Showing posts with label HDCSD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HDCSD. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Panasonic HDC-SD 9

In recent years, Panasonic has made some of the best prosumer camcorders on the market, so we were excited to try SD9, can a small, three-CCD camera to save the video (1920 × 1080) 1080i SD-cards. Although the 9, 7-Ounce device displays such as ideal pocket at lower prices, terrible physical design and options to middling leaves us hungry beefier video camera, which was more user-friendly and more may be in the area of the video.

Implements the SD9 tripod and you can think of would be tempted to fashion shoots an amazing video. As long as it does not go to — at all — the camera rendered objects with great details and shineth, although slightly oversaturated colors.But when the holding and the Visual camera, we saw the performance with some odd jittering flashes an exceptional color recording at the highest level recording quality produced. [1] [2] soft photos.

Indoors in low light, omaksuttuja edges and detail of pikselöitynyttä to another was a little gloomy, and rendering as a whole. No wonder, that has a user interface (UI) blankets LCD monitor with warning messages about the camera moved too quickly.(Fortunately, you can delete messages off.) The audio reproduction at the very least, it was pretty good.

Small, barrel-shaped unit is well suited to light and in spite of the adult Palm weight is difficult to maintain stable. Liquid crystal display, even if visible in the sunlight, had a bad color reproduction and contrast.

Oddly enough, Panasonic, displays the still appear to be thinking, prosumers, when it comes to the control layout. Only the photo and video mode-switch and the shutter button is located on the territory of the thumb of the video. Other major controls are hidden below the left side of the LCD. You can use many of the joystick works quickly (the contrast, backlight compensation, intelligent, soft skin) is located at the top of the camera, where we had to fumble and sometimes a quick left eye to make sure we were hitting the correct control.

More of harassing, DC and HDMI hydraulipiireissä is placed behind the battery.Because you must Use the camera's USB cable included with the software, in the context of the space, removing the battery could often necessary.This requires the opening of the liquid crystal display, which removes the camera (except if you have set the mode switch is set to off) and leave the automatic lens cap open when the battery out of the pop.We got you to us in accordance with the format and the software with the gripes, too, such as the inability of the scrub forward and backward through the video clip in revising and hour-plus is Panasonic's own file conversion for MPEG-2.Panasonic prices of battery at 105 minutes for continuous shooting, but you can expect approximately 65 minutes in real life.

$ 689 performance and ease of use is the SD9 disappointment for the bundled software could be improved. [1] [2] the update that you want to download, but is not the design deficiencies relating to the fixing of maximum levels and the screen is a brilliant performance. Panasonic prosumer cameras (like the VariCam series) has led us to expect much more from this device. [1] [2], even in the absence of these expectations, however, simply do not stack the SD9 performance. This video camera is pretty, but free.


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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Panasonic HDC-SD 60K (black)

The good: Manual shutter-speed and iris controls; comfortable size; smarter-than-average autofocus; lens focuses relatively closely; decent battery life.

The bad: Soft video; cramped, low-resolution touch screen.

The bottom line: Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--deliver a nice manual feature set and good performance, as well as solid video quality for their class. As long as you don't pay list price, the SD60 is a great value, and if possible, avoid paying the unnecessary price premium for the hard drive in the HS60.

Is it just me, or are four nearly identical versions of the same product a wee bit much? Panasonic seems to be taking a carpet bomb approach to the entry-level HD camcorder market, with those four models in the slim range between $500 and $700. The HDC-SD60, TM55, and TM60 are all identical save the amount of built-in memory: none, 8GB, and 16GB respectively; the TM60 is an exclusive to Best Buy. The HS60 includes a 120GB hard disk, and because of that has a slightly different design.


Is it just me, or are four nearly identical versions of the same product a wee bit much? Panasonic seems to be taking a carpet bomb approach to the entry-level HD camcorder market, with those four models in the slim range between $500 and $700. The HDC-SD60, TM55, and TM60 are all identical save the amount of built-in memory: none, 8GB, and 16GB respectively; the TM60 is an exclusive to Best Buy. The HS60 includes a 120GB hard disk, and because of that has a slightly different design. Reviews of all four products are based on testing of the SD60 and HS60.

Overall, the camcorders have a comfortable-to-grip design and feel well built. If your hands are large or you simply don't like the tubular design of the flash-memory models, the HS60's hard disk sticks up on the right side, giving you a little extra edge to grip. None of them have an accessory shoe, so the top of the camcorder simply has a zoom switch and shutter button for still photos. Unusual for the price class, the series includes an LED video light for shooting in dim environments. Though it's a nice touch, don't shine it directly at people--it's quite blinding.

25x
f1.8-3.3
35.7 - 893mm (16:9)25x
f1.8-3.3
35.7 - 893mm (16:9)12x
f1.5-2.8
35 - 420mm (16:9)standard: 1,400
low light: 4
Color Night View: 1 standard: 1,400
low light: 4
Color Night View: 1 standard: 1,400
low light: 1.6
Color Night View: 1 32GB flash/240GB hard disk; SDXCAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 17 , 13, 9 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 17 , 13, 9 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 5 MbpsAVCHD: 1080/60p 28Mbps; 1080/60i @ 17, 13, 9 ,5 Mbps