Panasonic HDC-HS900 reviews: Hard disk drive storage Full HD 3D camcorder
+ This camcorder scores very high on image quality. - It scores poorly on sound quality.
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Most helpful reviewsJacqueline, Southport, Merseyside Experienced amateur
- Good points:
- Brilliant camera excellent image quality compact and light. Overall very pleased.
- Bad points:
- Pricey!
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Confirmed purchase: 20 Aug 2011
Victor,
- Good points:
- Quality of image and facilities.
- Bad points:
- Software included
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Confirmed purchase: 18 Mar 2012
Stepen, Crewe Keen amateur
- Good points:
- Excellent Picture quality really easy to use plenty of memory
- Bad points:
- Only thing i do not like is having no separate charger & having to charge thru The unit
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Confirmed purchase: 18 Jul 2012
Gary, Crick (Northants) Just point and shoot
- Good points:
- Super modern, super quality, easy to use and provides great video. Conversion to DVD was simplicity itself Dont be put off by the high spec as the menu systems is excellent and easy to use.
- Bad points:
- Instructions appear complex but arent.
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Confirmed purchase: 12 Aug 2011
Matthew, Brighton Experienced amateur
- Good points:
- Good camcorder, easy to use, great image quality. Massive hrad drive.
- Bad points:
- Still images suffer from shutter lag but are good quality if the subject stays still long enough.
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Confirmed purchase: 09 Aug 2012
christopher, bexley Keen amateur
- Good points:
- excellent image quality and ease of use
- Bad points:
- the battery life could be better but this would not put me off buying another
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Confirmed purchase: 06 Aug 2011
This Panasonic HDC-HS900 is reviewed on Macworld
Product Features
| Resolution quality | Full HD |
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| 3D | Yes |
| Optical zoom ratio | 12 |
| Media format | Hard disk drive |
| Connections | USB |
| Type of memory card | SDXC |
| Shape of camcorder | Horizontally held |
| Digital zoom ratio | 700 |
| Type of image stabiliser | Optical |
| Widescreen recording | Yes |
| Resolution (Megapixels) | 9.15 |
| Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes) | 220 |
| Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second) | 1/8000 |
| Weight (g) | 455 |
| Screen size (Inches) | 3.5 |
| Maximum aperture telephoto | 2.8 |
| Maximum aperture wide | 1.5 |
| Lowest focal length (Millimetres) | 35 |
| Highest focal length (Millimetres) | 420 |
| Type of chip | CMOS |
| Release date | 2011-02-17 |
Also known as: Panasonic HS900, Panasonic HDC HS900
Camcorders Buying GuideManufacturer's Description
The Best-ever Panasonic Image Quality. The 3MOS System Colorfully Renders 2D and 3D Images.
The 3MOS System has 7.59 million effective motion image pixels (2.53 megapixels x 3). This sensor separates the light received through the lens into the three primary colors — red, green and blue, and processes each color independently, to offer images with significantly better color quality, detail and gradation than 1MOS sensor system.
1,080/50p recording (full-HD, 1,920 × 1,080, 50 progressive recording) at a 28-Mbps bit rate conveys about twice the information of 1,080i (interlace) recording to produce the ultimate in image quality, exceeding even conventional full-HD images. It minimizes afterimages and flickering caused by subject motion, and renders crisp, detailed images. Enjoy the superbly smooth images, intricate details and ultimate beauty of 1,080/50p recording (full-HD 1,920 × 1,080, 50 progressive recording).
HYBRID O.I.S. is a optical/electrical image stabilization system. Further to blurring by vertical/horizontal wrist movements, it detects subtle blurring by vertical/horizontal entire arm movement and corrects them using a lens in the optical system and a sensor in electrical system. In electrical image stabilization, utilizing an unused area of the sensor when zooming, suppresses image degradation. Powerful correction realizes beautiful images even when shooting on the move or zooming.
Users need only to attach the optional 3D Conversion Lens (VW-CLT1) to the camcorder to record 3D images in AVCHD format firsthand. Incorporating Panasonic’s 3MOS technology, users can easily create their own 3D movies in extreme reality. The AVCHD format enables playback using a Panasonic’s VIERA TV and Blu-ray DiscTM player/recorder. * A TV that is capable of side-by-side method 3D playback, 3D Eyewear, and HDMI cable connection are required. ** Some VIERA 3DTV models may require a firmware update.
The model features 3.5-inch LCDs and new touch-operations to realize much smoother shooting and playback than in previous models. The new functions start with “Touch Zoom,” which allows the single-handed slow zooming and stable zooming while recording. The new functions also include “Touch Shutter,” which automatically focuses and takes a still picture when the user touches the subject on the screen.* The user can also change thumbnail pages by sliding a fingertip across the screen. * Cannot be used in motion image recording.
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JANSSENS, Belgium Experienced amateur
Score 9.0/10Confirmed purchase: 28 Apr 2012