Panasonic HDC-HS300 Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 44 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the usability. The color also impresses, but many are less positive about the design.

Usability, Color, Zoom, Viewfinder

Design, Interface

Experts rate this product 75/100 and users 88/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders, the Panasonic HDC-HS300 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 97/100 = Excellent quality.

Panasonic's HDC-HS300 is capable of extraordinary video quality and offer a good range of manual options, with manual lens ring controls that are as easy to use as they are capable.

Excellent picture quality even in low light; built-in storage capacity; good range of manual controls

Interface can be confusing; build quality not as good as some rivals; wind noise

The HDC-HS300 also offers a maximum AVCHD video recording resolution of 1920-by-1080 at 17Mbps, which looks a lot lower than the 24Mbps that Canon uses is similarly-priced camcorders. The HDC-HS300 includes a lens ring for focusing, and other manual ...

Just like last year's HS100, this HS300 is a very nice-looking, sleek camera. It fits right in the center of the palm and is very easy to shoot with. Weighing in at 1.14 pounds, the HS300 feels light enough to operate as a handheld, while still ...

Manual focus ring Intelligent auto High-resolution stills

Reliance of touchscreen interface

Consumer camera at its best. Offers both manual customization and auto presets to conquer any shooting scenario.

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Great architecture. Chock full of ports. Enhanced manual controls

Mediocre video quality and poor photo quality. Terrible AC adapter and DC input setup. LCD screen is too small

Across the board, the interface had us stymied. Take the e-mail client, for instance. While typing a message, you can delete a character by pressing "back" or "Del." But if you want to delete an entire message, you have to use the left soft key, which ...

Packed with a 120GB internal hard drive, HD video capability, and a host of controls and features, the HDC-HS300 (MSRP $1399) represents Panasonic's top-of-the-line camcorder for 2009. The most surprising facet of the camcorder was its test results, ...

Panasonic implemented a new touchscreen LCD system on a number of camcorders this year, including the HDC-HS300. While touchscreens are often shunned by pro and advanced users, they are generally liked by amateurs. The touchscreen on the HDC-HS300 is ...

A video camera lives or dies by its optics. A poor-quality model (think: the Flip for about $100, or a no-name brand at Best Buy) is a real disappointment in terms of resolution and...

Good color quality ; manual zoom and focus ; records in 1080p ; light and portable ; great 24p options

Not quite prosumer ; small LCD screen ; few scene modes ; non-standard HDMI port

The HDC-HS300 is the top-of-the-line high definition camcorder from Panasonic coming for 2009. As with last year's HDC-HS100 and HDC-SD100, Panasonic is providing users with plenty of bells and whistles for experienced videophiles: a viewfinder, lens ...

The HDC-HS300 is the top-of-the-line high definition camcorder from Panasonic coming for 2009. As with last year's HDC-HS100 and HDC-SD100, Panasonic is providing users with plenty of bells and whistles for experienced videophiles: a viewfinder, lens ...

It's slightly let down by a rather annoying touchscreen interface, but the Panasonic HDC-HS300 compensates for that by shooting excellent 1080p high-definition video, recorded to its 120GB hard drive. It also offers solid performance and a full set of ...

Solid performance ; excellent video ; electronic viewfinder ; full set of manual features

Touchscreen isn&apos ; t responsive enough

The Panasonic HDC-HS300 is a very good prosumer HD camcorder, but it isn't as good a deal as the similarly featured but flash-based TM300, and it has the same annoying touchscreen interface