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Panasonic HDC-SX5 AVCHD 3CCD High Definition Flash Memory & DVD Camcorder with 10X Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
No CommentsUser Reviews Send this to a friend Panasonic HDC-SX5 AVCHD 3CCD High Definition Flash Memory & DVD Camcorder with 10X Optical Image Stabilized Zoom 
Manufacturer: Panasonic Customer Rating: List Price: $999.95 Sale Price: $995.00 Availibility: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Now Product Description
The SX5 features Advanced O.I.S. and the 3CCD camera system. Advanced O.I.S. prevents blurry images caused by unsteady hands as you shoot, so images are clear, sharp and beautiful on a big TV screen. The 3CCD camera system is used in most professional broadcasting equipment because it draws out the full potential of the camera's high image quality.One of the new functions, called Pre-Rec, simplifies shooting and prevents mistakes. Pre-Rec records the image for 3 seconds before you even start shooting, so you're sure to capture unexpected actions that you would otherwise miss. Intelligent Contrast Control helps render natural-looking, highly nuanced images with proper contrast.Images recorded onto an SDHC/SD Memory Card can be copied onto a DVD disc entirely within the SX5, thanks to a one-touch copy function. Prior to shooting, you can also choose to save the data in either AVCHD or MPEG-2 format to match your playback device. Product Details
- Record HD video direct to SDHC cards and DVD
- 1920 x 1080 full-HD recording; HD Advanced Pure Color Engine
- Leica Dicomar lens with 10x optical zoom; built-in Advanced O.I.S.
- Intelligent Contrast Control; Pre-rec function-Reviews Give The Lens As 12X
- 2.7-inch wide-angle LCD monitor; 170-degree viewing angle
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Customer Reviews
Great little secretReview Date: September 30, 2009 Reviewer: Victoria Trestrail, Trinidad I've owned this item for 2 years now and it has been really great.
I use it to shoot music videos and the quality of the sequences shot outdoors is very good and the colours are quite nice.
The battery life is excellent. Very easy to edit in Final Cut Express software.
The only cons are:
The depth of field is a bit tricky and not great even when you do get it to work. You could probably buy a lens for this.
It shoots very grainy in low light and requires professional lighting after sundown.
You can't move the camera fast at (eg. to do a sweeping landscape shot)- otherwise the images are grainy.
[...] garbageReview Date: December 28, 2008 Reviewer: J. Bogdan, This only records to the dvd about 76% of the time, it does not even tell you that there is an errror. you don't find out after you try to watch it. I now have to buy a different one after spending $700 on this a year ago since we have missed to many events that we thought we recorded...but didn't. Great cameraReview Date: August 5, 2008 Reviewer: Marius Moise, Timisoara, Romania I had this camera with me in a trip to California and it was great. Very good battery life, great colors. Overall very satisfied with it. Great for the priceReview Date: July 12, 2008 Reviewer: Benjamin J. Lanka, Fort Wayne, IN This camera works great and has spectacular HD quality. Low-light shooting is a bit of an issue with auto-focus, but overall it was an excellent buy for the price. A good HD camcorder at a great price!Review Date: June 10, 2008 Reviewer: Adam B, NY United States Well worth the price and then some. I'm tempted to give it 5 stars due to price but the low light picture is not good enough and AVCHD is too annoying at this time.
Pros:
- HD Camcorder with 3 CCD and O.I.S. (prevents blurry images)
- 2 Good and inexpensive media options (mini DVD and SDHC)
- AVCHD Should have a long future ahead with Blu-Ray winning the HD war
- Easy to use
- All the features I need and more
- Crisp vivid footage outside and in bright lighting
- Price (About half that of similar camcorders)
Cons
- Not the best HD image in low to standard indoor situations (Even in low light it is much better than my standard def camcorder but not 'crisp')
- Not as 'cute' as some other smaller camcorders
- AVCHD is all but impossible to edit easily with today's h/w and s/w. (I anticipate this will get better)
- You need a Blu-Ray player to play AVCHD. (You can use the camcorder to play the movies until the ps3 or blu-ray players prices drop.. or if new DVD players get the codex for AVCHD)
Over all I am quite happy. Once I get a Blu-ray player and a better PC to edit the video it will be great. But for now the picture is great and the remote that comes in the box makes using the camcorder as the player easy. I figure could wait for the prices to drop on blu-ray and better AVCHD editing to come out... but I might miss a couple of years of HD family movies so I'll deal with some inconvenience today for better video for tomorrow.Related posts:
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