Panasonic HDC-SD1 Reviews

One advantage of using flash memory cards as a recording medium in camcorders is that they facilitate smaller designs. The body of Panasonic's 1.1-pound HDC-SD1, which records high-definition 1,440x1,080 AVCHD video to SD cards, is a mite smaller than ...

A solid SD-based camcorder, the Panasonic HDC-SD1 nevertheless suffers from a few performance issues and an annoying design.

Beautiful pictures, befuddling production.

Beautiful HD picture. Records video files to SDHC memory card. Respectable battery life. Works with external mics ; No headphone jack to monitor audio. No accessory shoe for add-ons. Capturing footage is slow in iMovie. Storing video requires lots of ...

No headphone jack to monitor audio. No accessory shoe for add-ons. Capturing footage is slow in iMovie. Storing video requires lots of hard drive space

. Panasonic's HDC-SD1 captures great pictures, but using iMovie '08 to capture and store the footage to your hard drive takes too long and can quickly fill up even monster-sized drives. You probably won't mind these problems if you only edit movies ...

The HDC-SD1 was the smallest and lightest camcorder we tested, and the easiest one to use. It offers few buttons to confuse you and no viewfinder, but wait a minute-that's a frickin' 3-inch viewscreen, which seems huge compared to the others' 2.7 ...

Small, light, easy to use. Super-sharp res, kickin' image stabilization

Low-light a tad grainy ; slightly bluish video with auto white balance

The most kick-ass characteristic of this cam is its awesome resolution, the sharpest of all the cameras we tested. But its low-light performance was a bit grainy, and its room-lit video revealed a few subtle noisy spots-nothing bad enough to fret over ...