The HDC-HS9 is a really nice size and weight and the 10x zoom puts you right in the action. Great Face detection feature focuses on up to five faces in a frame to help you get the clearest, sharpest shots. Takes nice still shots and easily and quickly transfers your videos to your PC. This is a great all-round family camcorder.
The HDC-HS9 is a really nice size and weight and the 10x zoom puts you right in the action. Great Face detection feature focuses on up to five faces in a frame to help you get the clearest, sharpest shots. Takes nice still shots and easily and quickly transfers your videos to your PC. This is a great all-round family camcorder.
The Panasonic HDC-HS9 camcorder records on hard drive, with 1920 x 1080 resolution. This camcorder can store 60 GB of data. The Panasonic HDC-HS9 provides a 10x zoom lens with 700x digital zoom. It will get you a f/1.8-2.8 image-stabilized lens, plus a fastest shutter speed of 1/8000 second. You can see exactly what you're filming on its 2.7" LCD screen, which you can also use to preview your movies. The HDC-HS9 records sound, too.
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03 Nov 2008not impressed with this camcorderI tested this camcorder for about a week.
From a design point of view I did not like the fact that you have to remove the battery to connect it to AC power. The camcorder will not connect to a PC to download movies and pictures unless it is on AC power, so I had to plug/unplug the battery a lot while I was doing tests.
I was not impressed with the picture quality, even when shooting at the highest quality setting (17 Mbps) I could see compression artifacts and there was a general...–Miguel Grinbergfrom Amazon.com
11 Sep 2008Great product!I researched many HD video cameras and was very happy with this one! I wanted the latest technology and a great picture. The picture quality is fantastic! Just make sure to use the image stabilizer or the video may be a little shaky.–Natalie Johnsonfrom Amazon.com
11 Sep 2008included software is out of dateThe camera is fine but the manual and included software are junk. Software will not install with XP sp3. The manual is poorly organized and very poorly written. I will not buy another item from Panasonic.–Russell Mercerfrom Amazon.com