Panasonic HDC-SD5 Hi-Definition Palmcorder Camcorder BUNDLE
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List Price: $1,488.30
Features
• Optical Zoom - 10x Variable Speed; Focal Length 3.0 - 30 mm, Film Camera Equivalent 42.9 - 429 mm (16 - 9)(Moving Picture/Still Picture) Leica Dicomar lens
• Accepts 37mm Filters
• Optical Image Stabilizer
• Up to 700x Digital-zoom
• 2 Channel Stereo Zoom mic<LIU>Dolby Digital AC3 2Channel sound |
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Panasonic HDC-SD5 Hi-Definition Palmcorder Camcorder BUNDLE Customer Reviews
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Stunning video in a small package
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I am not particularly techie, but was heading off to Disney World with my kids in November and my old digital tape Canon camcorder was dying. I did a fair bit of research and decided the flash drive standard made sense - compatible with my Nikon SLR and such an improvement over digital tape, I figured I would be satisfied.
I am. The quality of the video, especially when outside, is extraordinary. I'm really blown away. I have a five year old 1080i TV and this is the first HD image I have seen on it. The camera is small, easy to cary (even on rollercoasters!), and very intuitive - even for me!
Down strokes are the wind noise and low light performance (though I think that goes with the territory). Inside shots are fine. Inside shots at night with marginal light are pretty grainy. But I think this needs to be compared to my old digital tape camcorder. By comparison, the Panasonic does much better. I'd be interested in hearing how the comparable Sony does (didn't want to deal with the Sony sticks).
Transfer to the included DVD burner is easy enough, though the connections are awkward (a casualty of the small size). Battery comes out to hook up AC jack. Various covers come off to access USB, etc. It all works fine, it just isn't so convenient.
I bought the upgrade to ULead (Studio 11 Plus), but haven't played with it yet in HD for the AVCHD format, so no comment. I did however just buy the new Panasonic Blu Ray player (BMD-30K). This combination is pretty smooth. Burn your HD video on to a standard DVD-R and plop it in the Blu Ray - wow. Everything works. Slide your SD card into the Blu Ray, same thing. All of a sudden, it is pretty seemless. So you can back up and store all your HD video on cheap DVDs. I'll get to the HD editing down the road, but you can split scenes and delete the part you don't want while still in the camera. I agree with another poster who suggested using only the 4G SDHC cards - they hold 42 minutes and fit perfectly onto a DVD-R.
Overall, I am very pleased, especially with the combination. Very close to 5 stars. |
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