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<h3> Panasonic HDC-TM300 Camcorder reviews, ratings</h3> Price: $1,299.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months Ships from and sold by Amazon.com Average customer review: Product Description HDC-TM300 K black Twin Media Hi Definition camcorder Panasonic HDC-TM300 Product Details Amazon Sales Rank: #12745 in Camera & Photo Color: Black Brand: Panasonic Model: HDC-TM300-K Released on: 2009-04-15 Dimensions: 3.00 pounds Display size: 2.7 Panasonic HDC-TM300 Features Capture Full HD video; 1920 x 1080 resolution Records to 32 GB built-in Hard Disk Drive or SD memory cards 12x Leica Dicomar lens with Optical Image Stabilization Capture stills up to 10.6 megapixels 2.7-inch widescreen touch-panel LCD Panasonic HDC-TM300 Editorial Reviews From the Manufacturer The Panasonic HDC-TM300 Twin Media HD camcorder offers the choice of recording to the 32 GB HDD or SD/SDHC memory card, and the 3MOS system with three full-HD sensors has one of the world's highest total pixel counts. The Panasonic HDC-TM300 provides high image quality for both motion and 10.6-megapixel resolution still images. And it features high 8.3-megapixel resolution for still images when recording simultaneously with motion images. You can also enjoy a 5.1-channel surround sound system with 5 microphones featuring Zoom and Focus Mic functions. The manual ring gives you easy, fingertip control over the focus, zoom and exposure settings. This lets you create images that just aren't possible with automatic functions. And the AF Tracking has been added to the iA function which automatically judges the scene and makes the best possible settings, so the Panasonic HDC-TM300 keeps the subject in focus even if the subject's face turns away from the camcorder. To view recorded images as quickly as possible, the Panasonic HDC-TM300 features a new highlight playback function. This gives you a quick, easy way to view the most exciting scenes all together. The HD Writer AE 1.0 editing software also has a new function that lets you easily upload your video clips to the YouTube website. <h4> Panasonic HDC-TM300 Customer Reviews </h4> Almost a Prosumer Camcorder I bought this camcorder to replace a Sony DSR-PD170. I needed to switch to from miniDV/DVCAM to HD, and in the process I wanted to go to flash media. There are very few choices right now. Panasonic's AG-HMC70U is a gigantic monster compared to my DSR-PD170, and the new Panasonics and JVCs aren't getting the greatest reviews - so I looked at the consumer camcorders. I wanted 3CCDs and XLR inputs, but no XLR on a consumer camcorder, so I'm using a Studio One stereo mini to XLR box. The CCD vs. MOS isn't important to me, as long as I get 3 sensors. This is the only 3-sensor consumer camcorder using flash media I could find. The quality is good, and I would say it's at the top of the consumer camcorder heap at this point. AVCHD is great for good quality with a very small file size, but make sure your editing software can handle the MTS format. Panasonic supplies a utility that gives you some preformatting options when you download your video from the camera, but I'm not using it. Here's how the Panasonic HDC-TM300 camera records: Each time you record, it creates an mts file (AVCHD), if you pause and then continue, it writes the first file, and starts a new one. So you end up with a lot of sequentially numbered MTS files. I just download them to my PC without any pre-processing, and import them into Premiere Pro CS4 (it reads the mts files with no problem). You just put them in order on the timeline. I am so happy to be done with tapes. The last vestiges of an ancient era in video processing. No more capturing video from the camcorder. Just lay the files into the timeline and edit them there. Just for the heck of it, I tried to upload the mts files directly to YouTube. YouTube accepts the files and transcodes them, but they are very choppy, dropping frames left and right once on YouTube. So I bought a batch converter that converts them to 720p MPEG 2 files, and that makes YouTube happy. So is the Panasonic HDC-TM300 a pro camcorder? Not hardly. Is it a prosumer camcorder? Not really. But it's a good choice if you want good quality HD video at a low price (compared to pro camcorders). On the other hand, I just used this camera to record a 6-hour workshop in a hotel with not-so-great lighting. The video was very washed out - not even close to the low-light quality of my Sony DSR-PD170. The TM-300 has a manual iris/gain feature that lets you open up to 18db. Surprisingly, the brightness improves significantly without getting too grainy. Still not close to the PD170 in auto mode, but significantly better than the TM-300's auto mode. I would have liked to have replaced my Sony with a Panasonic AG-HMC150, but at $3800, I just wasn't ready for the price. Although the TM-300 isn't quite good enough to cause me to get rid of my PD170, it's good enough to make it my camcorder of choice in well-lit shooting environments. The Panasonic HDC-TM300 is a really great consumer camcorder that's well-worth the price. Great Camera HDC tm300 compact I bought this HD video camera and so far I am really enjoying it I wanted a 3 CCD Camera for the longest time and I finally bought one, I think 3 chips give better color depth than single chip ccds This particular camera is HD specifically AVCHD and gives me full 1080 X 1920 in the AG mode; this is not the default I had to choose it in the settings; higher the resolution higher the storage on the built in card. So far I am using the built in media and I think 32GB should keep me going for this year and I am waiting for the prices to fall on these HC cards. The video quality is fantastic when I connected it to my Sharp HD LCD TV It does not come with mini hdmi cable although it comes with the component video cables but I don't have the sound with that, so play back you need to buy this cable, I will do it later when I have the money for it I shot in low light and the video is fine, In the daytime low light is better than night time low light; the best is out door daytime, especially the spring colors came out pretty good Editing is a bear, this is the problem with AVCHD format, I need to upgrade my old computers, right now I will just stash those videos on big NAS drive, the HDWriter that comes with the camera is decent and it also can be used for Youtube (I have not tired this yet) The touch screen is pretty good for choosing the clips I want and delting the clips I don't want There are lots of features in the main menu and the quick menu is good for choosing the recording mode such as high res etc. I have just tired one photo and it came out fine, I have not really pushed the envelop on the still photos the media tree structure allows me to copy the photos and video easily this is inherent on AVCHD Overall I give it 4.5 stars out of 5 The Camera is pretty light and my 10 year old daughter feels it is pretty light and she too loves it I like the lens as it is bigger than the lens on cheeper cameres and it closes automatically, no more losing the lens cap the view finder is takes some practice to use as I am used to my old view finder; Defenately had to read the manual to get the most out of it I have not tried the time lapse yet It has many interfaces for headphone and mic etc, this is good as I wanted all these Eventually I want to try green screen effects so the 3CCD should be an advantage, I hope to find a good editor for this Lack Luster Performance B- *Pros: Comfortable to Operate, Great Features, Great Outdoor Quality, GREAT stabilization, Great zoom, Simple Controls, Versatile *Cons: Low quality indoors, Poor Battery Life, POOR support *Best Uses: Home Movies, Travel *Describe Yourself: Video Enthusiast *Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend Well, not too sure what to say... I saw this camera at CES 2009 and anxiously waited for it's release. I played with it at CES and just fell in love... Well, the quality indoors was terrible. I bought it to video the inside of my rental properties and wanted HD to show every little detail. Well, what I got was a VERY GRAINY picture. I got better shots with my MiniDV SD camera. I mean it was TERRIBLE. I called Panasonic and of course got NO help other than to read the manual and check the settings. Now, outside shots were WOW, GREAT! Truly amazing! So, if you want a good outdoor, daylight only camera, THIS IS IT! If not, PASS!
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