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This 5.1MP digital camcorder from Sakar is the perfect way to capture all your great moments.
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Product Reviews Summary
Avg. Customer Rating:
 
1.8 stars
(based on 33 reviews)
28% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:
Comfortable to operate(10), Durable(5), Great features(5), Great picture quality(5), Great sound(4)
Cons:
Complicated to operate(4), Flimsy construction(16), Inadequate features(17), Low-quality recordings(22), Poor battery life(25)
Best Uses:
Casual use(4), Family(8), Movies/short films(5), Special events(4), Travel(6)
Describe Yourself:
Casual user(8), Getting started(4), Hobbyist/enthusiast(12), Semi-pro(4)
 
Don't Go Off The Picture
By BADRADVerified Reviewer from Virginia on 9/17/2008
Pros:
Colors, Ease of Use
Cons:
Inadequate Features, Uncomfortable, Very Small
Best Uses:
Home Movies, Kids To Use, Travel
Describe Yourself:
Casual User
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I was expecting at least a camcorder about the size of any other one, but this one is very small. The size of it isn't all. It doesn't record well inside because its too dark. It has an LED light that doesnt illuminate all the much at all. I didn't like that camcorder at all and I am returning it.

 
Worst Camera Ever
By Johnny D. from New Haven, Ct. on 8/20/2008
Pros:
NO PROS
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Garbage, Inadequate Features, Junk, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound, Rip-Off
Best Uses:
Paper weight
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This camera is not worth the plastic its packaged in. [...].

 
This camera SUCKS
By lhamil64Verified Reviewer from United States on 6/30/2008
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound, Uncomfortable
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This camera really sucks. I received it as a gift and when i turned it on and took a video, it looked HORRIBLE on the computer. The quality is very grainy and works bad in low lighting. I have an 5.0 HP digital camera that works better for recording video with this.
Also, you can only zoom when taking pictures and even then the zoom doesn't work well at all. Do not buy this camera at all, go for a better quality and slightly more expensive camcorder or digital camera.

 
This product has BUGS
By boballoooooo from no on 6/29/2008
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Good AT FIRST
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Little kids
Describe Yourself:
Getting started
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This product starts out fine but after 1-2 weeks of use it starts to turn itself off or it won't turn on at all.
You should NOT buy the product. Don't be so cheap. Spend the extra money and buy a better one because you deserve a better product.

 
Great for all kinds of things
By JJthejetplane from San Jose, CA on 6/26/2008
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Great Sound, Simple Controls, Versatile
Cons:
Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Family, Movies/Short Films, Special Events, Sports, Travel
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Great camera

 
Just Short Of Being Fraud
By ROC InstrumentsVerified Reviewer from Vacaville, CA on 6/14/2008
Pros:
Works outside
Cons:
Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Back Up
Describe Yourself:
Semi-Professional
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I have have to disagree with those here who say "What do you want for the $" I don't know what they paid for it, but I bought 2,1 for each of my kids and spent 2 bills. I could have purchased 2 cameras that at least worked indoors for that.
Plus the $ a day for batteries would be bearable if I didn't have to turn on every light in the house to get an image.

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this cam's fine for only [$]
By Daniel from Austin on 5/15/2008
How long have you owned it:
Three-to-six months
Pros:
Simple Controls, Versatile
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Family, Movies/Short Films, Special Events, Travel
Describe Yourself:
Semi-Professional
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This camera's just fine for the price. I've shot some minimal video on it at day and at night (well-lit!) and taken mostly stills, of whose quality is fine for snapshots. You can adjust the image size from the default if you want slightly higher resolution pictures. You can also adjust the exposure a bit but this isn't so sensitive.You people who bought a [$] vid/still camera and expected more than what this offers are crazy! I think this camera is great for stills and ok for short clips, especially factoring the price of [$]. YES it does not adjust to poor lighting well, but then again, most automatic shutter cameras do not in this price range. I don't expect it to given the price, weight, and size of the product.If you want a professional camera or even a mid-grade consumer model this is not the camera for you, and you should save some more $ and buy accordingly. This is a point and shoot camera, period, and just fine for that purpose.

