Panasonic PV-GS80 MiniDV Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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List Price: $249.95
Features
• Features 32x optical zoom
• Pure Color Engine
• Large 2.7-inch widescreen LCD
• One-Touch Navigation for easy, intuitive setting and shooting
• Web Camera function |
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Panasonic PV-GS80 MiniDV Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Customer Reviews
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good for point and shoot, but nothing beyond.
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First the good. It's solid, built really well. If it weren't for the lack of buttons/controls on this thing you'd think it was a more expensive camera. I like the "square" design much better than the vertical design of some consumer cams. The inclusion of a cold shoe is a nice idea, but what can you really use here other than a cheapo light. If you need a cheapo light you can just buy a GS85 instead. REAL easy to use. Turn it on, decide if you want to shoot widescreen or oldschool style (pick widescreen, it's just the way of things).
The major problem for me was... the colors weren't always on point. I mean, it looked decent, they just weren't accurate. When filming in my well lit kitchen, my blue wall looked grey. I understand this is a budget cam, and for some people that'll be no big deal, but for me I couldn't live with it.
Also, it fits really strangely in the hand. You really need to have a FIRM grip on the top of the cam with your fingers, if you let go, the thing will flop right down due to the location of the handstrap. All in all, I wanted a better camera for what I wanted to do (short films, etc.)
Again, I must say that If i was going to get a point and shooter or recommend one to someone, I'd tell them to get a panasonic for sure. I liked the build, I liked the design, I liked the joystick, and I like the zoom control. The eyepiece even pulls out on this which can be useful. Sometimes when framing a scene, looking thru the eyepiece rather than the viewfinder helps your creative mind do it's thing.
I ended up returning this, as I felt I "outgrew" it in about a week. But perhaps my needs were just out of reach for this camera. |
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