Panasonic HDC-TM20

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the portability and battery. The zoom and usability also get good opinions, whereas many are negative about the memory and image quality. Opinions are divided on the value for money.

design, usability, zoom, battery, portability

image quality, memory

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Panasonic HDC-TM20 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Amazon review summary for the Panasonic HDC-TM20

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of the Panasonic HDC-TM20 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

design, zoom, portability, usability, battery

image quality

100% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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good for making home video

 

good for making home video

This camera is good for making home memories in not very challenging conditions, but is not suitable for anything more. It works great in auto mode. Although the camera has no viewfinder, LCD is bright enough even in the sunlight. The camera even can...

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Panasonic TM20 HD

 

Panasonic TM20 HD

The camera takes great video, battery life is good. I would recommend buying a wide angle lens and a SD card. The HD software that comes with the camera is not good at all. Windows does not support HD video format. You will need to purchase an edit...

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Great picture and Sound Quality High Definition Camcorder

 

Great picture and Sound Quality High Definition Camcorder

I'm not an expert in video equipment and I don't have experience with the peers of this item. However, I wanted image stabilization since I have a slight tremor in my right hand and I read in a few places that Panasonic's Optical Image Stabilization is...

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A decent HD camera

 

A decent HD camera

This is our first video camera purchase and we wanted something affordable with lots of good features. The camera is great, the size is perfect, and it has lots of impressive features. However, if you are going to be using it indoors a lot then...

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Panasonic HDC-TM200 camcorder

 

The Panasonic HDC-TM200 is a flash memory-based, Full HD camcorder with 16GB of on-board memory and an SD card slot. It captures excellent video.

Good 1080p video quality, 10.6-megapixel still shots, iA mode works well

Difficult touch-screen interface, expensive, not much flash memory

Panasonic’s HDC-TM200 camcorder sits in a difficult position, costing only a few hundred dollars less than the flagship KDC-HS200-K. It is still a capable camcorder, with great quality video when using automatic settings as well as surprisingly stills...

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Panasonic HDC-TM20

 

easy to use and instructions simple as well. very light no heavy h/drive

battery life is ridiculously short, have had to buy another,why dont these firms look after the people who buy their products, with at least a 2 or 3 hr battery in the first place, instead of a measley 1hr.this other battery cost me £74 and the 5hr is...

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Panasonic HDC-TM20

 

Easy to shoot on automatic no need to change settings. Menu quite easy to select and follow. |Very comrehensive online manual

Start stop button not very well positioned, causes shake when operating it, Needs to be larger and more sensitive. Don't like the 'spacial. 5 channel sound, prefer stereo

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Panasonic HDC-TM20

 

lenses, flash, weight

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Panasonic HDC-TM20

 

light and easy to use

stylus cord is shown to loop over the handle at the side of the camera but it is too short to reach the screen so it has to be removed to use it

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Product Specifications

The TM20 is a twin memory camcorder that records Full HD images either on its internal flash memory or a SD (or SDHC) memory card. It features a relay recording function. When the built-in memory being used to record images becomes full, this function automatically switches the recording media to the SDHC/SD memory card to provide uninterrupted recording. The iA function automatically activates several convenient shooting functions. These include advanced O.I.S., which compensates for hand-shake to eliminate blurring; face detection, which adjusts the exposure so faces are captured perfectly; and intelligent contrast control, which helps ensure proper contrast. Also included is the intelligent scene selector, which determines the shooting conditions and automatically selects the scene setting that will provide optimal results. And AF tracking keeps the subject in focus even if it moves around to ensure continuously beautiful image quality. With the developed Leica Dicomar lens, which enabled the optical 16x zoom, HDC-TM20 gives users dynamic zooming in full HD image quality.

Audio Input

Microphone Operation Mode:Surround
Microphone Technology:Electret condenser
Type:Microphone

Battery

Battery Form Factor:Manufacturer specific

Camcorder Features

High Definition Video Support:1080i
Low Lux / Night Mode: Yes
Widescreen Video Capture: Yes

Camera Flash

Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Type:Built-in flash

Digital Camera

Supported Flash Memory:SD Memory Card / SDHC Memory Card

Dimensions & Weight

Depth:5in
Height:2.6in
Weight:9.5oz
Width:2.5in

Display (Projector)

Diagonal Size:2.7in
Diagonal Size (metric):6.9cm
Display Form Factor:Rotating
Technology:TFT active matrix
Type:LCD display

Exposure Parameters

Shooting Programs:Spotlight / Portrait mode / Scenery / Fireworks / Low light / Sports mode / Sunset / Beach / Snow

Flash Memory

Form Factor:Integrated
Storage Capacity:16GB

Header

Manufacturer:Panasonic
Model:HDC-TM20
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:Panasonic

Lens System

Lens Aperture:F/1.8-3.3
Max Focal Length:47.2mm
Min Focal Length:2.95mm
Optical Zoom:16
Type:Zoom lens

Miscellaneous

Color:Black

Optical Sensor

Camcorder Effective Still Resolution:1.17Megapixel
Camcorder Effective Video Resolution:1.17Mpix
Camcorder Sensor Resolution:1.47Mpix
Optical Sensor Size:1/6 / 1/6"
Optical Sensor Size (metric):4.2 mm ( 1/6 ) / 4.2 mm ( 1/6" )
Optical Sensor Type:CMOS
Sensor Qty:1CMOS

Optical System

Built-in Optical Image Stabilizer: Yes
Image Stabilizer:Optical (Advanced O.I.S.)

Storage Floppy Drive

Type: None

Video Input

Digital Video Format:AVCHD / H.264
Digital Zoom:1000
Face Detection: Yes
Media Type:Flash card
Shooting Modes:Digital photo mode
Still Image Format:JPEG
Type:Camcorder
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