Comments on: MoviePix MP5A4 Digital Video Camera

By: rudy

rudy — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:55:52 +0000

Thank You
r.b.

By: rudy

rudy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:33:46 +0000

I have purchased a Camescope MP5A4 (pix),i believed i goofed when i first used it,i do not remember is f i fulled loaded the battery or not.Now it load only approx 5-10%. Is their a way to correct my gross mistake,i should’f know better. I tried to find a place to purchase one or find is it the battery or !!!!!!!!!. Any and all help will be greatly appriciated. By the way i live just est of Montreal,Qc.
rudy

By: edwin

edwin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:32:43 +0000

can you charge it through your computer?

By: BrocK McRock

BrocK McRock — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:41:00 +0000

I just got one these cameras from woot.com for like 60 bucks. No problems at all. plug and play picture and video using the software that the company provides, makes it easy to upload, plus it gives you editing software that is decent. I filmed a hawk the other day from 10 feet away , i saw that the playback was a little shakey but then again i was staringing into the eyes of what could have possibly been my demise. The only thing i dont like, the on cam controls are very limited. Other than that slap an 8g HC SD card in and go. Ifyou want to see video email me i’ll send you a link.

By: Dave Spragge

Dave Spragge — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:00:41 +0000

Did you have the latest version of MPEG-4 Codec installed? See: http://www.kobiancanada.com/MoviePix/MovePix.html
If not, that’s probably why you had problems and other people didn’t. If you do, I have bupkus. My wife just received one of these as a reward from her employer. I hope we can get some use out of it. I may post a review of my own, depending on our experiences with it. (and my energy level, and whether I remember to…)

By: bwheeler

bwheeler — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:08:38 +0000

@Rachel,

You’re not the only person that has this problem. Some people think that because you spend $150 that you should not be pleased with the product. This camera leaves a lot to be desired.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:50 +0000

my sister got a movie pix high deffintion camcorder and i have been using it since she has not. I have been having the same problem , i tryied to put a video of my band on the computer and it fricken wouldn’t work, its like my computer didnt detect it or something.

By: bwheeler

bwheeler — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:47:13 +0000

I don’t feel that I’m being harsh in my review. I spent a little more than the $130 that you spent at Walmart, purchased the Kodak Zi6 and have a much better camera. For $130 you shouldn’t have to sacrifice quality for functionality.

By: Dave Stevens

Dave Stevens — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:24:24 +0000

Ummmm…I just bought this camera and had no trouble transferring video to my computer.

Also, the picture is fine in regular light conditions.

The only three things I don’t like about it so far are that the zoom controls are very fragile looking and feeling (as mentioned in the review) , and the swivel mount for the LCD screen is also kind of fragile looking compared to other cameras I have. The third thing is that the still image shooting was not good in that you had to be perfectly still to get a clear shot, but that is not why I bought a camcorder – I bought it to shoot HD video, which it does well.

All that being said – it only cost me $130 Canadian at Wal-mart. My Panasonic camcorder is more robust, but it cost almost $500.

Also, I checked out some of the sample videos others were shooting on Youtube with this camera, and they look good. My own test shots looked fine as well.

I think you are being too harsh in your review.

By: bwheeler

bwheeler — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:40:33 +0000

Normally I would ignore comments from people such as yourself especially given the circumstances that surround this comment. You take an interesting point of view and destroy any credibility that your comment has, especially seeing how you don’t leave your name or a valid email address.

As for being (how was you put it) – a technical retard – I obviously have a better understanding of the English language (check out the your vs you’re debate here – http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/youryoure.html). I’m assuming that you haven’t quite grasped the difference in the two just yet.

Why were you searching for reviews on this camera? Did you have buyer’s remorse? Obviously there was something that prompted you to do a search for “MoviePix MP5a4 Digital Camera Review”, the keywords that brought you to my site. Were you having problems? Was the camera not performing as it was designed to?

While your 8-year old may be able to use it without problems, it’s interesting that many others have contacted me via email and thanked me for my honest review. Others have contacted me indicating they have experienced the exact same problems and held the same impression about this camera as I. I guess we’re all “technical retards”. The fact that you used these words in your comment makes me wonder if you are not 8-years old yourself.

You are so very wrong in thinking that I was looking for a Sony camcorder for $150 – I was looking for a small pocket camera as I indicated in the review, not a full featured camcorder. However, sacrificing quality for price should not be an option with cameras available such as those offered by Flip, Kodak and RCA. If I wanted a full featured camcorder, I would have purchased something quite different. Take the review in the context for it was written.

While you are entitled to your opinions, they are not credible or valid if they are going to be posted anonymously. You can keep your slurs to yourself (aka the “technical retard” comment) and keep surfing on by. If you care to post your review of this camera, I will gladly provide you the web space to post your review. However, it’s highly unlikely that you will take me up on the offer seeing how you prefer to be anonymous.

For those who wish to read about which camera I ultimately purchased, check out my review of the Kodak Zi6 Camera Review. It’s a much better camera for a reasonable price.