 
Pathetic
By bboy craze from Glen Burnie Md on 5/13/2008
How long have you owned it:
Three-to-six months
Pros:
Not one
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Not one on this earth
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

As you can see i have only own this camera for a short time and when i first got it for christmas a few months ago i was excitided... until i turned it on. i noticed rite away that this camera was GARBADGE for lack of me being able to say the word i wanted [*] all i wanted it for was to record some skateboarding and some breakdancing and the battery life would not let me get a session in for either and when i treid to record a breakdance battle it would not last one set( there is three and the sets are 15 seconds and longer). i had to also replace this camera twice because something on it stoped working first it was the screen the second time it was the play back feature it just would not show pictures or videos just recorded or recorded a while back. what i recomend to do if you want a camera is dont go cheap quality is gona cost you and if you buy this than you will know you wasted your time, money and maybe even a few days of your life recording(if your camera last this long). all in all worst piece of equitment ever.

 
REMOVE THIS GARBAGE FROM THE MARKET
By LannaVerified Reviewer from Glendale, CA on 4/29/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
none
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound, Uncomfortable
Best Uses:
NOTHING - USELESS
Describe Yourself:
Professional
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Throw your money in the trash bin and you'll be better off than spending the time, money and energy on buying this item. It should seriously be removed from the market, it's useless. This product is completely poor grade and NOT worth one CENT!!!

 
I have know idea
By KrazyKid from St. Louis, Mo on 4/24/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Simple Controls
Cons:
Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Travel
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Wow, were should I start. Well, I got this gift for my 12 birthday and I guess it's decent. I mean It feeds on batteries !!! I had to buy at least 3 packs of batteries jus to use it for one day ! It's sound quality is ok but it's realyy not the best. I actually wanted to use it for short video clips, but from my veiw it's only good for recordind outside :( . I've decided to save to get a new camcorder, since this one isn't the best. But, I probably would'nt recommend it to a friend just for the fact it has poor image in recording :(

 
This camera is horrible
By Jeff from Kentuck on 4/20/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, It just isn't good at all, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
None
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This camcorder is the worst I've seen it just takes low quality sound interference is really bad don't buy it!!

 
worst camcorder ever.
By Angel from Shamokin, Pa on 3/22/2008
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Sound
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This camcorder is the worst I've ever seen.
Takes horrible recording no matter what the lighting is. I give it 2 thumbs down

 
should had brought another camcorder
By taurus the bull from new york,ny on 3/18/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Simple Controls
Cons:
Does not work indoors, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Special Events
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Sakar should send everyone thah purchase this camcorder a new version with better lighting for indoors capacity.

 
Its decent
By TsukiVerified Reviewer from US on 2/18/2008
How long have you owned it:
One-to-three months
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Durable, Simple Controls
Cons:
Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
DDR recordings, Movies/Short Films
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Many people are saying the camera isn't good. Well I agree to some degree. I honestly think it works really well for what i use it for. I record step files for DDR and stepmania. You'd be suprised at how well it captures the arrows. I also was really suprised when i took it on vacation and recorded a small video for my sister who couldn't come with us. It did an amazing job recording the beach. I honestly think this camera is pretty decent. Inside recordings don't work well...especially in the dark, but if it is light, its decent. If you are into recording things such as DDR, then i would recommend it because it does work for that and picks up the sound pretty well, but if your thing is recording inside at night, i wouldn't recommend it.

 
Waste of money!
By Canei from Philly, PA on 2/17/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Family
Describe Yourself:
Getting started
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I got this on Valentine's Day 2008. I've always wanted one. When I took it out the package it was VERY light, I thought if I'd handled too much, I'd break it. Played with it and only saw dark images, VERY poor sound. I'm returning it!

