Toshiba camileo 1080p hd camcorder reviews

#TOSHIBA CAMILEO 1080P HD CAMCORDER REVIEWS MANUAL#

Once you enter the main menu, the options are as follows: Once you tap the screen, toolbars appear on the top вЂonвЂ™ bottom of the display, offering shortcuts to quick settings like still/video, light/flash, playback/record, stabilization, delete, and the main menu. I recognize that these issues with the menus are minor gripes, but when everything else on the camera can be done so quickly and easily, these sorts of things stand out as noticeable quirks. It just wasnвЂ™t the smartest design, thatвЂ™s all. I have to use the вЂњbackвЂќ button (which requires two taps each time) on the screen to back out twice to the main menu and get to the video settings I canвЂ™t just go straight there. LetвЂ™s say I go into вЂњeffectsвЂќ and then вЂњscene,вЂќ and then when IвЂ™m done making my adjustments there I want to hop over to video settings. My other issue with the on-screen menus is that you canвЂ™t jump from one category to another. I still have to poke a couple of times before I find вЂњsetupвЂќ because I never remember which one it is. Aside from the fact that the required double-tapping is a bit of a nuisance, it can take a while before you memorize what each of the six icons on the main menu stand for. Rather, you have to click (touch) an icon for the screen to display what submenu it leads to, and then click it again to actually access it. Menu navigation can get a little frustrating, as the different categories like вЂњeffectsвЂќ or вЂњsetupвЂќ are not labeled as such. Call me stupid, but it took me three or four minutes before I figured it out. This may seem like a good, simplistic choice on ToshibaвЂ™s part, but when there is literally nothing on the screen - there is no menu button, icon, or any sort of indicator - your first thought isnвЂ™t to just poke it. To bring up the menu of options, you just tap anywhere on the touchscreen.

The only basic function that I would say goes against common sense is accessing the on-screen menu for playback, settings, and switching between photo and video recording. At that point, one push of the sizeable, impossible-to-miss button on the spine of the camera and youвЂ™re recording your first video.

#TOSHIBA CAMILEO 1080P HD CAMCORDER REVIEWS MANUAL#

When you flip out the screen, the camera automatically turns on (though, as mentioned, there is also a manual power switch, should you want to have the screen open with the screen off for whatever reason) and itвЂ™s ready to go. When it comes to usage right out of the box, it doesnвЂ™t get much easier than the Camileo. Located directly above the lens on the top of the camera is the microphone, while the speaker runs along the side of the camera, above where the LCD screen folds out. It runs flush with the front of the camera frame, leaving it completely exposed and vulnerable to fingerprints, the elements, and scratches. In something of a design flaw, the lens of the camera isnвЂ™t recessed. Other features include a light on the front of the camera, which can be used either as a flash or sustained lighting for video, and an SD slot on the top for memory cards up to 64GB.

Toshiba camileo 1080p hd camcorder reviews