Video enthusiasts and semi-professionals, look away now: Toshiba Camileo P30 should not be. Easier to use than a toothbrush, a cheap camcorder and friendly with a number of entry-level price of around 150th and the promise of high definition 1080p video, the P30 has got to be book value of a pixel camcorders best we have seen so now.
3 things we like about the Toshiba Camileo P30
* Light and small
* Useful accessories in the box
* The usage is quite easy
3 things we don’t like about the Toshiba Camileo P30
* Look and feel is cheap
* Menu options are limited
* Video and photo quality is below-par
Toshiba Camileo P30 Review
The P30 is the relatively new category of portable video cameras, such as small, lightweight Sanyo Xacti models, or demonstrates the Flip Video range. In fact, even mimics P30 pistol grip design Xacti. In fact it is so close that would not be surprised if head designer of Sanyo is declared in the laboratory of Toshiba. At P30, the design certainly makes for BC friendly dimensions and weight.
Moreover, it needs the technical expertise of the Stanley Kubrick film aspires to do with the P30 too. The contrary - the P30 is about as point and shoot as they come. There are a handful of menu option ( Resolution , stability , scene , exposure and white balance are the main settings), but in reality, the operation as simple Insert a card SD, open the LCD and press the film or Photo button.
Technically, the P30 has the advantage over many of its competitors by the end of the budget market. While many camcorders have another pocket, 720p or standard definition, said P30 Toshiba has a resolution of 1080p, plus 8 megapixels. A closer look at the actual screen resolution greater than 1440 x1 080 pixels, the true 1080p resolution 1920 x 1 080 pixels, and higher image resolution can be achieved (with software interpolation, the resolution of the image sensor is only effective 5 megapixels).
For the price, but these numbers are still quite impressive, and will include a selection of useful facilities such as light to a video board, a small and a cable HDMI, will only make the package even better value.
It cannot escape the fact that the P30 is very well positioned as a product of the budget. This has been incorporated into the P30 quality significantly. Once you see for yourself, rather cheap and plasticky. It is also evident in the zero-frills menu options. Even assuming that I will simplify the selection of available options for ease of use, there are some gaps - such as manual focus and the ability to disable digital zoom - which even the most inexperienced users can be difficult to justify.
The lack of an appropriate length of optical zoom (taking only zoom 5 xs) and poor microphone position (on the back of fold-out screen LCD) is further evidence that compromises were made to bring you a high-definition video recording is not so much money. But is the video of the P30 and the picture quality, which gives the game away too.
Even in broad daylight, colors are unrealistic and too crowded, and there are signs of bleeding effect on the edges of objects with high contrast. The autofocus is terribly slow, too. And the video, the camera moves led to a much blockiness. Compounding this problem is surprising that the electronic image stabilizer works only if the resolution is reduced to 720p and below. The interior lighting has introduced a large amount of image noise and offset stuttering movement, such as increasing car and tries to slow shutter speeds. Toshiba is not much detail on internal product specifications, like many other manufacturers. The CMOS sensor is a 5 megapixels, but no information on its size. The high resolution allows P30 to complete a move to 1080p videos. This is recorded at 29.97 progressive frames per second (fps 30 actually), but the native resolution is 1440 x 1080 anamorphic, as HDV and earlier versions of AVCHD instead of 1920 x 1080 Full HD. There is also QVGA, VGA, WVGA-60, and 720p recording modes HD.
Without enough light, the P30 is a reasonable job. However, the absence of any form of image stabilization to 1080p situation is very impressive. Compression stresses that aggressive. The top models from Canon and JVC has now H.264 encoding is now used almost three times the rate of data. Exhibits compression is clearly the Toshiba, especially in fast-moving images. The color fidelity is not too bad, but the P30 has trouble resolving details in the shadows.
Overall performance is good, but behind most Full HD camcorders we've tested, images of the lighting is decent enough to keep the price at 150 feel like a good deal. However, in low lighting Camileo P30 is one of the worst we've tested. When lighting the whole scene drops of red grow, and have lost more details. Shooting indoors with artificial lighting is something bad that consumers want is often the case, and the P30 is certain that under these conditions disappoint. Overall performance is good, but behind most Full HD camcorders we've tested, images of the lighting is decent enough to keep the price at 150 feel like a good deal. However, in low lighting Camileo P30 is one of the worst we've tested. When lighting the whole scene drops of red grow, and have lost more details. Shooting indoors with artificial lighting is something bad that consumers want is often the case, and the P30 is certain that under these conditions disappoint.
Final Words and Conclusion
It would be unfair to the triple P30 Toshiba Camileo camcorder price to compare, but the truth is this, what we paid. Compromise, if you're happy with the picture and sound quality, for reasons of size, comfort and economy, then the P30 is definitely one of the best entries in the category of small camcorder.
