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Review summary for the Panasonic HDC-TM300

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 121 reviews from magazines and websites. People appreciate the image quality. The usability also impresses, but many are critical about the battery.

Experts rate this product 75/100 and users 89/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Panasonic HDC-TM300 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 97/100 = Excellent quality.

September, 2010

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Panasonic HDC-TM300 (Black)

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High-quality video ; solid performance ; electronic viewfinder ; full manual feature set

Touch screen not responsive enough

A very good prosumer HD camcorder, the Panasonic HDC-TM300 nevertheless has an annoying touch-screen interface.

Photos: Panasonic HDC-TM300 Panasonic's trio of top-of-the-prosumer-line HD...

June, 2009

 

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Review: Panasonic HDC-TM300 HD camcorder

By Jim Feeley (macworld.com)Read the full review

Panasonic's HDC-TM300 HD camcorder captures good video and still images, allows deep manual control, and provides useful automated settings.

Innovative, useful automated settings ; Good HD and still-image quality

No 30p mode

Three 1/4.1-inch CMOS chips capture images that the camera encodes as 1080i (at 60 interlaced frames per second) or 1080p (at 24 progressive frames per second) AVCHD files with a maximum data rate of 17 mbps. The camera has 32GB of built-in flash ...

November, 2009

 

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"Very good pocket camera"

By sbozzy (cnet.com)Read the full review

I have used a Sony FX1 for the last 5 years s... 

Video Quality, Features, Build

Cant adjust certain functions in auto

September, 2009

 

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Panasonic HDC-TM300 (Black)

By sbozzy (cnet.com)Read the full review

I have used a Sony FX1 for the last 5 years semipro, but found that I was using it for family events also. It was alot to carry on vacations etc. So the wife told me to get a small easy to carry unit. I fiquired I was going to deal with a lower HD quality...

Video Quality, Features, Build

Cant adjust certain functions in auto

January, 2009

 

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I love it

By N/A (newegg.com)Read the full review

I bought a Panasonic VW-W4307H 0.7x Wide-Angle Converter, because the wide-angle on the camcorder's lens is not wide enough for my needs. For some strange reason, when importing the .MTS video files into Adobe Premiere CS3, it doesn't display the frame ra...

I got this to replace my Panasonic HDC-SD9 camcorder. Much, much better. Video quality is very nice, and the colors look real good. The surround microphone has better sound for the center speaker than the HDC-SD9. Also, no more having to use a 16GB SDHC c...

It's still a little grainy in low light situations, but it's fine. Price is a little steep. When zoomed in all the way, and with the OIS enabled, the camcorder can still be a little hard to keep still. Better to have a nice sturdy tripod for long zoom sho...

May, 2009

 

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Manufacturer's Description

HD images contain 6 times as much information as standard images. HDTV has 1,080 horizontal scan lines, SDTV has 480. That translates into much higher resolution and much finer detail. With HD images on an HDTV, pictures are so clear and sharp that you can see textures. The shift in the industry from SDTV to HDTV is well underway. For shooting once-in-a-lifetime scenes that you want to capture in full beauty, an HD camcorder is the best choice.For videos of important moments you want to...

Panasonic HDC-TM300

Panasonic HDC-TM300 Details

Manufacturer's Description

HD images contain 6 times as much information as standard images. HDTV has 1,080 horizontal scan lines, SDTV has 480. That translates into much higher resolution and much finer detail. With HD images on an HDTV, pictures are so clear and sharp that you can see textures. The shift in the industry from SDTV to HDTV is well underway. For shooting once-in-a-lifetime scenes that you want to capture in full beauty, an HD camcorder is the best choice.For videos of important moments you want to preserve, you want high image quality. That's what Panasonic's 3MOS System delivers, with a combination of optical technologies that further enhance the quality of full-HD images. The 3MOS System produces extremely accurate images with superb rendition of differences in darkness and light, rich color expression, and a full 1,080 lines of horizontal resolution. This advanced technology helps turn once-in-a-lifetime moments into vivid, beautiful images.There's nothing more disappointing than shooting a once-in-a-lifetime event on video, only to discover that the images are blurry or poorly exposed because of backlighting. Panasonic's iA helps avoid problems in difficult shooting situations by automatically making the optimal camera settings and activating certain functions. For example, iA now includes AF Tracking, a function that "locks" on and follows a subject as it moves, so images are sharply focused and properly exposed. This technology is a huge help for everyone.Panasonic's advanced O.I.S. helps suppress the effects of hand-shake as you shoot, for both motion and still images. This system uses gyro sensors to detect even tiny amounts of hand-shake, then shifts a lens and adjusts the optical axis to compensate - all at an astounding 4,000 times per second. It also covers approximately 3 times the stabilization area of the previous SD9 model. Because the system is optical, there's only minimal loss of image quality even when viewed on a large-screen TV. In addition, to shoot high-resolution still images, the normal O.I.S. Mode 1 is joined by an O.I.S. Mode 2, which has a higher stabilization capability. The O.I.S. corrective lens shifts and stabilizes the image the instant that the shutter button is pressed, to enable greater precision in stabilization. You get all the beauty and minimal blurring.The time lapse function uses longer frame intervals than standard shooting. You can use this function to capture shortened or condensed footage of events that actually take place over a much longer time period. For example, time lapse recording is ideal for shooting a flower in the process of blooming, or a long, slow sunset. With time lapse recording, you have an interesting video technique to explore. The maximum continuous recording time is 12 hours.

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