| Panasonic HDC-SX5 AVCHD 3CCD High Definition Flash Memory & DVD Camcorder with 10X Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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| Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $999.95
Buy New: $543.23
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9271
Media: Electronics
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 30
Minimum Focal Length: 3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 3.3 x 3.7
MPN: HDC-SX5
Model: HDC-SX5
UPC: 037988255771
EAN: 0037988255771
ASIN: B000TVSX0E
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Record HD video direct to SDHC cards and DVD | | • | 1920 x 1080 full-HD recording; HD Advanced Pure Color Engine | | • | Leica Dicomar lens with 10x optical zoom; built-in Advanced O.I.S. | | • | Intelligent Contrast Control; Pre-rec function-Reviews Give The Lens As 12X | | • | 2.7-inch wide-angle LCD monitor; 170-degree viewing angle |
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Product Description
The SX5 features Advanced O.I.S. and the 3CCD camera system. Advanced O.I.S. prevents blurry images caused by unsteady hands as you shoot, so images are clear, sharp and beautiful on a big TV screen. The 3CCD camera system is used in most professional broadcasting equipment because it draws out the full potential of the camera's high image quality.One of the new functions, called Pre-Rec, simplifies shooting and prevents mistakes. Pre-Rec records the image for 3 seconds before you even start shooting, so you're sure to capture unexpected actions that you would otherwise miss. Intelligent Contrast Control helps render natural-looking, highly nuanced images with proper contrast.Images recorded onto an SDHC/SD Memory Card can be copied onto a DVD disc entirely within the SX5, thanks to a one-touch copy function. Prior to shooting, you can also choose to save the data in either AVCHD or MPEG-2 format to match your playback device.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Great camera August 5, 2008
I had this camera with me in a trip to California and it was great. Very good battery life, great colors. Overall very satisfied with it.
 Great for the price July 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This camera works great and has spectacular HD quality. Low-light shooting is a bit of an issue with auto-focus, but overall it was an excellent buy for the price.
A good HD camcorder at a great price! June 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well worth the price and then some. I'm tempted to give it 5 stars due to price but the low light picture is not good enough and AVCHD is too annoying at this time.
Pros:
- HD Camcorder with 3 CCD and O.I.S. (prevents blurry images)
- 2 Good and inexpensive media options (mini DVD and SDHC)
- AVCHD Should have a long future ahead with Blu-Ray winning the HD war
- Easy to use
- All the features I need and more
- Crisp vivid footage outside and in bright lighting
- Price (About half that of similar camcorders)
Cons
- Not the best HD image in low to standard indoor situations (Even in low light it is much better than my standard def camcorder but not 'crisp')
- Not as 'cute' as some other smaller camcorders
- AVCHD is all but impossible to edit easily with today's h/w and s/w. (I anticipate this will get better)
- You need a Blu-Ray player to play AVCHD. (You can use the camcorder to play the movies until the ps3 or blu-ray players prices drop.. or if new DVD players get the codex for AVCHD)
Over all I am quite happy. Once I get a Blu-ray player and a better PC to edit the video it will be great. But for now the picture is great and the remote that comes in the box makes using the camcorder as the player easy. I figure could wait for the prices to drop on blu-ray and better AVCHD editing to come out... but I might miss a couple of years of HD family movies so I'll deal with some inconvenience today for better video for tomorrow.
Great camera, need to have a blu-ray player to enjoy May 15, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a great camera. To truly enjoy it, a Blu-ray player is required.
Very happy! April 18, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Sure, it's not perfect, but for the price, you simply cannot beat this. Pick up a couple of 8GB memorycards and you are good to go (they are cheap!).
Pluses:
-Optical Image Stabilizer
-HD!!!! (1920x1080i) - Good Quality in daylight/normal light indoors
-SDHC cards (cheap and high capacity)
-DVD burner if you want to make Standard Def captures and burn for regular dvd playback. (can also be used to store HD content, but needs special players for playback)
-Battery Capacity is very good
-Nice LCD Screen
-Prerec, if activated, it continously records the last 3 seconds, so when you hit record, it will remember and store the previous 3 seconds as well. Good if you are a bit slow to start recording..
Minuses:
-A bit large and clumsy (partly due to inclusion of dvd burner and large capacity battery!)
-Noisy picture in low light situations
Note: Works well with PS3, if you have the 80GB version, stick the SDHC card in directly, if you own the 40GB version, buy a cheap USB adapter that supports SDHC.
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