 
Bad Camara
By Bad Camara OwnerVerified Reviewer from california on 1/24/2008
How long have you owned it:
One-to-three months
Cons:
bad indoors, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
nothing really
Describe Yourself:
Getting started
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This camera was cheap so I was like "ok let's get it." I buy it then I go home and the camera sucks. I couldn't get it to work inside the house. It only works outside. It is a bad camera that even a monkey would hate.

 
good outdoos
By pat from maine on 1/13/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate
Cons:
Dont work good low light
Best Uses:
Family
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

it would be a good for out doors but not indoors

 
please click away from the buy button!!!
By Jack daniels from Pittsburgh , PA on 1/3/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Never
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I got this camera for christmas. I use camcorders alot in school, due to video classes i am in. This camcorder does not compare to the [$]camera's we use in school. The graphics are ok.... if you want to only take still pictures. Video mode is choppy and hard to see. It is also near impossible to hear anything.[...]

 
Horrible
By Ghost from NC on 1/2/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Complicated To Operate, Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound, Uncomfortable
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Dont buy this

 
Don't Buy This Item!
By Embarrassed Father from Litchfield, NH on 1/1/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Cheap
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Recording Bigfoot And UFO
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I bought my 11 year old daughter this for Christmas. Obviously it was cheap and "I Thought" it would at leat have have some basic camcorder like use, but what a fool I am. This unit EATS batteries and is essentially a piece of junk. It is excellent for those poor quality pictures we have come to expect of Bigfoot or of UFOs.

 
Not 2 bad
By first timer from tucson az on 12/27/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Simple Controls
Cons:
Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Family
Describe Yourself:
Getting started
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Not to bad, for my first camera/camcorder. i've always wanted one and this is my first... The con's kind of out weigh the pro's. But like i said good for a first timer. Later i will plan to buy a better one though...

 
no good
By the jazz from North Carolina on 12/26/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Cheap
Cons:
Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Travel
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

It was a gift to me but i am taking it back,I was very very dissapointed with the video recordings it was always so dark and it was in good lighting.

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
It's an awesome camera
By MC Cbear / Crazy feet/ Funny boy from Hollywood, California on 12/25/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Durable, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Great Sound, Perfect, Simple Controls
Best Uses:
Family, Movies/Short Films, Special Events, Sports, Stunts, Travel
Describe Yourself:
Professional
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I like no love this camera. I am a young rapper myself and I always need to update music videos. Plus I'm an actor,comedian, and football player so it's always good on the run/go.

IT'S PERFECT!

5 of 5

 
:(
By MerryChristmas! from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on 12/25/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Durable, Lightweight
Cons:
Complicated To Operate, Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I bought this camcorder and the screen was very stiff when I tried to open it. Then when I recorded, it was way too dark. When I tried to put it on the computer, the sound and quality was horrible.

 
You Get What You Pay For
By Guitar GodfatherVerified Reviewer from Denver, CO on 12/24/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Simple Controls
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Messing Around With
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Bought it on sale, wanted something to film short movies with friends, I thought this device would come in handy. It's very small and easy to carry around, and the controls are very simple to navigate. The video quality is very poor, it was obviously not made to be compatible in any kind of darkness. The picture quality is ok. There are a lot of rules about being careful as to not erase the files on it, don't do this or your data will be erased, don't do that or your data will be erased, etc. It drains the battery life ridiculously fast, I recommend buying rechargable AAA batteries for this. Otherwise a decent camcorder for its price.

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Great Product
By ComputermanVerified Reviewer from MN on 11/29/2007
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Durable, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Great Sound
Cons:
Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Movies/Short Films, Professional Work
Describe Yourself:
Semi-Professional
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Love This Cam It Worked Great I Would Buy It Again.

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
so far, so good
By well duh from nh on 11/27/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

First one we bought started making green stripes across the images, both still and video, and it would save the files that way. Returned it for another. Have had it almost a week - so far, so good. Good for capturing basic memories.

