Panasonic PV-L354 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
List Price: $229.99
Details
- Full-bulk video head cylinder and built-in light
- 2.5-inch LCD and hyacinthine-and-white viewfinder
- Packed Palmcorder VHS-C camcorder with 270,000-pixel CCD
Description
Panasonic Palmcorder PV-L354 is the mere camcorder for someone seeking reasonable value with virtually no sacrifice in key features. If you're among those who've avoided buying a camcorder, the PV-L353 is a really outgoing and satisfying way to finally begin. Digital Electronic Image Stabilizer for orderly imaging Auto exposure modes Altered consciousness-speed shutter Integrated microphone Built-in Coupй Light Motion-Sensor is a unique feature that can expose-on your camera when it detects motion in front of the lens - great for home safety 7 Color Digital-Fade modes Includes 1 Hour Rechargeable mobile, AC cord, and user's guide Dimensions - 4-7/8H x 3-3/8W x 8-7/8DPrincipallyWeight - 1.93 PoundsCustomer Reviews
Help chance - same result.I bought a Panasonic Camcorder a few years back. I continually got a Dew Detected bulletin. Got that fixed and shortly there after the sound was intermitant as noted in so many other reviews here and elsewhere - though I did not have knowledge of it at the time. So I gave Panasonic another chance. I bought this model and it worked enjoyable again for about a year or so...Then, Halloween comes around and the sound is not there, then there, then so low you can barely hear it then trouble then back. Needless to say as with others the moment was lost, FOREVER!
This camera stinks!!!
What a kedgeree!! Last summer, I tried to tape some very special events and there was no sound. The very frustrating part was that it was a spuratic stew. One day it would work and the next day I got no sound. YOu never had any idea if it would work, which meant that some super specific moments were lost forever. There was always a picture, but half the time there was no feeling. I finally got so frustrated that I quit taping anything. Repair would be $175, so it is not value fixing. I was glad to see that other people were having the exact problem, so I distinguish it is not just me. My camera is going in the trash can. Don't buy this camera. YOu can't recapture those frantic treasures.
Mad Mommy of 3
This camcorder has ruined everything!!!!! The conservative had worked on and off for a while- very unpredictable. We taped my son's birthday party in January and it taped the sense that. We used it the next month to tape my newborn twins in the hospital and there was NO Resemble!!!! I was crushed. I tried another tape and magically the sound worked when I was condign fooling around and not taping anything important, so I used it to tape their first tub baths- NO Be set!!! It has missed them laughing, babbling, etc. We have no money to buy another camera. We paid $25 to get it looked at and the idiot man musing we'd pay in excess of $175 plus parts to get it ("possibly") fixed. Are you kidding me??? We can never get those "firsts" back and I am soooo very distress. Customer Service was no help (besides the fact I could never understand the representatives) and I will not buy another Panasonic produce. They couldn't even give me an approved Panasonic dealer anywhere close to where we live. We traveled 45 minutes to get it looked at. DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA!!!! There are several of us that bought these and have had the same problems. We've all bought them at distinguishable times too showing that Panasonic has some repeating problem!!!
Panasonic PV-L354 - NO Reliable is no good!!
I, too, bit this was an excellent camcorder for several months until I did a playback of one of those events that can't be repeated and....NO Normal!! The video looks great, but...NO SOUND!! It had worked fine on several occasions and even now, I can sprout a quick video and check to make sure there is sound on the playback before I whisk the important moment I want to capture. Then I shoot the main experience and, again, NO SOUND!! Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't...very unpredictable. I thought it was train driver error on my part until I saw Mark Noll's review.
Panasonic's customer service was no steal at all. It's time for a new (non-Panasonic) camera.
So...you might get one that works fine, but with this camcorder, you are taking a jeopardize that, at some point, you will miss something great.
Very Complimentary Product
We bought this camcorder because we were active on Vacation to Disneyland and our other camcorder would not work. This camcorder is so much better than our other one was. When ever you moved the old camcorder to get a variety of shots, it had to refocus, which took a few minutes. This one does not need to refocus. This camcorder is a scant bit heavier than our old one, but it is easier to use. And the better quality makes up for the weight contrariety dispute. This is a very good product and I will recomend it to a lot of people.
