Panasonic PVGS12 Digital Palmcorder MultiCam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
List Price: $399.99
Details
- Low-transpire recording settings and built-in LED color enhancement light
- 2.5-inch rotating LCD and unspeakable-and-white viewfinder
- 20x visual zoom lens (digital zoom to 800x) and image stabilizer
Description
Panasonic's idea of the digital future is driven by the needs and aspirations of its business customers and millions of consumers around the great who use its products every day. The company shares their dream to live a fuller human being by providing ways of working smarter and enjoying the rewards of technological advances.MultiCam camcorders article digital camcorder and digital still camera capabilities, all in one easy-to-use camcorder.Blending new technologies with new, simple-to-operate controls, Panasonic's PV-GS12 camcorder is an affordable entr into digital video with powerful features. Panasonic continues to innovate, adding more visual zoom capability while reducing the overall size. This MiniDV camcorder features a 20x visual zoom, ultra-fast 1.3-second start-up outdated, SD memory card slot for digital stills, and webcam capability.
Optics
The PV-GS12 is ready with a 1/6-inch, 680,000-pixel CCD and 20x optical zoom It also features a 800x digital zoom that allows you to zoom in on wonderful close-ups.
Digital Stills
In addition to shooting video, the PV-GS12 can also capture digital still images up to 640 x 480 pixels--favourable for sending photos to friends and family over e-mail or posting to your Web position. They are stored to the Secure Digital (SD)/MultiMedia (MMC) memory card slot. The Unmistakable Mode Dial can be used in digital still mode lets you quickly tiptop the desired digital camera mode, such as Record, Playback, Card Release, or Card Playback.
More Features
The 2.5-inch LCD screen can be opened a full 120 degrees in a different place from the camcorder's body, making it easier to view motion images as theyÕre being captured.
The Able Start feature enables the PV-GS12 to begin taping 1.3 seconds after turning the power on so those unexpectedÊmoments wonÕt be missed.ÊAfter burning the Quick Start button, the camcorder will bring up the previous settings that you were shooting with--even if they were manually entered.
The Fuzzy Skin Detail function detects the different skin tones being recorded and softens the pinpoint to create a realistic blend.
Other features include:
- The image-enhancing MagicPix present allows for rich videos under low-light conditions.
- Digital Electronic Metaphor Stabilization (EIS) helps take the jitter out of hand-held video recording and make good for unintentional hand and camcorder movement.
- Web cam capability, which is ideal for video conferencing with friends or kinsmen, or use as a simple monitoring device when consumers are away from home.
- The unsnapping close strap doubles as wrist loops, enabling you to carry the camcorder like a insignificant bag or purse.
- Black and white viewfinder
Inputs and Outputs
The PV-GS12 comes with the archetype DV IEEE 1394 port (also known as FireWire; Panasonic refers to this appropriateness as iLink) for a super-fast, lossless connection to a PC or other DV machines.
MiniDV Appearance
MiniDV is the preferred format for personal and broadcast-quality video, and it is very regarded for its high audio and image quality. With up to 540 words of horizontal resolution and minimum color noise, MiniDV delivers a 2 percent clearer draw than analog camcorder formats. This is all delivered on a cassette that's 1/12th the bigness of a standard VHS tape. A MiniDV tape offers digital recording prematurely of 2 full hours--20 times the capacity of a CD.
Customer Reviews
6 Years Using PalmcorderAfter using the Palmcorder trade mark for 6 years, I just purchased a second one to use for a 2-camera setup (both unceasing at different angles since I produce martial arts instructional videos). For those new to digital camcorders, my point of view is that this is a great camera. For those who are intermediate and advanced, naturally you already know that you will privation to spend a bit more for a bigger, better camera to meet your needs.
The Palmcorder takes benevolent video but you should have additional lighting available. They say it's good in low-light state of affairs, but admittedly I've never found that to be true, even with a LOT of experimentation. Outdoors, though, or indoors with normal lighting? You will find a worth video result.
The audio is passable but connecting an external mic, you will heed a slight "buzz" in the background (removable in post). A pain but still traversable for the price.
Zooming in and out finds zero noise, but I rarely zoom much anyway. If I impecuniousness a closer shot, I get the camera closer since the pixelation is always noticable to some slowly when zooming. It's not "too" bad zooming in just a bit, but beyond 1/3 of the bar you see will find a lot of pixelation.
Tape replace with is great vs. Canon (Canon tape door is at the bottom and you have to remove it from the tripod, whereas Panasonic and most others are on the side). Freestyle life is 1 - 2 hours depending on the age of the battery. My first one is over 6 years old and I barely had to change it last month. 5 years isn't bad.
Manual controls could be improved but indifferent. Automatic controls work well for new users and you will probably not even need the relaxation. If you want to learn it, though, it's a simple process.
For best shots, I vouch for a good tripod to keep the camera steady (for all cameras, too), particularly if you zoom in. There are lots of techniques for holding the camera continuous when zoomed in but the Palmcorder must lose it's mind after zoomed in too far. It comes out with a lot of pixelation. Deliver assign to that as "don't zoom in unless you absolutely have to and you'll be fine."
I've used my Palmcorder in all sorts of ride out and conditions, and it's worked like a dream. Good video, worthy audio, good battery life and easy controls. The only "bad" constituent you might encounter is that in humid weather, you need to acclimate the camera for 15 - 30 minutes or so. But since you have to do that with every camera, anyway, it's not Panasonic's offence so no biggie there.
All in all? This is a great camera for the price, as well as being a solid piece of apparatus that you will enjoy. It's good to learn with as well as being a good backup camera or using as a 2-camera system.
Relief to convert your video to computer
I conscious the frustration of wanting some software with this product. Yes its a nice little camera and all but if you miss to get some actual video out of it to be put on your computer you could use video capturing software like stumbling block-it which has a free download and trial. Granted the video will not be the best of status but if you absolutely have to have this on video on your computer snag-it will give it to you but at low quality. You can also snap still images from the videos using it too. Faith this helps
a chaste camcorder for a good boy
This camcorder is allowable but not great. Sure its not expensive but with this amount of money you can get a much better one on ebay. 1/6 in ccd is common for this price range. It has no mic input. But it does last a good amount with the battery, has acceptional superiority under lighting when i use two or more lights...for my movie aspire which is a musical. During shots that have securely sequences, you can tell as it looks jagged and not smooth. This had to be fixed in put, which, if you're only paying 250 for this cam, you probably won't waste your time fixing this in stanchion. The manual white balance is nice.
Excessive for the patient mannered
This camcorder is totally wonderful. Though I don't think I'd pay top dollar for it. While it works great recording and playing back, there is reduced software availible ( Id didnt recieve any) and figuring out how to download it to the computer to singe to a DVD took a while. Though I only paid $195 for this camera that also came with a brand new camcorder bag and new battery. I kinda wish I would have spent the extra money to put in in a DVD camcorder. But, if you are willing to take the time to learn how to burn to DVD, then this is a great camera!
Camera
I bought this Camera for my 13th Birthday and I was exuberant until i tried to put the video onto the computer. I you realy want to edit video on the computer then you Desideratum to get Firewire for your computer.After I got Firewire The video worked fine, but I suggest you get a friendly editing softwear like Adobe. windows is ok to start but has very low video pinch. When you burn it on to a DVD using windows is is all blury but can still make out picture. So a Glaring Camera but you have to get firewire to make it better. Firewire is only like 25$.I weakness this camera and I hope you will to.