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Don't do it
By Mc G5 UserVerified Reviewer from St Pete Fl. on 11/27/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Works with apple / mac
Cons:
Complicated To Operate, Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Uncomfortable
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast

only records a small jittery movie (350x550 pix)Movies are very dark, even on a sunny day.Don't use the flash for pics, it will 1) bleach out and over expose the pic2) Turn the picture completely black3) Turn the pic RED if your finger is over the flash (IT's IN A BAD PLACE)DrugStore $10.oo disposable digital cameras are better.I was able to get it to work with a Apple Mac G5.Just use image capture that come with you mac.Downloads movies and pic to (user specified folder)My Name Is Tyson R. [@] And this has been my review.

[0 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

 
Great
By JrccomputerVerified Reviewer from USA on 11/24/2007
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Durable, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Great Sound
Best Uses:
Casual Use, Family
Describe Yourself:
Semi-Professional
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I Love This Cam Its really Great.

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Not worth it.
By Mr. BlueVerified Reviewer from Gainesville, Georgia on 11/24/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate
Cons:
Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Casual Use
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I thought I had found a great bargain with this camera, but every time I turned it off, it erased all the data from its internal memory and the memory card as well as resetting all the settings to default.
The included video/photo editing software is very user-friendly, but not extremely useful.

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Yuck!!!
By Sad about my camcorder from San Antonio, Texas on 11/24/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
NO PROS
Cons:
Complicated To Operate, Flimsy Construction, Inadequate Features, Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Battery Life, Poor Sound, Uncomfortable
Best Uses:
NO BEST USES
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I bought this camcorder thinking I didn't need anything "fancy". I only wanted it record special family and friends time. It's horrible... not worth the price. Horrible lighting, horrible to work, horrible quality... just HORRIBLE!!! If you're smart you won't get this camcorder. I'm taking mine back tomorrow!

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Good Cam for a Low Price
By wb9bbcVerified Reviewer from Wisconsin on 11/23/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Comfortable to Operate, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Simple Controls, Versatile
Cons:
Low-Quality Recordings, Poor Sound
Best Uses:
Casual Use, Family
Describe Yourself:
Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Picked up this SAKAR DIGITAL CAMCODER at the Black Friday Sale today. Initial out-of-the- box experience was GOOD. Well packaged with two required cables, strap and a semi-readable illustrated manual (all in ENGLISH). You DO NEED 3-AA batteries (rechargeable NiMH type recommended, I used ALKALINES) AND requires YOU supply a SD Memory card (I used a no-name 1GB-size card) -the camera itself has little VOLATILE storage, your images will be DELETED after power-off if no SD memory card is found. You also must FORMAT this SD card in the CAMERA, a setup menu option covers this (see PAGE 10 of the manual). The camera was immediately recognized as a MASS-STORAGE DEVICE on two XP computer system's when the included USB connector was attached (top of camera -under rubber flap)) and the camera turned ON.

I spent some time today taking a series of test pictures and videos, summarized here: Good low-level light picture performance indoors (less noise in this CMOS image sensor than I expected at this low cost). Good outdoor (sun) pictures with good exposure and color faithfulness (at the default 2048x1536, auto exposure and white balance settings). Some softness on left-side of my images (cheap plastic lens, although sharpness can be adjusted in SETUP), they likely could blow-up to 8x10 prints nicely. Good flash performance for close use and fast recharge time. Lots of setup menus and image settings to play with, and you will need to experiment with these at some point to get the most from this little gem.

Videos are 320x240 fixed-size (sub-VGA)at a low (unknown) frame-rate. Don't expect much more than choppy and blurred videos when fast moving scenes or lighting situations are present. Video'ing funerals is about its speed (my running dog was too fast).

I did not install or play with the included software -so no comment.

BOTTOM LINE: Good price/performance and decent construction fit and finish. Good control placement and easy setup menus. Good PICTURE CAMERA for youngsters, teenagers, you-tubers, grandma, ladies purses, man's tool-box. VIDEO CAMERA -casual/fun use kid quality nothing more. For better videos, look at the new line of small HD digital camcorders priced not much more than this. hth.

 
Only use for Casual
By selenaVerified Reviewer from Modesto,ca on 10/9/2007
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Cons:
Battery dies quickly, Poor Battery Life
Best Uses:
Casual Use
Describe Yourself:
Casual user
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Only had it less then a year and it no longer works.

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