Accessories - AC Adaptor, USB Cable, Stylus Pen, IR Remote, Software, Rechargeable Battery Pack 1250 mAh Lithium-Ion
Leica Dicomar Lens - Renowned for their ability to render sharp images and excellent shading. They also suppress ghosting, flare, and distortion at the image edges. Even in strong sunlight, these superb lenses maintain high contrast and resolution. A bright new F1.5-F2.8 lens with a 46mm filter diameter has been created for the HD-CHS700.
35mm Wide-Angle Lens - Fits more people and more of the background into the frame than a conventional 44.9mm lens. This is especially handy when you want to take a group photo in a small room.
18x Intelligent Zoom - Features a 12x optical zoom and an Intelligent Zoom function that goes all the way up to 18x. When using Intelligent Zoom, Intelligent Resolution Technology lets you shoot at high zoom rates while preserving image sharpness. You get crisp images of highly detailed objects - without the blurry edges.
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This review is from: Panasonic HDC-HS700K Hi-Def Camcorder with Pro Control System & 240GB HDD (Black)I've only had this for a week but everything good that can be said of the Panasonic HDC-TM700K Hi-Def Camcorder with Pro Control System & 32GB Flash (Black) can also be said of this one. It's slightly larger because it has a hard drive and that's not a bad thing. The hard drive holds 40(!!!) hours of 1080/60i and 20 hours of 1080/60p video. Plus you can always use the flash slot to store more video/pictures and export. I need to play with the picture mode more but the pictures are just as good as my normal digital camera so far. Most amazing camera I've ever owned.Cons: USB is slow, I still find FireWire to be faster, it works, what can I say. When plugged into a Mac, the hard drive is READ ONLY, no file management from a computer. The file management interface on the camera sucks. 1080/60p videos are too much for most software to handle. At this point they are nice to have since the camera is basically forwards compatible with future software but right now it's not too useful since you have to down convert your videos to edit them. iMovie HD can't read them for example, you have to shoot in a standard format. Some of the features should be more accessible, as some are buried in a menu somewhere. Battery charger cannot charge and be used as an AC adaptor for the camera at the same time. It could startup faster, but it's still fast to me. Pros: Amazing image quality. Easy to use. Love the remote...
This review is from: Panasonic HDC-HS700K Hi-Def Camcorder with Pro Control System & 240GB HDD (Black)Just got back from a vacation (Canada) where we used the Panasonic hs700k in various lighting conditions - even a day of foggy mist. Returning home, I was disappointed that the accessories lacked an HDMI cable. Looks like Panasonic is stealing play book pages from dishonorable printer companies that short change you on toner/ink. The packaging included low rez patch cables - but this is an HD camcorder and it didn't come with an HDMI cable. Unacceptable!!! This is like buying a car without wheels.I recently purchased a Droid-X Smartphone - which oddly enough does come with an HDMI cable - but Panasonic picked a strange form factor and it even though I have a "mini" HDMI to "full sized" HDMI from the Droid...it won't fit on the Panasonic's special sized port.But now that I'm done venting about the bumbling business decisions made by the incompetent Panasonic Management staff; individuals with ACTUAL JOB SKILLS have exceeded my expectations on the build and image quality.After burning my videos to a Blu-Ray disk, I was mesmerized by the quality of the pictures. Summarizing to one word...Wow!! Crystal clear and simply wondrous on my Plasma TV. All our scenes were shot in 1080P - yes it is a storage hog but the clarity and resolution from the Panasonic is outstanding and I'm glad I did it. Color saturation was excellent in this raw footage state. I burned the disk in a raw format without massaging the color/hue/contrast etc. Most people aren't aware that Hollywood uses Avid, etc. to color amp the scenes and even out the lighting between takes. Obviously I don't own this type of high end gear/software so those options were not available to me. As such, I detected a slight cold tint to the videos. Even during late evenings where Fuji chrome 35mm-film would have rendered warm colors an hour before sunset; the Panasonic was slightly `blue' (for a lack of a better word). Because the files are so large, editing is a severe problem - but oh well - welcome to Hi def.The image stabilization was excellent. A few scenes where I purposely left it off made the video jiggle; but once re-enabled - the zero to middle zoom was rock solid. The Zoom button is a tad awkward to manipulate (I have large hands) - but it worked well and was relatively fast. We didn't pickup any zoom "noise" from the onboard mic, but wind did make for a blustery audio recording at times (sounds like a flapping flag with hiss). A camcorder of such outstanding quality really deserves a boom-mic with a fuzzy wind sock - so I won't fault this issue.Mist and cold temperatures (40F) didn't affect the unit. Battery life was surprisingly good and the portable charger worked well. Still photos are soft, and I recommend bringing a 2nd camera. Overall I highly recommend this unit - it worked flawlessly, the lens is ultra sharp at all physical magnifications (ignore the gimmicky digital zoom) and the cost is in-line with results....
This review is from: Panasonic HDC-HS700K Hi-Def Camcorder with Pro Control System & 240GB HDD (Black)This review has been written on 08-12-2010. Recorded about 4 hours of movies and 50 or so pictures on the Hdc Hs700k. The movie quality when recorded at 1080 x 1920 at 60 frames/s just blows you away it is better then what you will get from a blueray dvd. Still picture quality is not as go...
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