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Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS500 camcorder

Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS500
Retrevo's Analysis:
• Mid-range product   • Below average feature set
High Price
Community Positive
 
 
Key Features
• Mini DV
• 12 x Optical Zoom
• 3CCD Optical Sensor
• Optical Image Stabilizer
• 730 Kpix Video Resolution
• Widescreen
• Electronic Viewfinder
Product Description
Panasonic PV-GS500 is a 3CCD Ultra-Compact Digital Palmcorder MultiCam Camcorder with 4.0 Megapixel Still Picture Recording.
 
 

 
 

PANASONIC PV-GS500 EXPERT REVIEWS

 
products.howstuffworks.com
Editor Rating 4.0/5
Published on July 15, 2008
Three-CCD imaging delivers stunning video quality, excellent manual controls, relatively low price for a top-of-the-line model...Lacks features from the old PV-GS400, such as headphone jack, analog-to-digital passthrough and multicontrol...In terms of video quality, manual controls and overall value, Panasonic's PV-GS500 is a hard camcorder to beat...The good news is...
www.macworld.com
Editor Rating 48.0/60
Published on August 22, 2006
Outstanding video quality; good selection of controls for both automatic and manual shooting; superior optical image stabilization....Heavier and bulkier than other camcorders; some manual controls are a little awkward to access....The highlight of this camcorder is its video quality: it got top marks in tests, in both normal and low-light conditions...you can put the camera into a fully manual mode,...
reviews.cnet.com
Notably, the PV-GS500 lacks a headphone jack, rendering the camera a bad choice for any project for which audio quality is critical...The Panasonic PV-GS500 offers very few external controls and is clearly designed to be used when set on automatic...for instance, you must toggle through four layers of menus simply to adjust the iris.The same heart beats within the...
 
 
 

PANASONIC PV-GS500 USER REVIEWS

 
www.amazon.com
Summary from 47 user reviews
Average Rating 4.5/5
And, given its price is several hundred dollars cheaper than the GS400, I can almost assure you the average user will bid good riddance to the missing functionality...Besides, the magicCable thing is really neat, making you zoom smoothly like pros...Also, weight is unavoidable if you want to have good optical lens with good aperture so you can have good low light performance...
shopper.cnet.com
Summary from 22 user reviews
Average Rating 4.0/5
Everything Firewire behind flip LCD screen I fell in love with this camcorder...This is how they should be Rated: 1...easy to use could not find any was really in the market shopping for pvgs400 could not find one was a little worried about buying 500 being its so new but so far very happy...
www.newegg.com
Summary from 15 user reviews
Average Rating 5.0/5
The size is pretty small, small enough to carry around and good enough to have good quality...Fairly new, core2duo) The PV-GS500 is a really good consumer camera for people who just need a camera to film really important events...If you're looking to film home made movies without spending an arm and a leg for an expensive prosumer camera, this is a pretty good choice...
 
 
 
 

PANASONIC PV-GS500 DEALS & PRICES

 
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PANASONIC PV-GS500 MANUFACTURER INFO

 
www2.panasonic.com
Support and service information for Panasonic PV-GS500. ... Copyright © 2008 Panasonic Corporation of North America. All rights reserved. ...
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sandisk.com
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