Panasonic HDC SD90 reviews: Memory card storage Full HD 3D camcorder
+ This camcorder scores high on image quality. - It has no outstanding negative points.
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Most helpful reviewsDavid, Bromley Just point and shoot
- Good points:
- very good image quality.
- Bad points:
- Reviewer left no comment
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Confirmed purchase: 20 Mar 2012
Ray, Swansea Experienced amateur
- Good points:
- Light weight and good quality videos
- Bad points:
- No remote control.
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Confirmed purchase: 11 Mar 2012
Jonathan, Experienced amateur
- Good points:
- When I was looking at camcorders this jumped out as being one of the only models on the market that had a shoe for external equipment. This and the other great specs meant that this model was the one to purchase.
- Bad points:
- The only slight issue I would have is the menu system. The buttons are small on the touch screen and I found it little tricky to navigate.
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Confirmed purchase: 08 Jan 2012
yiannis, limassol/Cyprus
- Good points:
- excellent image quality and easy to use
- Bad points:
- no
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Confirmed purchase: 04 Mar 2012
Ian, York Just point and shoot
- Good points:
- Small, easy to use and high quality recording.
- Bad points:
- Reviewer left no comment
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Confirmed purchase: 04 Jan 2012
Andrea, Nicosia Keen amateur
- Good points:
- Image quality, price, weight. Very easy to use for non expert.
- Bad points:
- spare battery is expensive
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Confirmed purchase: 03 Mar 2012
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Product Features
| Resolution quality | Full HD |
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| 3D | Yes |
| Optical zoom ratio | 21 |
| Media format | Memory card |
| Connections | USB |
| Type of memory card | SDXC |
| Shape of camcorder | Horizontally held |
| Digital zoom ratio | 1500 |
| Type of image stabiliser | Optical |
| Widescreen recording | Yes |
| Resolution (Megapixels) | 3.32 |
| Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second) | 1/8000 |
| Weight (g) | 244 |
| Screen size (Inches) | 3 |
| Maximum aperture telephoto | 3.5 |
| Maximum aperture wide | 1.8 |
| Lowest focal length (Millimetres) | 28 |
| Highest focal length (Millimetres) | 1120 |
| Type of chip | CMOS |
| Release date | 2011-02-17 |
Also known as: Panasonic HDC-SD90, Panasonic 3D, Panasonic SD90, Panasonic HDC-SD90P/PC, Panasonic HDCSD90EBK
Camcorders Buying GuideManufacturer's Description
The Panasonic HDC-SD90 Full HD Camcorder lets you capture stunning High Definition video without weighing you down. Its compact and lightweight frame means you can enjoy 1080p shooting while out and about.
Featuring 28mm wide angle and Intelligent 40x Zoom shooting, the Panasonic HDC-SD90 Full HD Camcorder can also be used to shoot in 3D with the use of a separately-sold 3D conversion lens. Its new hybrid Optical Image Stabilizer and Intelligent Auto Face recognition technology make for clear shooting under almost any conditions, while manual focus and exposure options give you full creative control!
As well, the sleek black HDC-SD90 Full HD Camcorder takes still images with up to 5mp resolution.
The Panasonic HDC-SD90 Full HD Camcorder is also a very practical camcorder, letting you record 1080p video directly onto SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards.
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David, Huntingdon Keen amateur
Score 8.0/10Amazing zoom (iZoom doesn't degrade picture quality like old-style digital zoom)
Colours are as good as or better than my previous 3-sensor Standard Defintion camera which has great colours. I was worried going back to a single sensor would result in those rather drab-looking images so common on 1-sensor SD cameras.
Full 1080p at 50 fps so no worries about interlacing artifacts when playing back on a digital TV (as 99% of users will)
Uses SD cards so no need to worry about an internal HDD breaking
There is no simple exposure compensation as found on most digital still cameras.
Backlight compensation is buried in a menu when it should be much easier to get at.
Comes with an old style composite AV cable that can't display Full HD. Who is actually going to use this? Surely it would be cheaper for Panasonic to bundle a short HDMI cable?
Confirmed purchase: 26 Mar 2012