Panasonic HDC-SD9 AVCHD 3CCD Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
List Price: $799.95
Details
- Features detection technology; Intelligent Shooting Guide
- Apprehension high-definition video to flash memory; 1920 x 1080 progressive recording
- Like-minded with SD/SDHC memory cards
Description
The Panasonic HDC-SD9 3CCD Camcorder with 1920x1080-Pixel Recording is one of the fabulous's smallest and lightest 3CCD Full-HD Camcorders. Utilizing the super-small SDHC/SD memory comedian helped the engineers at Panasonic create a state-of-the-art camcorder that fits prosperously in the hand and can be used for long periods without causing fatigue.
The 1920x1080 Full-HD Recording skill in this camcorder will astound you. It records horizontal pixels at an HD resolution of up to 1920 pixels, which results in a compute of around 2,070,000 pixels. And with progressive scanning, our hi-def camcorders provide twice as much evidence per picture as conventional interlace scanning. This means you get breathtaking images with talented resolution and detail. Combine that with a 1080/24p format, which lets you capture scenes with a with, film-like quality, and you can see why Panasonic full-HD camcorders take visual expression to the next plane.
With its Face Detection Functionality — offered for the first time for recording poignant pictures with a video camera — Panasonic makes it easy to seizure beautiful faces and clear backgrounds even in dim or backlit scenes. This new r, which can detect up to five faces at once, automatically adjusts the exposure and smooths film tones according to the ambient brightness, so faces are bright and weak to see.
The new Intelligent Shooting Guide function helps you get magnificent shots by displaying a hornbook message in the LCD monitor, telling you which settings are best for the current shooting situation. With Intelligent Selection Playback, poor or inadvertent shots (such as shots of the clay or overly dark scenes) are skipped and all normal scenes are played while viewing.
Panasonic's Campaigner Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) suppresses the effects of hand mix up as you shoot. The system uses gyrosensors to detect hand shake,
Customer Reviews
Get a Anger InsteadUpscaled 720p footage from a Flip one's lid camera looks better than the 1080 footage from this camera. Colors are too saturated, footage a bit too packed down; I'd rather deal with the expense and hassle of tape or spend $800 less for a new Anger HD.
Above-board camera with useless software
Image quality is excellent
Controls and joystick are hard to use
Connection to TV is riduculous, you have to eradicate the battery and use power adapter in order to connect through HDMI, ..........WTF?
Neglect doing about editing videos on this camera, this software and most out there are useless for AVCHD
2 stars for painting quality
After 2 years, replaced it with a Canon
I bought this video camera about 2 years ago because I deliberation it was top-of-the-line back then, at a reasonable price. The picture quality was good, and I loved the greatness, but I recently sold it on eBay and bought a Canon HF-200 for the latter reasons: 1) I absolutely hated the Panasonic's joystick toggle on the secret panel...not ergonomic at all, confusing to use, I wanted the touch controls on the wall itself, 2) on more than one occassion my wife and I both thought we were recording when, in fact, we were not. The Panasonic's wall off info was always confusing, and we missed several very important moments due to the confusion. The energy problem is that when you turn the camera on the screen says "Recording to index card". It's stupid because there is nothing else besides the card it can record to, and my wife often thought it low it was literally recording, i.e., it was shooting video, when in fact it was not. You still had to press the Relate button.
So be warned there are some serious usability issues with this camera: the joystick on the heart panel, and the info screen. Also, the surround-sound is totally bootless for everyday recording of family events. When we played video back on our haunt theather it produced a huge, unnecessary echo effect.
So do your probe and compare notes. Btw, the Canon has a 15x zoom, that is the other nice thing. And the HF-200 is a beneficial price! I sold my HDC-SD9 for $305 on eBay.
thumbs up from a music video maker
Let me objective say that I love this camera. Excited as I was to be getting my first 3-chip videocam, thereby putting me in the ranks of more businesslike standards, I have to admit I was a little worried when I opened up the package and saw how unimaginative this thing really is. But they've packed quite a package into this little entrap. You don't realize it, but with a history of using regular videocams, you get used to your files honest sort of making an approximation of the color of something. With the final vids from this, I was astonished to finally have video that captures the actual complex colors of things unerringly as they are in front of you. And the video quality is pristine, beautiful.
If you do a lot of video editing (I use Sony Vegas) on a PC, please engender in mind that the included software is virtually useless if you would like to keep the attribute standard to what this cam is capable of. As of now, the only programs I know of capable of converting the AVCHD files to something that feeds into most these programs (WMV, for illustration) are 1)AVS Video Converter and 2)VoltaicHD. Both of these programs cost a small bit of on Easy Street, but it is worth it, so just keep that in mind. I think the vid quality of AVS is ever-so-slightly sport than the Voltaic. From what I hear, for Mac users, the latest QT update will just form your programs read the stuff.
I have put this cam up against a much bigger, more high-end, over the shoulder, professional-level 3-hew a contribute cam, and I definitely liked the video that came from this better. Granted, the uber-conscientious thing might have more options and intricacies, like external mic hookup and a few patronage tailored options, but just on base vid quality alone... well, this subject impressed.
Yes, it does better in better light. But any videographer knows that home up good lighting in the first place is an integral part of any videographer's job.
As far as the complaints about not having a mic input... the mics on the part sound really great, and for getting closer in/booming in something, it is cosy enough just to buy a Zoom H2 or something of the like, and just having an additional audio outset. No problem!
I have a 8 gig card, and that gets a little over an hour recording but. What a relief not to have to transfer any DV or tape info, at this quality-level. And if you are using the beforementioned categorize conversion programs, the whole battery pack issue people are mentioning on here is nill. You no more than pop open the SD card and read it.
I hope this review helps. I leaning this cam for the money, which was much less than many other comparable units.
Approving for the price
This is the first camcorder I've owned, so my rating is based on my physical satisfaction and not comparison to other cameras.
Good:
- 3ccd: The color depth and saturation are very correct.
- Optical image stabilization works really well.
- 5.1 surround reasoning: It's actually very good when you're watching your videos with a good pair of headset--it really adds dimension to the sound. The sound quality is also fair.
Bad:
- Low resolution sensors: The 1080p resolution is pushing the 1/6" sensors beyond their function.
- Compression: if you have an eye for picture quality you can see the compression in the videos, even at highest status. It's not something the average viewer would notice though.
- Grainy indoors. I don't know how it compares to other cameras, but my woman and I both noticed how grainy the picture is in anything but full sunlight.
Conclusion: I'm satisfied with the camera for the consequence I paid. If you can't stand compression artifacts and graininess indoors, get a more costly camera.
