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Many of the controls on the DVC7 are similar to those found on a professional camera. The right hand assumes a natural grip, with the thumb hovering over the record button and fingers poised on the zoom rocker.

An array of push buttons are within easy reach on the left and are used to access many functions, but many others require you to scroll through menus. While this is common with nearly all consumer cameras, most true pro-level models offer direct control of key functions with knobs, dials and switches on the camera body. One ergonomic benefit of the DVC7 is the ability to focus manually on the lens barrel. The focus ring has a solid feel and is smooth and quiet.

The zoom also has a very nice feel. On full zoom, minimum focal distance is about five feet. The macro kicks in at full wide and provides for excellent extreme enlargements from just a few inches away.

The auto focus operated well, usually finding the subject within less than a second. We found that low-light situations, low-contrast subjects and mostly horizontal elements such as a featureless horizons fooled the camera. Manual focus is the default of most pros and the typical users of the DVC7 anyhow.

The zoom is optical to 15x and digital to x. The optical zoom quality was excellent, but not surprisingly the digital image begins to degrade very quickly after about 40x. The zoom control allowed for smooth and variable movement both in an out, but there was a perceptible start and stop that made it difficult to ease-in and out of our zooms. There was noticeable noise from the zoom motor that we could hear on the recorded tape during quiet sections.

Image stabilization is electronic, not optical, and provides a degree of protection from small vibrations or movements. The on-camera stereo microphone sits just above the lens at the base of the large handle, which is not a great location. While it is capable of capturing the voice of someone standing less than ten feet away, it picks up tape transport and zoom motor noise in complete silence.

Of course it is always preferable to use an off-camera mike close to the subject. The DVC7 has a stereo mini jack input along with a headphone jack for monitoring. There are no manual level adjustments for audio gain or headphone volume.

When used, it sounded as though the camera was increasing or decreasing the overall gain as we zoomed in and out. Overall, the images that this camera produced were decent, but not impressive.

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