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Gets Great Shots in Little or No Light, Plus an Audio Zoom Mike
Sharp's VL-WD450U ($949.95 MSRP) represents the transition from basic camcorder to video/still image Combo-Cams. The VL-WD450U not only records video to the Mini DV video format, it also captures digital still images to a removable SmartMedia card, giving you the best of both worlds. Other notable new features include a 780:1 digital zoom, and perhaps more useful, a Super "Cat's Eye" night feature for shooting in extreme low light. The most obvious feature is an external zoom mike for much better audio pick-up.
When contrasted against many other camcorders today, the VL-WD450U could be ...