The Panasonic Corporation was founded in 1918 in Osaka, Japan, and has since become one of the leading companies in the electronics industry. Their HDC-HS100 digital camcorder entered the market as a flash memory camcorder. Despite the relative weakness of flash memory camcorders as a whole, the HDC-HS100 has overcome the classic view that flash memory camcorders aren't very ideal to actually be a pretty decent product in the market. Of course, as with any camcorder, it has its pros and cons. The following is the Panasonic HDC-HS100 review.
A pretty useful feature of the HDC-HS100 is the hand-shake detection. When the videographer happens to be shaking, the camcorder automatically adjusts to reduce as much of the blur as possible. The camcorder also offers a 1.9-second quick power on and 0.6-second quick start, allowing the camcorder to get in and out of standby very quickly between the short downtimes of filming. Another great capability in the HDC-HS100 is the burst shooting, which allows 24 stills per second. Very few camcorders on the market today offer this. The Panasonic HDC-HS100 offers the full set of manual controls. More great abilities include scene detection, face detection, microphone input, on-screen assistance for adjusting the brightness, Panasonic's 3MOS sensor to improve performance in low light situations, and contrast detection.
However, the HDC-HS100 doesn't quite deliver the video quality you would expect for the price you pay. This Panasonic HD camcorder rounds out to about $1000. For that kind of price, you would at least expect some sharp images. This one gives a few blurry edges and even some signs of ghosting. It's probably the low-resolution sensors that are to blame. These sensors barely even match up to the 720p resolution, let alone the 1080p HD resolution. Zoomed in, some frame grabs of video taken by the HDC-HS100 make it seem like it's from a few years back.
Despite the video quality problems, the HDC-HS100 isn't even part of the worst. Surely there are worse in the market. Because of the simple range of manual controls that this Panasonic camcorder has, it's actually worth it to purchase one of these over the other competitors. You won't find so much correction and detection in them, but you will in the HDC-HS100. Also, most people who buy camcorders look for quality, but just enough to get decent video. The video quality here is just relatively lacking, not absolutely lacking. As an HD camcorder, it gives HD results, although not the best results in the entire industry.
You can find the HDC-HS100 at a price of $1000, which is pretty standard for HD camcorders. It's highly recommended that you purchase this particular camcorder because of all the great features you get with it.
A pretty useful feature of the HDC-HS100 is the hand-shake detection. When the videographer happens to be shaking, the camcorder automatically adjusts to reduce as much of the blur as possible. The camcorder also offers a 1.9-second quick power on and 0.6-second quick start, allowing the camcorder to get in and out of standby very quickly between the short downtimes of filming. Another great capability in the HDC-HS100 is the burst shooting, which allows 24 stills per second. Very few camcorders on the market today offer this. The Panasonic HDC-HS100 offers the full set of manual controls. More great abilities include scene detection, face detection, microphone input, on-screen assistance for adjusting the brightness, Panasonic's 3MOS sensor to improve performance in low light situations, and contrast detection.
However, the HDC-HS100 doesn't quite deliver the video quality you would expect for the price you pay. This Panasonic HD camcorder rounds out to about $1000. For that kind of price, you would at least expect some sharp images. This one gives a few blurry edges and even some signs of ghosting. It's probably the low-resolution sensors that are to blame. These sensors barely even match up to the 720p resolution, let alone the 1080p HD resolution. Zoomed in, some frame grabs of video taken by the HDC-HS100 make it seem like it's from a few years back.
Despite the video quality problems, the HDC-HS100 isn't even part of the worst. Surely there are worse in the market. Because of the simple range of manual controls that this Panasonic camcorder has, it's actually worth it to purchase one of these over the other competitors. You won't find so much correction and detection in them, but you will in the HDC-HS100. Also, most people who buy camcorders look for quality, but just enough to get decent video. The video quality here is just relatively lacking, not absolutely lacking. As an HD camcorder, it gives HD results, although not the best results in the entire industry.
You can find the HDC-HS100 at a price of $1000, which is pretty standard for HD camcorders. It's highly recommended that you purchase this particular camcorder because of all the great features you get with it.
