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Panasonic PVGS12 Digital Palmcorder MultiCam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
RatingCustomer rating is 3 of 5
BrandPanasonic
List Price$399.99
Special Price
Lowest Used Price$170.00
Features
  • Digital Palmcorder MultiCam camcorder and digital still camera with 680,000-pixel CCD
  • 20x optical zoom lens (digital zoom to 800x) and image stabilizer
  • 2.5-inch rotating LCD and black-and-white viewfinder
  • Low-light recording settings and built-in LED color enhancement light
  • Rechargeable Li-ion battery pack lasts for up to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Categories Digital MiniDV   Digital Cameras   Discover Holiday - Camera & Photo   Camcorders   All Panasonic   MiniDV   13x & Up   12 MP & Up   LCD   20 Inches & Under  

Description
Panasonic's vision of the digital future is driven by the needs and aspirations of its business clients and millions of consumers all-around the world who use its products each day. The company shares their dream to exist a fuller life by getting ways of working smarter and enjoying the rewards of technological advances.MultiCam camcorders aspect digital camcorder and digital still camera abilities, all in one simple-to-use camcorder.
Blending innovative technologies together with new, neat-to-operate controls, Panasonic's PV-GS12 camcorder is an reasonable entry into digital video together with great features. Panasonic continues to innovate, adding extra optical zoom ability while reducing the overall size. This MiniDV camcorder features a 20x optical zoom, ultra-quick 1.3-second begin-up time, SD memory card slot for digital stills, and webcam ability.

Optics
The PV-GS12 is equipped together with a 1/6-inch, 680,000-pixel CCD and 20x optical zoom It in addition features a 800x digital zoom this lets you to zoom in on incredible shut-ups.

Digital Stills
In addition to shooting video, the PV-GS12 can in addition capture digital still pictures up to 640 x 480 pixels--good for sending photos to friends and family over e-mail or posting to your Web site. They are stored to the Secure Digital (SD)/MultiMedia (MMC) memory card slot. The Direct Mode Dial can be used in digital still mode lets you shortly pick and choose the desired digital camera mode, such as Record, Playback, Card Record, or Card Playback.

Extra Features
The 2.5-inch LCD screen can be opened a full 120 degrees away from the camcorder's body, making it easier to view motion pictures as theyÕre being captured.

The Fast Begin aspect enables the PV-GS12 to initiate taping 1.3 seconds afterwards turning the power on so those unexpectedÊmoments wonÕt be missed.ÊAfter pressing the Fast Begin button, the camcorder will get up the previous environments this you were shooting together with--even if they were manually entered.

The Soft Skin Detail function detects the different skin tones being recorded and softens the focus to make a realistic blend.

Other features contain:

  • The picture-enhancing MagicPix aspect lets for rich videos under low-light conditions.
  • Digital Electronic Picture Stabilization (EIS) helps get the jitter out of hand-held video recording and compensate for unintentional hand and camcorder movement.
  • Web cam ability, which is perfect for video conferencing together with friends or family, or use as a neat monitoring device when consumers are away from home.
  • The unsnapping hand strap doubles as wrist loops, enabling you to carry the camcorder like a small bag or purse.
  • Black and white viewfinder

Inputs and Outputs
The PV-GS12 comes together with the standard DV IEEE 1394 port (in addition known as FireWire; Panasonic refers to this connection as iLink) for a super-quick, lossless connection to a PC or other DV machines.

MiniDV Format
MiniDV is the preferred format for personal and broadcast-excellence video, and it is highly regarded for its high audio and picture excellence. Together with up to 540 lines of horizontal resolution and minimum color noise, MiniDV brings a 2 percent clearer image than analog camcorder formats. This is all brought on a cassette this's 1/12th the size of a standard VHS tape. A MiniDV tape proposes digital recording time of 2 full hours--20 times the capacity of a CD.

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Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 4 of 5  6 Years Using Palmcorder   2008-01-10
By P. Bradley (Peoria, AZ USA)
After using the Palmcorder brand for 6 years, I just purchased a second one to use for a 2-camera setup (both running at different angles since I produce martial arts instructional videos). For those new to digital camcorders, my opinion is that this is a great camera. For those who are intermediate and advanced, naturally you already know that you will want to spend a bit more for a bigger, better camera to meet your needs.

