it back on and it went straight to a white screen and would just beep. No buttons worked. It wasn’t dropped or ever treated roughly.
I spoke with Samsung, and since it was past warranty they put me in touch with a qualified Samsung service repair shop, which wanted to charge me over $160 to fix it. Forget it. There are much better, more reliable cameras out there. Learn from my mistake, and don’t buy this camera.
i bought this samsung scmx20 camcorder in april 2009. i hardly used it till december though but in jan 2010 without any valid reason what so ever it stopped working. it was never dropped nor ever got wet but just stopped working. battery still had power but unit simply wouldnt switch on (this happened to another purchaser in reviews section by the way). i phoned amazon and they told me to phone samsung so i phoned samsung and they told me to phone amazon. amazon says warranty is with samsung and samsung says warranty is with amazon. so even though the unit is still under warranty neither company is willing to fix it!!! i have asked them both to confirm this to me in writing so that i can take matters further but have still not seen any letters in the post. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FROM AMAZON. YOU WILL HAVE NO WARRANTY. any other retailer will give you 12 months full warranty. according to samsung, amazon has obtained cheaper pricing from samsung by providing their own in house warranty on samsung products but when it comes to the crunch they do not honour their obligation and want to pass the buck back to samsung. i now have an inoperable camcorder which i bought brand new. DO NOT BUY SAMSUNG PRODUCTS UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WARRANTY PROTOCOL. DO NOT BUY PRODUCTS FROM AMAZON UNLESS YOU ARE COMPENSATED FOR LACK OF WARRANTY. SHAME ON AMAZON.