Panasonic SDR-H40

69% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

78% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Large storage capacity, great handling, powerful zoom and impressive OIS

Poor low light performance, low-quality stills

Solid video performance for specs and asking price, 30GB hard drive, 42x optical zoom, records to both SD card and HDD

Image quality takes a significant hit under dim lighting

The optical zoom works so good. Controls are so easy to use. There are only a couple buttons on it so not a lot to learn how to use. The count down clock to let you now how much you have left to use in the hard drive is very nice. Also it does that...

The battery that comes with it has a short battery life it only lasts 50min and then it has to be charged and that takes more time 1hr 35min. When useing the AC cable to connect to the wall to keep recording you can not charge the battery because that...

I bought this camera for my church and it works perfectly. the picture is crisp and clear, and it is so easy to use.

no cons

Good picture, great sound, tiny, lightweight, great optical zoom and steady-shot, great HDD space, easy, intuitive controls, great battery life and quick charge. No need to switch tapes, discs or continuously transfer data from memory sticks and other...

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Small size. A 40 gig internal hard gives you 9 hrs of video on high settings. Pretty good picture quality on play back. I have a 47 inch wide projection TV and it looked pretty good playing back from the camera. Battery charges quick. The zoom works...

To transfer video to the computer you need to have the AC adapter plugged in. Needs a lot of light to give it a better picture quality. The software is kinda buggy and slow but it does work. I have vista 32 sp1.

42x optical zoom. 40GB hard drive. Very compact/small. Just enough options for your average person. Light weight.

The small size can be a minus for big hands, but I still am happy with it. Also doesn't take the highest quality pictures, but then again it's a camcorder not a camera. It's not Hi-Def. But it also doesn't cost $1000.00+

Many very good features such as the 40 GB hard drive, SD card slot, 42x optical zoom, advanced O.I.S. and a good price. The battery charges very quickly and the camera has a very easy to use menu.

To be honest, I may come-up with some cons later, but for now I like this camera.