part # HDC-HS9

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.

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Articles and Reviews

19 Jun 2008 Great camera especially for the cost. Love it. The only "bad" thing is how grainy it is when recording inside without a lot of bright light. But from what I've read and heard most are this way.... –Erowyn L. Orrfrom Amazon.com
11 Jun 2008 Great camera, now fully Mac compatible! As some of the earlier reviews have pointed out, this awesome little camera suffered from lack of support in Apple's editing applications like iMovie 08.

Well that's all in the past. With the release of OS 10.5.3 and QuickTime 7.5 a few days ago, the HDC-HS9 (and the non-hard drive HDC-SD9 as well) are now fully compatible. You can easily import and edit your HD movies in iMovie, in all the camera's formats.

I love this camera. My only complaint is that spare batteries are absurdl... –M. Evangelistfrom Amazon.com
09 May 2008 Taking it back I've had this camcorder for almost a week, and like any new gadget, I've been using it quite a bit. Here are my thoughts.

It fits great in the hand and is easy to handle. It has a small size for a Hard Drive camcorder and easy to shoot and hold. Image stablization works well and the zoom is good.

BAD: I played the video on my plasma, and while the footage I shot outside was beautiful - the clips shot inside were very soft and in some instances pixelated - even with the inte... –L. Tuckerfrom Amazon.com
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HDC-HS9
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