Jeez-- talk about picky. I bought one of these last week to replace my aging Sharp VL-D5000u. It's a very nice camera, even if I still prefer the handling of the relatively huge Sharp to the Panasonic.
So opening the LCD turns on the camera on is a negative? The hard off switch is next to where a user would open the LCD and next to the user's right thumb. No big deal to take out the battery. In any case, you should have a UV filter on the front of the lens which'll help protect the lens.
The annoying "intelligent" pop ups are translucent and easily turned off.
Downloading footage does not necessarily require the removal of the battery, either. You simply remove the SD card and insert it in a card reader. I don't know why anyone would want to download footage via USB.
No mic input is a bit of a bummer, but if I wanted higher-quality sound, I'd pull out my Roland DAW and condenser mics vs. plugging a different mic into a camcorder.
My wife was using this camera with fifteen seconds of tutorial where she never quite got the hang of the ancient Sharp.
At ap. $650 street, I don't see how you can beat this for a 1920x1080p consumer camcorder.
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Joe T. @ Apr 21st 2008 9:30AM
Jeez-- talk about picky. I bought one of these last week to replace my aging Sharp VL-D5000u. It's a very nice camera, even if I still prefer the handling of the relatively huge Sharp to the Panasonic.
So opening the LCD turns on the camera on is a negative? The hard off switch is next to where a user would open the LCD and next to the user's right thumb. No big deal to take out the battery. In any case, you should have a UV filter on the front of the lens which'll help protect the lens.
The annoying "intelligent" pop ups are translucent and easily turned off.
Downloading footage does not necessarily require the removal of the battery, either. You simply remove the SD card and insert it in a card reader. I don't know why anyone would want to download footage via USB.
No mic input is a bit of a bummer, but if I wanted higher-quality sound, I'd pull out my Roland DAW and condenser mics vs. plugging a different mic into a camcorder.
My wife was using this camera with fifteen seconds of tutorial where she never quite got the hang of the ancient Sharp.
At ap. $650 street, I don't see how you can beat this for a 1920x1080p consumer camcorder.