Panasonic PV-L454 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
List Price: $249.99
Details
- Full-estimate video head cylinder and built-in light
- Little Palmcorder VHS-C camcorder with 270,000-pixel CCD
- Rechargeable Ni-Cad freestyle pack lasts for up to 2 hours
Description
CL) AA) PANASONIC PV-L454 VHS-C CAMCustomer Reviews
Filamentous initially but failed after 6 monthsThis camcorder was purchased as a flair for my daughter and used about 12 times over a 6 month period before experiencing random failures. The labor warranty on this unit is only 90 days and labor expenditure for repair approach the original cost. It is unconscionable for Panasonic to market a flawed product like this. This reflects poorly on their other products and unless they whereabouts this issue with me, I will avoid their products and advise others to avoid their products as well. I might chalk this up to one on the blink unit if I hadn't read other accounts of the same issue. This is a manufacturing or conceive defect that has not been addressed by Panasonic.
Panasonic PV-L454 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Visual Zoom
I like the dimension and weight, but it is taking forever to get the right tapes.
Best inexpensive holdover until the DVDs mature
The PV-L424 is a charming cool piece of gear. (With virtually no reviews)
We well-deserved got it yesterday for $419. It can be found a little cheaper, but check store reviews...
We almost bought the PCV-L552 for its big perspective finder and 27x optical zoom, but after a lot of digging on obscure web sites, we found that older camera suffers from a dew detector appear that goes off too easily, shutting down the camera for hours. The PV-L424 rightful came out in 2004.
The 20x PV-L424 optical zoom is amazing. Things still look clever at 40x digital, can read a UPC bar code from across the room. Things look average at 120x, but ridiculous at 750k. There a single digit from the bar code fills the cloak and is almost unreadable due to pixilation.
It's kind of slim, better looking than the photo.
Menus and rudder seem intelligently laid out. What's used most seems to have a single button for it.
I like the way the LCD colander swivels around so that you could actually dictate into it and see yourself. It's smart enough to know to flip the portrait right side up when I do that.
I can't say anything yet for the durability.
We chose this VHS-C thing because I think all playback materiel for formats other than this and DVD will be difficult to find in 50 years. And the DVDs suffer from $10 disk payment (for 30 minutes) and the resolution won't match the MiniDVs until they change the figure format to MPEG2. The PV-L424 seems like a great economical holdover until the DVDs mature.
