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Canon Elura 100 MiniDV Digital Camcorder
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: skul1thumper

Updated:02-18-07

Duration of ownership:3 Months

Strengths: picture quality, battery life, size, & most of all the price ( paid less than $300 3 MONTHS ago )

Weaknesses: low light resolution not the greatest

Overall Evaluation: I purchased the ELURA 100 after reading reviews on camcorderinfo.com & it had the ELURA 100 rated as the top camcorder from $0-$1000's camcorders. I have used it to video all of my son's HS basketball games using the wide screen with superb results. I've had to record OT games & still had plenty of battery power left. For ease of use, great picture quality, & price, I don't feel that you can beat this product.
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2 Star Review

Reviewed by: drsbkumar

Updated:12-11-06

Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

Strengths: size, price, wide screen, zoom settings, easy learning curve

Weaknesses: noise, motor noise, noise,noise, high pitched noise and noise, poor auto focus in low light, grainy pictures in low light

Overall Evaluation: great camera for the price, but the played back video is filled with a high pitched noise that's recorded from the motor or tape mechanism. If this is going to be an investment for a long time you will have to live with noisy audio. its terrible, and I have not experienced such a noise in any camera before.NOISE all the way.....focusing is slow and cant keep up with zoomlow light video is grainyI think canon should call this off from the market. No wonder it sells so cheap for its specs.
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: nightmonger

Updated:12-01-06

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Price. AV > DV converter. Widescreen (16x9). Size.

Weaknesses: Low-light performance. Design.

Overall Evaluation: For the price, it was worth it. It takes great pictures outdoors and the widescreen is nice. Many other cameras in this price range does not take a true widescreen. This one does. I like the AV>DV converter. Again other cameras don't have this feature. Now i can convert treasured analog vhs tapes into digital and put them on dvd discs.The design is nice and compact, but I didn't like the handstrap. It feels awkward holding the camera. It didn't feel like it was natural like I do with other camcorders. The performance of the camera at low-light was also poor. The picture became very grainy and dark. The 2-led lights that you can turn on was pretty much useless more than 2 feet and it gave a bluish tinge on the picture.Overall, I'm still happy with the camera. Just use it on bright, outdoor events.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: mshahrir

Updated:07-31-06

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: Spacious LCD, Small form factor, quality video

Weaknesses: 20x zoom (could be more)

Overall Evaluation: I upgraded from a bulky sony digital8 camcorder so I really appreciate the small form factor of Elura 100. I like the fact that it's tiny enough to fit in my palm. Video quality is good enough for my usage, and the sizable lcd screen is great while shooting. I haven't experienced the noisy motor as reported by other reviewers. My only wish is that this camcorder come with a higher optical zoom (my older Sony was 25x). Overall, I feel that Elura 100 is the best value camcorder in its price range.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: justddd

Updated:07-12-06

Duration of ownership:4 Weeks

Strengths: Video performance, size, weight, style

Weaknesses: Low light performance could be better but still ok.

Overall Evaluation: Nice little camera, good video performance (as expected). Didn't notice any extra noise, but may be just didn't try in a really quiet environment. The controls have different layout compared to ZR45MC I had before, but it's quite easy to get used to it. Good thing there is an integrated lens cap, bad thing you have to remember open and close it manually (just wonder why they didn't implement it to open automatically the moment you turn the camera on in recording mode and close when the camera is turned off). Low light performance is acceptable but i think the external LEDs are useless in most cases.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: slavins

Updated:07-11-06

Duration of ownership:30 Days

Strengths: Video quality, reliability, ease of use, compact size

Weaknesses: Poor low light performance; images in low light are grainy

Overall Evaluation: Good video quality, reliability, ease of use, and compact size.Unfortunately, images taken in low light (both still and video) tend to be grainy. The illumination light is not very powerful.Overall, a good buy.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: Robusie

Updated:06-30-06

Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

Strengths: Picture Quality is excellent.Analog to digital conversion is top notch

Weaknesses: Only one small weakness - picks up some motor noise recording in quiet situations

Overall Evaluation: I love the camera's small size and the native widescreen recording. I have a new 50" plasma and the old 8mm was just too hard to watch. This camera shows a beautiful picture, DVD quality in good recording situations, and that was my primary buying concern. It records well in low light, very satisfactory. I am converting my old analog 8mm tapes to DVD's, (and have been recruited to do the whole family's tapes). I had been using a (Pinnacle) USB capture device, but the output quality from this camera's analog/digital converter is so much better that I have been investing the time to re-master the old tapes over again. I may even try converting some of my old VHS movies to DVD. It has features for manual control that I have barely touched on as well as an "easy" setting for my wife and kids. Its small size is really nice too. Price/value, I think it is on top of the curve. I could have spent a little less and got a worse picture, but in real terms - the price difference about the same as a tank of gas, so I went for it. I also strongly considered the Optura S1, but ratings were scarce and it was hard to tell what you get for the extra dollars. I can't imagine that there is much diffence in the video, but it does have higher resolution for stills. Size and other features are so close, I would pick the Elura 100 unless you need the better still photo resolution.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: maiesh

Updated:06-21-06

Duration of ownership:4 Weeks

Strengths: product is in very good condition as mentioned

Weaknesses: I cannot complain about the product or services because I received the product as expected

Overall Evaluation: Hiplease never mind for not writing review after receiving the product. product is in very good condition as mentioned during purchase and I would highly recommend purchase products thru price grabber.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: kostya2

Updated:06-08-06

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: bright-light image qaulity, wide-screen video mode, decent battery life

Weaknesses: low-light performance, still-images limitations

Overall Evaluation: This is my first camcorder so I don't have anything to compare it too. Image quality in bright light is excellent but declines dramatically in low-light or indoors. I shoot my videos in wide-screen mode and I can't take still images in that mode. There are also limitations on still image resolution while in video mode. There are different limitations in tape mode vs SD-card mode. Overall I'm happy with this camcorder. Antishake stabilizer seems to work well. I'm also pleased with the smoothness of zoom-in and zoom-out action of the sliding-bar zoom control.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: delhite

Updated:05-22-06

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Higher Resolution, Microphone Input, Analog to digital feature

Weaknesses: location of zoom lever

Overall Evaluation: I have been using this camera for more than four weeks now. So far, it has been a satisfactory product. This little camcorder has very nice video quality and resolution. Before buying this camera, I have used JVC GRDX77 for quiet sometime and Sony HC32 for few weeks. Having used these different camcorders, I can say Elura 100 has been the best among these camcorders. Since, I bought my camcorder to capture videos of our newborn son so I have used the camcorder inside my apartment most of the times. Under low light conditions, Elura 100 produced less grainy video compared to other camcorders. Under daylight conditions, the video quality has been awesome. Two LED lights on Elura 100 are not of much use as it tends to loose original colors and the videos turn blue. I do not have much complain about it as this was the case with other camcorder which also had two LEDs. It may be helpful when shooting under dark condition. There is indeed some motor noise but I did not find it to be a big problem as I have noticed similar noise on other camcorders as well. Those who noticed very loud noise may have a faulty product. I do not like the location of zoom lever as I tend to loose my grip when operating zoom lever. May be I will get used to it over time. Overall I am satisfied with this camcorder.