Panasonic HDC-HS9 Reviews: Panasonic SD Card storage Full HD camcorder

+ For me the main advantage is the image quality, truly stunning on my 1080P plasma and a close second is the overall size of the unit, it can fit in your palm.

- Nothing to do with the camera, but the cost of a spare battery is pricey.

+ very comfortable to hold whilst filming,lightweight.Good to be able to view thumbnails instead of having to view everything or search for what you want to see it's instantaneous.Puts you straight back to where you last filmed without gaps or overlap as i experienced with a previous mini-dv tape.Exactly what i wanted when downloading am able to put straight onto disc,pretty fast,excellent picture quality.

- initially found the control stick difficult to manouvre around with as it is quite tiny,although i did read same in a review prior to purchasing,however after a little trial & error got used to it,but anyone with fat-fingers would struggle.

+ The selling point for me was the HD picture quality but I soon realised that one of the major plus points was the extended battery life. Having the 60GB hard drive proved to be value for money instead of buying the HDCSD9 which is memory card only. The extra money spent on the hard drive was well worth it, giving you far more freedom with this product. With a two week holiday where filming was constant, the extra capacity of the hard drive was far more suitable that if I had had the memory card, or even extra cards.

- Having had to really think hard about any bad points the one thing that I would have liked to be different on this camera was the position of the ZOOM control, possibly to have been controlled by your thumb and not finger.

+ picture quality

- controls for navigating menus on the camera small and difficult to operate

+ Small, easy to use, good quality pictures and video.

- Not sure how easy it will be to get the format so it can be copied onto DVDs and played in DVD players. Pinnacle software supplied has to be purchased before use.

+ good image quality and light weight

- No good subsequent processing software available for the PC; hopefully this will change in future as the format becomes more widely used.

+ Ease of use, top of the range with picture clarity and colour, so easy to carry with you at all times.

- availability and cost of batteries,with such a short life.

+ It is very small and so handy to use and carry.

- Haven't found any yet.

+ Small, compact and easy to use

- Poor image quality in low light situations

+ Compact, excellent picture quality.

- Instructions complex for the older generation like me.

+ Very easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Reasonably easy to use.

- The supplied software is rubbish, unusable, unfriendly. It should be supplied with a simple software solution that allows editing of VCHD files.

+ This is my first camcorder and I have shown the images to friends who are camcorder users and they are impressed with the picuture quality of the recordings and the size and weight of the camera. It is very basic and you soon pick up the features and how to find them.

- The only bad point is the cursor button which is small and fiddly to use, especially if you are right handed. However, the use of the button gets easier with practice, it wouldn't stop me from recomending the camera to others.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- poor very good with some computers

+ Is as advertised

- none that I can think of