Panasonic HC-X900 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD 3D camcorder
This camcorder is a good all rounder.
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Most helpful reviewsLinda, Macclesfield Professional videographer
- Good points:
- Got lots of ports so I can add additional accessories if I want
- Bad points:
- Not yet
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Confirmed purchase: 26 Nov 2012
Daniel, Suffolk photographer moving to video
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Remote control and rotating screen allows you to video from a tripod facing yourself.
Manual focus ring.
Microphone input capability.
Smooth zoom. - Bad points:
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Some connection covers are flimsy.
1080p/50 doesn't work with Final Cut Pro (though 1080i/50 does thankfully!)
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Confirmed purchase: 23 Jul 2012
Mike , Birmingham Experienced amateur
- Good points:
- Reviewer left no comment
- Bad points:
- On and off switch position.
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Confirmed purchase: 21 Oct 2012
Colleen, Murrumbateman Keen amateur
- Good points:
- Has a viewfinder which I find essential for shooting outdoors.
- Bad points:
- Haven't found any yet.
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Confirmed purchase: 14 Jun 2012
This Panasonic HC-X900 is reviewed on Expert Reviews
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Product Features
| Resolution quality | Full HD |
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| 3D | Yes |
| Optical zoom ratio | 12 |
| Media format | Memory card |
| Connections | USB |
| Connections | HDMI |
| Type of memory card | SD Card |
| Type of memory card | SDXC Card |
| Type of memory card | SDHC Card |
| Shape of camcorder | Horizontally held |
| Digital zoom ratio | 30 |
| Type of image stabiliser | Optical Image Stabiliser |
| Widescreen recording | Yes |
| Resolution (Megapixels) | 9.15 |
| Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second) | 1/1 |
| Weight (g) | 425 |
| Screen size (Inches) | 3.5 |
| 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 | 2012-04-18 |
Also known as: HC-X900, Panasonic HC-X900EF
Camcorders Buying GuideManufacturer's Description
- Ultra-fine Image Quality with 3MOS System Pro
- Blur-Free Images with HYBRID O.I.S. +
- F1.5, 29.8mm Leica Dicomar Lens with Nano Surface Coating Technology.
- Advanced 3MOS Sensor
- Crystal Engine Pro II
- FULL HD 2D & 3D Recording*
Expert HD Camcorder HC-X900 with 3MOS System Pro bringing Panasonic’s Highest-Ever Image Quality
The 3MOS System Pro achieves a dramatic improvement in performance with a totally re-engineered lens, sensor, and engine. This allows the new system to produce Full-HD images with breathtaking color, detail and gradation. 3MOS System Pro is a next-generation imaging system that exhibits outstanding effects even under dim lighting, and produces bright, beautiful images with minimum noise.
HYBRID O.I.S. + uses five-axis correction to thoroughly suppress blurring all the way from wide-angle shots to powerful zoom shots. It also achieves superb effects when shooting while walking. This lets the user capture crisp, clear images, without blurring, in almost every shooting situation. This revolutionary five-axis correction function corrects the kind of roll direction hand-shake that often occurs when shooting while walking, in addition to horizontal, vertical, yawing, and pitching four-axis correction.
A special nano surface coating is applied to the bright F1.5 Leica Dicomar Lens. This lens minimizes the distortion and degradation of contrast and resolution that tend to occur at the lens periphery. By forming a nano-level, microstructure film with an ultra-low refractive index onto the lens surface, the reflection of incident light is dramatically reduced and suppresses ghosting and flare. In addition, the 29.8mm wide-angle setting is especially handy for recording indoors or in tight spaces.
The Advanced 3MOS Sensor employs a pixel shift technology. The green MOS sensor is shifted vertically and horizontally relative to the blue and red MOS sensors with submicron-level accuracy. This achieves high-speed processing that is approximately equivalent to four times the pixel count of Full-HD pixel. This technology renders ultrafine images with excellent color reproduction and superb detail.
By using the Crystal Engine Pro II to perform high-speed processing of the huge number of pixels – approximately equivalent to four times the pixel count of Full-HD – that are obtained with pixel shift technology, superb Full-HD image quality is achieved even in detailed image parts. The improved processing capability also dramatically reduces noise by 40%* compared with previous models, to record clear, stunningly beautiful images even in dim lighting. * Compared to HDC-HS900/TM900/SD900/SD800.
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Ian, Musselburgh Keen amateur
Score 10.0/10Confirmed purchase: 26 Oct 2012