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Review summary of Panasonic HDC-SD5
, May. 24, 2012
epinions.com Professional Review.
media difficulties
, Dec. 26, 2007
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QuickTake:
Pros: small and neat, light weight, cheap sd memory card storage, easy to use the camcorder-("only").
Cons: storing data from your sd cards extremely difficult and time consuming, not resolved yet!!!!!!!!!!
stuff.tv Professional Review.
PanasonicHDC-SD5
, Oct. 17, 2007
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Panasonic's SD5 claims the smallest Full-HD 3CCD camcorder crown ' but has too much been lost shrinking it down from the impressive SD1?
Panasonic's SD5 claims the smallest Full-HD 3CCD camcorder crown ' but has too much been lost shrinking it down from the impressive SD1?
QuickTake:
Pros: Tiny size. Superb video. Easy to use
Cons: Wind noise. Fingers on the mic
trustedreviews.com Professional Review.
Panasonic HDC-SD5
, Oct. 13, 2007
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From the relative uniformity of MiniDV over the last decade, camcorders now come in a bewildering range of formats. We're at the watershed between standard and high definition models, and there are also many choices of recording medium. But where...
Review Verdict: The SD5 actually offers three recording modes - one using Full HD called HG, and two flavours of 1,440 x 1,080 with different levels of compression. At the top HG setting, the video consumes 13Mbits/sec, so an 8GB SDHC memory card will be enough for...
From the relative uniformity of MiniDV over the last decade, camcorders now come in a bewildering range of formats. We're at the watershed between standard and high definition models, and there are also many choices of recording medium. But where...
Review Verdict: The SD5 actually offers three recording modes - one using Full HD called HG, and two flavours of 1,440 x 1,080 with different levels of compression. At the top HG setting, the video consumes 13Mbits/sec, so an 8GB SDHC memory card will be enough for...
goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.
Panasonic HDC-SD5
, Sep. 19, 2007
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Along with rival manufacturer Sony, Panasonic is touting the AVCHD recording format as 'the next big thing' in high definition video. The main benefit of AVCHD is its superior compression rate over MPEG-2; an old video codec which is around 50 per cent...
Review Verdict: Obviously, none of these points would matter much if the camera didn't perform in the one department that truly matters - video quality. Unlike the CMOS sensors found on Sony's assorted output, the HDC-SD5 has been built using superior 3CCD technology....
Along with rival manufacturer Sony, Panasonic is touting the AVCHD recording format as 'the next big thing' in high definition video. The main benefit of AVCHD is its superior compression rate over MPEG-2; an old video codec which is around 50 per cent...
Review Verdict: Obviously, none of these points would matter much if the camera didn't perform in the one department that truly matters - video quality. Unlike the CMOS sensors found on Sony's assorted output, the HDC-SD5 has been built using superior 3CCD technology....
QuickTake:
Pros: 3CCD sensor, 1920x1080 resolution, attractive looks ;
Cons: SDHC memory cards are expensive, a few niggles in the design ;
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alaTest has collected and analyzed 267 reviews of Panasonic HDC-SD5 from international magazines and websites.
Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 80/100 and users 85/100. Comparing these reviews to 175929 other Camcorders reviews gives this product an overall alaScore 81/100 = Very Good.
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