Canon MV5 Mini DV Camcorder

The MV5i MC is an attractive and compact camcorder that's significantly more capable than earlier products in the range. However, it's beaten on image quality by JVC's equally diminutive GR-DVP7E.

This Canon camcorder weights around 400grams and is 11x4.5x9cm when closed. The screen when open adds another 7.5cm to the 4.5cm width. The screen is itself is 6x3.5cm with four push buttons and a five position wheel below the TFT display that controls...

True widescreen video ; easy to use ; 25x optical zoom

Not good in low light ; some minor design issues

A value for money camcorder that shoots natively in widescreen

image quality, portability, zoom, battery, usability

value for money

71% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

The camera is very good. clarity is excellent. the problem will come when the battery runs out. the replacement is not available in any of the big shops in london. after nine months i have a good camera i can not use.

This is a wonderful piece of kit. For less than £180 you get a true widescreen camcorder with digital image stabalising, excellent sound recording, pretty good image quality and all the features you could posibly hope for. And, whilst it has manual...

This is a wonderful piece of kit. For less than £180 you get a true widescreen camcorder with digital image stabalising, excellent sound recording, pretty good image quality and all the features you could posibly hope for. And, whilst it has manual...

I knew exactly what I was buying when I purchased this camera. I love the widescreen feature, that it also records in normal full screen mode and that I can plug in a microphone to capture quality sound at the source. I'm currently completing a...

I knew exactly what I was buying when I purchased this camera. I love the widescreen feature, that it also records in normal full screen mode and that I can plug in a microphone to capture quality sound at the source. I'm currently completing a...

I was a bit disappointed with my purchase. I automatically assumed that this had night vision when I read it had night mode. I had purchased it in hopes of doing a Most Haunted experience in my house (you know, catch an orb or two) but to my...