http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/ Engadget Comments for Samsung's SC-X300L wearable camcorder gets reviewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 16th 2007 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/720x480 of progressive picture from device that small is f***ing enough! I still love the fan at Panasonic SD1 (AVCHD SD camcorder) that has to cool down the inner parts. Not! Cause it's taping to HD :/]]>Aug 15th 2007 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/
WTF Samsung? You make a camera that's basically incompatible with Apple computers.]]>Aug 15th 2007 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/Aug 15th 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/samsungs-sc-x300l-wearable-camcorder-gets-reviewed/The interface just made sense too me. The software was very intuitive and fun to use.

"the proprietary Samsung video format makes dealing with files a pain"
Granted this is annoying. As some one else mentioned there are solutions.
1) deSEDG small piece of code that that compiles in c. This code works on Mac or Linux. I run Kubuntu and have an action that when I right click on an avi I can run deSEDG. The videos then play in any player.
2) Mac users can download a precompiled program where you can just drop the file on the program and it will convert. I've tried it to confirm that it works. I could edit the video in imovie after dropping it on deSEDG.
http://overstimulate.com/projects/deSEDG/

"lack of still shots is a big minus"
I can take still shots on my older version of this camera. I imagine this guy just didn't look very hard. The picture quality is not worth the effort though.

Some Additional Info
*Mounts very easily on all operating systems and can be used to transfer data.
*With supplied cables you can record from video output sources(TV,DVD...)
*The supplied battery has a very short life. After market battery may solve the video.
* low-light is terrible.

This camera isn't that great but is still pretty cool. I like being able to have a video camera in my pocket with me all the time.

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For a real peek at what this camera can do, check out a bit of footage I shot the day I got it:
http://www.evilc.com/files/movies/VP-X300L_raw.AVI
(DivX AVI, download then view)

Totally raw, as it comes out of the camera. All I did was change the 4 byte header from SEDG to DIVX so that you can play it with regular divx.
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