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Question: Still Shots? Can anyone say how many still shots can be taken during recording and what quality they are?I'm not looking for anything professional, just budget, zoom, stills, family camera.Thaks
Document: This is a better than average camcorder, tons of recording time, average battery life, spectacular optical zoom, and smaller than you could imagine. the only downside is the recording quality on the best XP isnt that great especially when you blow it up on a tv. I used it to go snowboarding and made a facebook video and it turned out pretty good, if your looking to archive family events to watch on a tv later, I suggest going with a higher quality SD camcorder or a HD camcorder.
What a great little eye to have. I had a cimilar one, but I broke it. I payed twice what I payed for this one, through Amazon. It's light, not bulky, and has great features like: lots of zoom for distance shots [of wild animals], hours of recording capability, and lets you load-up on still shots separately, on an SD card- woh!
This is a great camera for the price. Right out of the box it is ready to go and the video is easy to shoot, view and edit on the camera. Playback is easily done using a modern TV. The picture and sound are of good quality and there is not anything to really pick on with the camera itself. One of the best features is the stability button which makes for an extremely stable picture especially for those far away zoom shots.The problem that I encountered was with the software.
I've been looking for an hard drive based video camera for quite a while. I went with this unit because of the price and the recording time. While I'm generally happy with this camera, there are a few things that I not a big fan of:1, As other reviewers have noted, it's not a great camera for inside use. I am somewhat disappointed in how the video looks in mid to low light situations.2, No viewfinder.
I'm running Adobe Premiere Elements now and it is a much better user experience -- from transferring files to editing the video.On the positive side, the Zoom with optical image stabilizer is fantastic. The menu, interface, design, features/functionality are great -- easy to use yet flexible enough to meet most average users filming needs.If you are looking for a basic HDD camera, I'd give this one serious consideration.
If you own a mac DO NOT get this. If I had known that this company was still in the dark ages and was not pc and mac compatible I would not of bought this. As for the the camera in its own use it is a 3 given that is fairly easy to use but if you are looking to do more professional work I would not buy this, but even if you get an okay video of your child's soccer game it can't go onto your mac.
I bought the camcorder for our newborn. We did most of the recording inside home. I was so disappointed with the video quality. Then I used my Canon SD1100IS digital still camera to capture videos. That is so superior to the Panasonic videos.The software never worked. I could never figure out how the various items in the software work. The manual and the website do not help in this regard.I never found out the pixel dimension and other attributes of the three settings of video quality.
My previous camcorders, VHS and 8 mm format, created crisper images than this one. That was very disappointing. Recording in poorly lit rooms produced poor images. There is no light source in this unit. Joystick operation is tricky, if your thumb is slightly larger. There are so many limitations, and "operations not guaranteed" warnings listed through out the manual, making you to wonder what good this camera is.The Video Cam suite editing software that comes with the unit is not easy to use.
I absolutely love this camera. It is very easy to use, and has plenty of features for my purposes (family videos). I would recommend this to anyone. I thought it was a good buy. I am very happy with the hard drive; it sure beats dealing with tapes and DVDs. The only thing I think I need is a second battery, but the one that comes with it lasted long enough for several outings.
Good all around camera for what you paid for it. Still shots are kinda useless but then why would by a camcorder to take still shots. Only other cons are that the clips that you save on ur cpu save as .MOD which are not recognized by DVD burner/editor. But that can be easily changed [...]. Change them from .MOD to .AVI or any other format you'd like. Its a free program so thats cool.
Answer: It ain't the brand, it is the camera. You are going to have to buy a more expensive camcorder to get a higher still picture resolution. You can get thousands and thousands of pictures on the 40 gig hard disk or on a many gig SD card. So many that you don't need to worry about it. You might want to look at one of the so-called ultra-zoom still cameras. Several of them such as the Fuji have decent video modes. My Fuji S700 takes good video but it's sound is nothing to write home about. The sound may be better on the later S1000 and S2000 models.You can go to the various manufacturer's web sites and read or download the manuals, brochures and specifications for most cameras.