I am not an expert at using a camcorder by any stretch of the imagination so I approached this product's mass of settings and controls with somewhat wary an approach. A family vacation up to New York and Canada earlier this year gave me the opportunity to put it through its paces and it passed with flying colors. I also was able to hook it up to my DVD recorder with a firewire cable (not included) and transfer it easily onto regular DVD. One thing that surprised me (given the reviews here concerning lighting) is that my camcorder works great in poor lighting. Watching it with my travel companions as I transferred the home video to DVD they remarked that the shots at an aquarium were brighter than they had been to the naked eye and brought out more detail. One troubling detail about the camera is that it needs to be hooked up to recharge the battery (which itself lasts about an hour). However I bought a TechFuel Premium Advanced Desktop Battery Charger as well as more powerful batteries by TechFuel (both given as accessories on the Amazon product page) and they work great.

This is pretty nice considering the SC-D372's price range. The best feature is the conveniently located "Easy Q" button - seems to figure out the best settings.
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br /It has easily accessible VCR-style multi-function controls that are not under the LCD fold-out. The contour of the camera is comfortable to the hand.
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br /The SC-D372 is an affordable way to capture moments.
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I always trust Samsung and they impressed me more with this camera. probably the cheapest video camera availible, it is better than you would expect it to be. Although it isn't so good in night or dim light, not a lot of other cameras are anyways. It's perfect for anyone who simply wants a basic video camera.

I bought this because I like to snowboard, and I thought having a small camcorder to capture footage would be awesome...
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br /- When the camera got cold (not wet), it just shut-off.
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br /- The battery doesn't last long, especially if the display is open.
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br /- It takes a while to start, and before it begins recording... the tape rewinds 0:03 seconds, deleting some past footage.
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br /- The color/quality isn't very good, and it takes a long time to focus.
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br /- If you speak too loudly/close into the mic. it has a 'high screeching noise' during playback.
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br /What's good about it?
br /- It has good zooming capabilities, the lens is a Schneider Kreuznach, small/portable, easy to function, pretty sturdy, small light for night, and the low price.
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br /Samsung has good products, but this isn't one of them. I would recommend another camcorder.
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i like the camcorder, no complaint here. battery life is not that good , so u need another battery.picture is good. i taped my sons party with it, the video is clear. i just got it a month ago. so far i like it.

The good: The samsung SC-D372 is a great camcorder under the right light conditions. If you film during a bright day on the beach or park, you'll enjoy great high quality video, widescreen, image stabilization, great sound, and excellent zooming. Very good for recording "open field" sports games, such as baseball and football (during the day).The battery lasts around 80 minutes, unless you rewind. Rewinding it lasts 10 minutes.
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br /The Bad!!: When the lights are low, the cam pretty much sucks. The image is grainy and blurry. Its so blurry you can't recognize anything around. You can only transfer your videos to your computer, if you have the right video card; or converting it to dvd with a dvd recorder.

I bought this camera thinking it was a great valu for the price, but when you record anything (interior and exterior) you are recording all the motor noise from the camera's mechanical system.
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br /I try to reduce the noise by editing, with pinnacle, and that work if nobody is speaking.
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br /The image quality is good, the camera look great and is tiny, you can carry it very easy.
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br /I don't recommend this camcorder, spend a few bucks more and get another brand

This is an awsome little camcorder, shoots great picture, has good options, and has a great zoom, i would have given it 5 stars, but mine broke after 2 weeks, but i sent it in to get repaired, and they already shipped it back
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The camera is nice and compact and it seems to video a fairly clear picture. I have only used it indoors so far. For the cost and for the fact that it's my first video camera, it's a good value. However it may be worth spending the extra money to upgrade to the next model so that you can use a memory card.

I thought it was one that was easy to hook up up to your computer but when I got it, that wasn't the case I had to buy a fire wire cable and fire wire card. Then what i found out was that the fire wire card had to go into a laptop which I don't have. It sucks because I filmed my project on it and now I can't get it off to edit it without the laptop. Well now I know I should have read it better to see if it had the computer device.

I did some research before buying this from Amazon. I found it at my local Circuit City for 100 dollars more then I paid for it! That convinced me to buy it; its not HD but it is digital so thats pretty nice. It records on convenient tapes and also can put it straight to a DVD with my Toshiba D410 DVD recorder. Battery life on it can be better, but thats to be expected of the stock battery. When I really want to use it for a long time I will get a longer lasting battery. Great camera for what I need to use it for; just recording family memories and vacations all for under 150 bucks! Amazon was great in getting it to me too, fast and everything was in order I had it running within 5 minutes of unpacking it. Love it.

This product is excellent for the cost. Easy to use, takes great video's and small and light enough to take anywhere. Very happy that I purchased it.

This is a nice, entry level camcorder with all the right features. But my screen died within the first 90 days of ownership.

My mistake in thinking a MiniDV Camcorder used MiniDV TAPE to record on.
br /After discovering my mistake, I packed it up to ship back without trying it. Now I'll wait for Amazon to credit my card. I did ship it at my expense as I thought Amazon had done their part in a fast excellent manner so I did'nt think they should pay to return my goof !

I just bought this camere form Circuscity for $171, and found out that it kind of mis lead with a Still botton, this camera only take low quality still picture and record it in the tape not SD card.
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br /I think it is ok because most Camdorder are not taking good still picture any way.
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br /I was always go for canon, but this time I try the Samsung, I hope the Koraen co are as good as Canon. The price is good,

I got this camcorder for my daughter in law for Christmas. She popped a DVD in and immediately was recording. Good quality and very easy to use.Samsung SC-DC173U DVD Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom