Panasonic Palmcorder HDC-SD1 Digital Camcorder - 3" LCD - CCD

Great Video Quality

Strengths: Great Video when looked at HD TV.

Weakness: video format

Beautiful detail and vivid colors, the resolution is very crisp. SDHC storage is great, no need to worry about tapes anymore. I only used it for a couple of days, but I'm so impressed with the video. Only complain is the video format, need a really fast computer to process. Great buy.

Simply Awesome, as perfect as one could ask for

Strengths: High-Def quality; Optical stabilization; No moving parts; basically silent, lightweight; records on inexpensive SDHC; No more FF/RW tapes.

Weakness: Batteries are expensive. Some ports inconveniently places. Succeeder model SD5 is out (with a shorter zoom, though).

Where to begin? The Panasonic HDC-SD1 is compact, lightweight, and accepts SD-HC cards (and includes a 4 GB to get you started). It is well shaped and almost a dream to use. Zoom is easily toggled each way while recording. Controls are within one-handed reach; usually you can get away with one-handed shooting, though two-handed is best, because it lets you stabilize and "guide" the cam more than...

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Impressive First Generation HD Camcorder With Room...

Strengths: Sharp, Well-saturated Pics - both video and stills - from a remarkably compact, lightweight, and silent camera.

Weakness: Requires second battery and SDHD card to record more than an hour at a time; slow video download; some quirky user interface issues (see comments)

Not to repeat all of what user pmamut shared (which I agree with), I have the following observations based on ~ 11 hours of video and ~ 500 stills: - Surprisingly nice stills - good enough not to have to carry two cameras if you're just looking for decent snaps. - Flash stills tend to over-expose a little - even with flash intensity reduced - Excellent video and very good still saturation and...

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On the bleeding edge

Strengths: Incredible picture quality, point-and-shoot ease-of-use, rock-solid OIS, large LCD screen, compact size, no moving parts

Weakness: Limited footage playback options, weak software bundle, short battery life and no extended battery available, need special reader to access SDHC cards on PC

I was looking to buy my first camcorder, and wanted something that is easy to use, has a great picture quality, and wouldn't be obsolete in a year. Panasonic HDC-SD1 fits the bill perfectly, its $790 price tag is very reasonable for a 3-CCD HD camcorder, and it looks awesome. The camera itself is very small and light, and fits perfectly in the palm of my hand. I have to tighten the strap snugly...

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Very impressive High Definition Camcorder

Strengths: Small, impressive video quality, SD as storage media, 3CCD

Weakness: Not easy to use one hand to control all buttons. Software support for the video is far less than enough. Battery life is not long. But I can not complain too much coz it is the first SD HDC.

I was shock by the small size and the high definition image with this camcorder. 3 CCD make outstanding video quality. Using SD as storage is the main stream of the future direction. Very satisfied with this order. But battery, software support, and controllability is not that good as the quality of the video.

Nice camera

Strengths: good zoom, good quality, uses SDHC card which have a lot of memory

Weakness: SDHC cant be used in a regular SD card reader, the camera only records in mvt2s format which most video editors wont use, only comes with a lame video editor

This camera is very good quality and is worth its price, no more carrying discs or cassettes. The memory card compatibility is very good and the quality is amazing. Make sure you find a video editor that is compatible with HD recording in mvt2s format though.