Panasonic HDC-SD9 reevoo.com User Reviews

For me the main advantage is the image quality, truly stunning on my 1080P plasma and a close second is the overall size of the unit, it can fit in your palm.

Nothing to do with the camera, but the cost of a spare battery is pricey.

This camcorder is extremely small, compact and easy to use. The Optical Image Stabilisation is very impressive, making the resulting movie much more watchable than some of the shaky home movies I've seen from other camcorders. The Face Detection system is...

The joystick used to navigate the menu is a little bit on the fiddly side and does take some getting used to.

good colour, good start up, image stabilisation nice, 3 sec pre record mode great for wildlife and sport filming

doesnt remember pre record on when LCD closed, not a Lux 0 model and bit rate much reduced in low light

Excellent picture and sound quality - amazing value at the price. AVCHD Editing still developing. Bundled software produces excellent quality but very limited editing options. No luck with Pinnacle or Sony Vegas, however, Cyberlink Power Director 7 Ultra...

LCD difficult to see when filming on sunny skiing trip.

size and performance. Ease of use

low light performance

very easy to use. only moving parts are the lens so less to wear and break. very compact in size. records 24p. best o.i.s for a camera of this size.

indoor shooting in dim light not the best. phots are so-so. AVCHD format not very easy to edit on the pc unless you convert to a different format.

picture quality

controls for navigating menus on the camera small and difficult to operate

Light weight. In good lighting conditions very good quality.

Very wrong position of zoom, menu buttons. mini-HDMI cable not included. To use mini-HDMI must remove battery. Bad photos. Low quality in low light.

Pic quality, sdhc cards,

low light indoors not brill!

Accessories ( Batteries ) are expensive at the moment - Expect they will drop eventually