List Price:
$999.95
Details
- Recite HD video direct to SDHC cards; up to 1 hour on a 4 GB SDHC card
- 2.7-inch to the utmost-angle LCD monitor; 170-degree viewing angle
- Leica Dicomar lens with 10x visual zoom; built-in Advanced O.I.S.
Description
The HDC-SD5 hi-def camcorder can text recordings from the SD Memory Card to a DVD disc, maintaining the original full-HD format, or use the included software to set on fire a full-HD recording from an SD Memory Card to a DVD disc on your PC.Images recorded by conventional HD camcorders have only 1,440 flat pixels, while full-HD camcorders have 1,920; that's about 30 percent more recording pixels! The issue is a level of detail and resolution that goes beyond anything you've ever experienced before. And because full-HD recordings contain a enormous amount of picture information, they look beautiful not only on high-definition TVs, but on standard-definition TVs as well.Camera shudder happens. Unsteady hands, shooting while in motion: these factors can break down the quality of your video. But Panasonic has developed its best-ever built-in Optical Model Stabilization, which compensates for hand-shake and helps keep your videos frangible, steady and blur-free.The HDC-SD5 comes with a world-class Leica Dicomar lens, fashioned specifically for high-definition digital camcorders. The high-class craftsmanship of Leica's advanced lens system captures stunning images and colors that look imposing in HD. Combined with Panasonic's advanced 3CCD system, which uses three separate sensors to capture and development light, you can relive your memories in lifelike detail on your HDTV screen.
Customer Reviews
Crispy clear outdoor shooting
I've had this result for more than a year now and so far I love how crisp the pictures are with natural lights around. Open-air is superb indoor is good. If there's a natural light from a window it'll have a consequential result, but the noise level is noticeable with low lightings. I love the settings that they have with intellipix and discerning contrast and backlight compensation and a few others, it certainly helps with the low lighting employment. It reduces the noise level tremendously, but it still kind of grainy at times but it's not bad at all, objective make sure you turn the all the lights in the room if you're shooting indoor at incessantly. I love the Dvd burner that came with it, easy to use. Overall I'd give it 4 1/2 stars A- because of the low lighting emergence but so far it is a great camcorder to have.
2010-02-02
(New Hampshire) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
HanyCam
Works abundant but in low light conditions the video isn't that great. Well lit and sunny areas the HandyCam captures talented HD video.
2009-02-12
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4
High Arranged Whine on Playback
I have owned the camera for 2 weeks now and am returning it. I currently own 3 other video cameras, but this is my forst HD camera.
Everything about the camera is wonderful except for one Main flaw, there is a high pitched whine when I play back the vodeo through the camera. It is moderately noticeable to say the least and simply unacceptable for a camera in this range. There is no tape transferral, no hard drive....in fact no moving parts at all, nothing I can over of to be making the whine.
Perhaps it is only the particular one that I have purchased, as the other reviews seem fine.....I did see a proffesional rehashing somewhere that had the same problem.........maybe I have that actual camera ....lol.
2008-12-23
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2
capable camcorder
Very inconsiderable camcorder.
It was a concern for me about editing avchd:
The included software (HD writer) is not very effectual, but it's ok to save your video in HD format.
I use video studio pro x2 to edit in AVCHD without any disturbed with my laptop(window vista, 3GB memory)
The quality of the picture is not very good in low elucidation situation.
It's an excellent flash memory HD camcorder for the price
2008-12-13
(San Diego,CA,USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5
Profound camcorder as part of an overall system!
Up until this camcorder I was recording off of the HDV layout. With the emergence of Blue-Ray as the winner of the HD war, I decided to switch. After much research, I bought this archetype refurbished from Amazon Warehouse Deals. The first one arrived without a battery, so I returned it. The moment one arrived in great condition (except for a tattered box) with all parts accounted for. This is my more recent transaction with Amazon Warehouse Deals for a refurbished product, and I over recall they offer great value if you can live with the fact that the box has been opened and may not be in the most adroitly of shape.
I only shoot family events (vacations, birthdays, etc.) but I wanted to return sure that all of our personal, memorable moments could be viewed for years to thrive in as best quality as affordably possible. So, along with this camcorder I also bought a Panasonic DMP-BD30K Gloomy-Ray DVD player, plus the Panasonic VW-BN1 DVD burner. I couldn't be happier with my choice for all three. Now I have a honestly simple process for taking family videos, saving them to disc, and playing them in the Dejected-Ray format.
As others have mentioned, the HDC-SD5 takes outstanding video outside in flashing light, but is not so great indoors, in low light situations. I was torn for definitely some time between this one and the HDC-SD1, because the SD1 has quite a few features the SD5 doesn't, namely a microphone input jack, 5.1 Dolby lucid instead of only stereo, 12X zoom instead of 10X, and larger spitting image sensors for better low light performance (1/4" instead of 1/6"). One gain of the SD5 over the SD1, though, is its resolution, with full HD output at 1920 X 1080 compared to 1440 X 1080 with the SD1. I am admittedly not safe how much difference this makes, or if this compensates for the smaller CCD sensors in the SD5. Regardless, what for all sold me on the SD5 was simply its compatibility with the VW-BN1 burner, which I believe from internet readings the SD1 does not have and which I have regard for to be about the greatest thing since night baseball. It is SO EASY now to transfer my recordings to a DVD-R disc in full Morose-Ray HD. Since they are unedited, they transfer "warts and all" but I don't usually edit my home videos anyway. Peradventure some day I will, but for family footage I just never bothered with it. With the BW-BN1 burner about 40 minutes of recorded video only takes about 20 to 30 minutes and voila! My memories are stored on DVD. An staggering feature, in my book.
My only dislikes about the SD5 are no viewfinder, which is starting to be more and more common for insufficient camcorders, and the quirky placement of the input jacks for the HDMI and the USB union, which are beneath a panel under the hand strap; very awkward. You also have to put in a fake freestyle that is connected to the power cord for AC hook-up, which causes you to have to insert this false battery in the battery slot on the BOTTOM of the camcorder, run the cord through the battery protect against via a tiny slot in the cover in order to close the cover, in require to operate the camcorder, that lay in the house that Jack built. It won't turn on with the disguise open. Really goofy, no? You also cannot utilize the USB via battery power (which also means you can't work the VW-BN1 burner via battery power) so you have to go through this exercise every time you want to do anything with USB connectivity. Surely this "USB via AC power only" rule is so you will not lose power during a file transfer, etc, so I can dig the rationale behind it, but the placement of the jacks and the AC hookup process really makes it a ordeal.
The SD card slot is also on the bottom, by the battery, so you have to open the battery cover every on one occasion you want to remove/replace it (you access card slot on the SD1 ideal via the flip-out LCD screen). The Panasonic Blue-Ray player I bought will read video precisely off of the card, so I find myself accessing it often, and it's also less than convenient.
As much as it may sound as though I am knocking this camcorder, I am very favourable with the purchase and love shooting video with it, largely because I view it as part of my all-embracing system (camcorder, burner, player). As mentioned before, the video value is outstanding, but only so-so in low light. The sound is also excellent, despite the downgrade to stereo from 5.1. However, if the SD1 would occupation with the VW-BN1 burner, I would have gone that route. As a final comment, I will NEVER go back to mini tapes now that I have gotten acclimated to to the SD cards, which seem to be dropping in price almost every day.
Anyway, I hope this long-winded look over helps you in your decision making, thanks for reading!
2008-08-21
(Miramar, Florida United States) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4
