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Panasonic HDC-SD9 review

Great attention to detail on this small camcorder

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Last reviewed: September 5th 2008

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Panasonic HDC-SD9 scores 9.0 out of 10 based on 103 reviews

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The 2 most helpful reviews:

06 Apr 2008 Leigh, Bristol

10

Good Points

This camcorder is extremely small, compact and easy to use. The Optical Image Stabilisation is very impressive, making the resulting movie much more watchable than some of the shaky home movies I've seen from other camcorders. The Face Detection system is so clever. As you record, up to 5 faces are shown with yellow boxes around them, showing you what the camcorder is trying to correct the focus and exposure for. The menu system is fairly self-explanatory and you only need to refer to the manual if you want to use the advanced functions of the camcorder. Battery life is very impressive, I guess as there aren't any moving parts (except for the zoom lens), less power is required than for HDD and tape camcorders.

Bad Points

The joystick used to navigate the menu is a little bit on the fiddly side and does take some getting used to.

27 Feb 2008 Stuart, Blairgowrie

10

Good Points

Excellent picture and sound quality - amazing value at the price. AVCHD Editing still developing. Bundled software produces excellent quality but very limited editing options. No luck with Pinnacle or Sony Vegas, however, Cyberlink Power Director 7 Ultra looks promising - inputs highest definition video quickly from SDHC card and can output full resolution ADVHC to DVD or BlueRay Disks. Haven't fully tested how extensive editing might affect raw ADVHC quality, but looks very promising and works well on my AMD Athlon X2 4200+ system

Bad Points

LCD difficult to see when filming on sunny skiing trip.

Overall score: 9.0

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Product Summary

Key specs


Weight (g): 275 |
Recording Media: Digital Media |
Optical Zoom: 10 |
CCD Quantity: 3 |

Full spec

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Stylish design

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Solid build

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Impressive spec

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Compact

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Good picture quality

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Awkward controls

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No microphone input

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