The Palmcorder takes good video but you should have additional lighting available. They say it's good in low-light conditions, but admittedly I've never found that to be true, even with a LOT of experimentation. Outdoors, though, or indoors with normal lighting? You will find a good video result.

The audio is passable but connecting an external mic, you will hear a slight "buzz" in the background (removable in post). A pain but still passable for the price.

Zooming in and out finds zero noise, but I rarely zoom much anyway. If I need a closer shot, I get the camera closer since the pixelation is always noticable to some degree when zooming. It's not "too" bad zooming in just a bit, but beyond 1/3 of the bar you see will find a lot of pixelation.

Tape change is great vs. Canon (Canon tape door is at the bottom and you have to remove it from the tripod, whereas Panasonic and most others are on the side). Battery life is 1 - 2 hours depending on the age of the battery. My first one is over 6 years old and I just had to change it last month. 5 years isn't bad.

Manual controls could be improved but passable. Automatic controls work well for new users and you will probably not even need the rest. If you want to learn it, though, it's a simple process.

For best shots, I recommend a good tripod to keep the camera steady (for all cameras, too), particularly if you zoom in. There are lots of techniques for holding the camera steady when zoomed in but the Palmcorder must lose it's mind after zoomed in too far. It comes out with a lot of pixelation. Read that as "don't zoom in unless you absolutely have to and you'll be fine."

I've used my Palmcorder in all sorts of weather and conditions, and it's worked like a dream. Good video, good audio, good battery life and easy controls. The only "bad" thing you might encounter is that in humid weather, you need to acclimate the camera for 15 - 30 minutes or so. But since you have to do that with every camera, anyway, it's not Panasonic's fault so no biggie there.

All in all? This is a great camera for the price, as well as being a solid piece of equipment that you will enjoy. It's good to learn with as well as being a good backup camera or using as a 2-camera system.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Assistance to convert your video to computer   2007-05-24
By Eric Stasiak (Guide)
I know the frustration of wanting some software with this product. Yes its a nice little camera and all but if you want to get some actual video out of it to be put on your computer you could use video capturing software like snag-it which has a free download and trial. Granted the video will not be the best of quality but if you absolutely have to have this on video on your computer snag-it will give it to you but at low quality. You can also snap still images from the videos using it too. Hope this helps
Customer rating is 3 of 5  a good camcorder for a good boy   2006-01-28
By Fonso (Moreno Valley, CA USA)
This camcorder is good but not great. Sure its not expensive but with this amount of money you can get a much better one on ebay. 1/6 in ccd is average for this price range. It has no mic input. But it does last a good amount with the battery, has acceptional quality under lighting when i use two or more lights...for my movie aspire which is a musical. During shots that have fast sequences, you can tell as it looks jagged and not smooth. This had to be fixed in post, which, if you're only paying 250 for this cam, you probably won't waste your time fixing this in post. The manual white balance is nice.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Great for the patient mannered   2005-11-17
By Amber Scott (Ft. Stewart, Ga)
This camcorder is absolutely wonderful. Though I don't think I'd pay top dollar for it. While it works great recording and playing back, there is minimum software availible ( Id didnt recieve any) and figuring out how to download it to the computer to burn to a DVD took a while. Though I only paid $195 for this camera that also came with a brand new camcorder bag and additional battery. I kinda wish I would have spent the extra money to invest in a DVD camcorder. But, if you are willing to take the time to learn how to burn to DVD, then this is a great camera!
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Camera   2005-11-10
I bought this Camera for my 13th Birthday and I was happy until i tried to put the video onto the computer. I you realy want to edit video on the computer then you NEED to get Firewire for your computer.After I got Firewire The video worked fine, but I suggest you get a good editing softwear like Adobe. windows is ok to start but has very low video capture. When you burn it on to a DVD using windows is is all blury but can still make out picture. So a Great Camera but you have to get firewire to make it better. Firewire is only like 25$.I love this camera and I hope you will to.



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