Panasonic HC-X800 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD 3D camcorder

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Panasonic HC-X800 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD 3D camcorder reviews

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£410 – £583 at 2 retailers out of 409 retailers checked

8.7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews.

Panasonic HC-X800 : 3D, 12x optical zoom camcorder using SD card. See full product description

Ease of use	8.5
Image quality	9.1
Features	7.0
Sound quality	7.0
Battery life	7.1
Weight	8.7
Value for money	8.1
Overall rating	8.7

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Joel, Coventry Experienced amateur

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Video Quality is top notch.The sound is also very clear and the microphone picks up everything.It had a pretty good wide angle with 3MOS sensor
Bad points:: Battery life is poor.Will hardly last few hours.Should include an external mic input

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	8.0
Features	5.0
Sound quality	7.0
Battery life	3.0
Weight	6.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 30 Nov 2012

Sachin, London

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: All good
Bad points:: Nathing on it .

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 5 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 30 Apr 2012

Stuart, Just point and shoot

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: easy to use,
Bad points:: large heavy battery,

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	7.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 27 Aug 2012

ben, wigan Keen amateur

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: easy to use, fantastic picture qualiity
Bad points:: when recording in 1080p you must use a big memory card, eg/ 32gb

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 26 Jun 2012

William, Ponteland Experienced amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Video picture quality looks good, photo detail excellent.
Easy to use with full auto.
Video file format works well with third party software
Bad points:: Non so far

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 15 Jun 2012

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	Yes

Optical zoom ratio	12
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Memory card
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	HDMI

Connections	USB

Type of memory card	SDXC

Type of memory card	SD

Type of memory card	SDHC

Digital zoom ratio	30
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	O.I.S. lock
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Type of image stabiliser	Hybrid O.I.S.plus
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	9.15

Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/1
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	345
The weight of the product in grams.
Maximum aperture telephoto	2.8
Maximum aperture wide	1.5

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	29.8

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	368.8

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2012-03-01
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Panasonic HC-X800, Panasonic HC X800, Panasonic X800

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Manufacturer's Description

Ultra-fine Image Quality with 3MOS System Pro Blur-Free Images with HYBRID O.I.S. New F1.5, 29.8mm Leica Dicomar Lens with Nano Surface Coating Technology. Advanced 3MOS Sensor Crystal Engine Pro II FULL HD 2D & 3D Recording

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