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Minolta Camcorder

hkrgrl — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:47:47 GMT

i saw this presented last night with Shawn.

i thought it was a good deal and could really come in handy on vacations/trips.

it also takes pic.

stores everything on a SD card

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anybody have an experience or thoughts on this one?

Re: Minolta Camcorder

isaboo — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:22:22 GMT

I thought so too.

Re: Minolta Camcorder

StylishLady2 — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:49:13 GMT

Bought one å while back and the darn thing will not work.

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Re: Minolta Camcorder

Squirrels Are Trash — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:02:01 GMT

It seems to me that QVC buys old and kludgy technology> I would be careful.

Re: Minolta Camcorder

Caffeina — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:12:40 GMT

@hkrgrl

It has the Minolta name, but it's not a Minolta. The name was sold to Elite Brands. Look up the YouTube video Minolta Cameras Aren't What They Seem!

Re: Minolta Camcorder

SaveTheTurtles — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 02:19:08 GMT

Are camcorders still a thing? Surprised to hear they are still being sold to be honest. I remember I bought one in 1989 when they just started coming out for $1100.00. The thing was so big you had to put it on your shoulder when taking movies. LOL!!!!!!!

Re: Minolta Camcorder

gardenman — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:16:56 GMT

@Caffeina wrote:
@hkrgrl

It has the Minolta name, but it's not a Minolta. The name was sold to Elite Brands. Look up the YouTube video Minolta Cameras Aren't What They Seem!

Exactly. This happens a lot more than people think. "Oh, that's a good name camera." Well, it was twenty years ago, now, not so much. If you have a smartphone, you can get pretty much the same video quality, if not better, than you can from that camcorder. My $100 smartphone shoots in 4K while the Minolta only shoots in HD. I can put up to a 512 GB micro-SD card in my phone while the Minolta camera only has 32 GB of storage. Both have digital zoom which isn't as good as optical zoom. And it's bigger and bulkier than a smartphone and it only does the one thing while a smartphone does lots of things. It's one more thing to keep charged and keep track of when you can already have the same or better capability in a smartphone that you're carrying anyway.