Panasonic SDR-H80 Digital Camcorder Review, Prices
Camcorders — By Ricky on July 7, 2009 at 5:19 pm
In the world of electronics choices are unlimited, there are new products coming out each day and the new ones are always out doing the older versions and adding to the latest collection is the new Panasonic SDR H80 camcorder bringing you the latest features of video technology. The good and the best thing about the new gadget is that it has manual controls with a 60GB hard drive and also has a 70x optical zoom with stabilization controls. You will be amazed to learn that the new Panasonic SDR has a zoom power that of a telescope, you can store lots of things in its sleek and compact body. The new Panasonic SDR has video input type and optical sensor type is CCD. The optical zoom of the camcorder is 70x, the new Panasonic SDR H80 Prices at $340.00 – $399.99.
Lets get in to the deeper characteristics of this new gadget, it is a standard definition camcorder having a 60GB hard drive that has the capability of storing up to 14 h
ours of its highest quality MPEG video, you can also have SD card for extra storage which has its slot on the side of the camcorder. The new SDR H80 has long 70x zoom lens which gets you very close to the object that you are shooting, you can make use of optical image stabilization feature which will help you click or record clear videos even while your camcorder is shaky. The new Panasonic camcorder weighs 12.8 ounces and dimensions are set at 2.1×2.6×4.2 inches, the storage capacity is up to 60 GB and you can have extra storage with SD or SDHC card. The resolutions is at 800k pixels and the LCD size stands at 2.7 inches with a resolution of 123K dots, the minimum illumination of the camcorder is 6 lux and the file format in which the videos and audio are stored is MPEG-2 and Dolby digital stereo. The camcorder has the highest quality recording time of 14 hours, it has an image stabilization feature which is mechanical and digital, the camcorder has lithium ion rechargeable batteries.
The new camcorder is handy and is amazingly small and quite impressive but not as impressive like Sony’s latest 60x zoom handycam DCR-SR47. The controls for the new SDR H80 are pretty distinctive and all the buttons and options are placed well to position them while operating it. You can find Power/Mode dial at the top of the model through which you can record movies or can take still photographs.
When you flip open the LCD screen, you can see 5 way joystick and a menu button at the left hand side of the screen, when you go through the menus, you will find other several buttons which are useful for flipping between different shooting modes, some of these buttons include accessing manual controls, enabling optical image stabilization, Panasonic intelligent Auto mode. You can find SD or SDHC card slot inside the LCD cavity for additional video storage. You have a mini USB and AV-out for inputs and outputs. The white balance feature contains auto, manual, indoor, outdoor options. The camcorder provides various scene modes to shoot like low light, sports, spotlight, surf and snow, portrait, you can focus through tele macro, spot AF, manual and auto options, I am sorry to say that it doesn’t have a video light or flash.
The new Panasonic has full auto shooting and full manual options, you can control the focus by using the joystick by pressing manual AF/MF button. You can move joystick upwards to control the shutter speed, white balance, aperture. You can optimize the shutter and aperture setting by choosing scene mode. If you don’t want to do any settings, then you can simply press the iA button and it will automatically adjust the subject and records the event, if you press it again you will enter a more traditional auto mode.
If you are thinking of recording the video clips for sharing purposes on the site, you would be glad to find camcorder’s web mode button, when you press it, it starts with a 10 minute countdown which keeps your recordings within the site’s upload parameters. The feature provided in the camcorder is that of a standard definition camcorders, the video quality is not of that high quality, it has visible noise and digital artifacting. The Panasonic SDR-H80 is clearly a good choice and a value for money with its mass storage capabilities, you can shoot moon, starts, sporting events, you can get closest of videos in your camcorder.
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