HD camcorders: Compare features & prices Panasonic HC-V700 review http://www.which.co.uk/technology/camcorders/reviews/hd-camcorders/panasonic-hc-v700/review/
The Panasonic HC-V700 HD camcorder has a 21x optical zoom, 77mm LCD screen, microphone jack and dual image stabiliser. But does this Panasonic camcorder have the video performance to back up its impressive spec list? Our rigorous tests reveal all.
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 wrote: | 2011-05-10 11:31:31.197 wrote: V700   Bought on Which? recommendation for holiday of a lifetime. It recorded fine but I could not download it to my Macbook Air. It meant that i could not take all the photos I needed. Had to go to my Apple store to help download which is now very time consuming but it is working on iMovies now. So beware if you are using HD and Apple. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | PaulGee wrote: To anonymous one-star iPhone fanboy 2011 I think these reviews would be more helpful to everyone if they came from people who actually HAVE one of the things in question - and not from people who blindly quote reviews from others. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | DaveAitch wrote: Great value - ignore the post below that quotes the TechRadar review The selective quotes and anonymous comments from the first reviewer are highly misleading. The iPhone may or may not produce better shots in specific situations but cannot get anywhere close to competing with the V700 overall. Here are some other quotes from the same review: "The optical image stabilisation is, quite simply, phenomenal", "Speaking of the zoom, that's also pretty xxxx impressive", "General motion is superb as well", "The V700 has some really stand out features to remind you that smartphones...can't do everything a bigger unit can". Now some comments of my own: The V700 has an optical zoom of 21x (28 mm wide angle), the iPhone 5 has...anybody?...that's right - 1x (33mm). And how well does the iPhone's image stablisatiion compare? Umm...it doesn't seem to have any. The main criticism in the TechRadar review is lack of colour vibrancy. I'm perfectly happy with the pictures the V700 produces but, in any case, they're easily enhanced with software at the editing stage - vibrancy, clarity, colour balance and much more can be adjusted. Lastly, it's worth pointing out that TechRadar is judging the V700 at a £450 price point; I just ordered one from Amazon for £247 (lightning deal, now gone), less £50 cashback from Panasonic. How many iPhones can you buy for £197? Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | Thatto wrote: First impressions: a little belter I've had the camera only a week, so first impressions really. Very light indeed, gloriously so. Fits snugly into the hand and easy to grasp and reach the controls. Inserting the battery and SD card: very easy. Suspicions about the flip out LCD viewer disappeared fairly quickly although I have some residual worries about knocking off what actually feels like a flimsy wing mirror. Recording my son and partner's flitting was effortless: remembered to stand still and let them make the movement. It gave me a break from lifting fridge, aga etc. Colour, definition, aperture were all spot on. Fairly easy to get my (3.5 min.) film onto my Panasonic telly. 2 grumbles: the handbook is dense and not easy to follow, so switch on the camcorder's auto pilot (a button on the outside) until you have absorbed some of the jargon, at least to the point where you know you can ignore it. Second, make sure you get a second battery and don't assume that the camera comes with memory card: it doesn't. Not tried HD yet, normal D is fine for a beginner. I have a Mac and despite on-line growls from Appledom about compatibility, I managed to persuade iMovie to grab the recording and allow me to edit a one minute film of my wife and cat yawning at each other. I (somehow) added a title and music too. All in all, great first impressions apart from the handbook. I'm old so I like handbooks and I'm not under any social or psychological pressure to become an auteur or show my virility by twiddling a lot of controls. The camera is the optical equivalent of a new Skoda Octavia with an automatic transmission. If you like inexpensive, high quality effortless rides buy an Octavia auto and buy the V-700 with what you save on a BMW. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | filler1959 wrote: Great camcorder, excellent picture Bought one of these recently and am very pleased with it indeed. The quality of the HD image is ecxellent and I find the colour and detail to be superb. I've edited several HD home movies already and burned them onto blu -ray discs. The results are outstanding. The image stabilisation is superb -steady shots even at maximum zoom. Still photos extracted from the footage are very good as well. I have no regrets about my purchase. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | 2011-08-02 18:38:36.63 wrote: "we would even put it lower in the pecking order than the best smartphone video cameras out there. ""You probably noticed that the iPhone shot looks better in each case. You're not mad – that is simply the case."The colour in particular is far superior in the iPhone's video, as is the levels of contrast. It has depth in scenes where the Panasonic looks rather flat, and vibrancy where the HC-V700 looks bland. Detail is much more apparent in each of the iPhone's images as well."have just read a review on http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/camcorders/panasonic-hc-v700-1075097/review/page:2#articleContentHow do you make this a best buy? I was about to go for it on your recommendation is this the same camera and have you missed something Pros: Cons:
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