SANYO Xacti VPC CG20: My experience
First day
So today my Xacti arrived. I did a little research about this dualcam (my own wording but Sanyo did advertised it as Dual Camera photos & videos). Nowadays it's called videocam and it got everything for my lack of photography skill needs. Full specification here but I doubt I'd be doing something that will reach this device full capability.
10 MP effective for photo and 8.3MP 1080 full HD for videos. All I need is 640x480px photo and video, this thing deliver more than enough for dummies. Yes, I was a bit rushing when deciding which's which but what's attractive about this dualcam are its spec (digital and physical wise) and price. Small enough for my small palm and at the right price, perhaps the cheapest of its kind. And, it's available here at the time of purchase 21st March 2013.
Accesories
A mini USB to USB and mini USB to AV out are supplied with the unit. A set of battery charger in 3 parts: The battery holder/charger, the power cord and the socket (optional and mine probably courtesy of the seller and because it has this SPT-2 type head). The lens cap comes with a separate nylon string which is great but I need to buy my own hand strap. A battery half charged enough for a preview (I dont think the seller will send you a dead battery).
Body casing
Initial inspection reveals this baby is made a lot out of plastic. As stated by other reviewers, the expansion card's lid is made of one piece of plastic, there's no flexible attachment at all unlike the battery's cover. That piece everybody should handle with care and a lot of patience. To access the battery bay, you need to use a little bit of force through your thumb to open the cover. I'd rather say everything is plastic!. Recyclable ones and if you're getting the first batch of recycled materials it's fine but middle and later batch, I bet it'll snap or break easily.
Battery
It's quite small the battery size, at least in my own experience. My Nokia 100 handphone's battery is bigger than that I assure. It says 190 pictures or 60 minutes recording time with 210 minutes continuous playback until the last bit of charge. So I think I should buy another battery as backup.
Button
Buttons on the upper back part are finely placed, fair for my thumb reach and well apart from each other. If you have a big hand and fingers I think it'll do quite just. 5 of them with labels easy enough for me to read/understand. In fact I tried them all without reading the manuals to get my first photos and videos.
