Panasonic Palmcorder® PV-GS50 Mini DV Camcorder

Pros: Small, reliable, fully-featured, quality look, good performance. Good low light performance using video gain.

Cons: Manual lens cap, slow video transition effects. Low light requires switching to manual mode.

The Bottom Line: An impressive camcorder, solidly built and easy to use. Great picture and sound. Has many useful features, but can be used by the beginner, too. Usable low light capability.

Review: I was looking for a reliable compact digital camcorder that had received good reviews. I needed external microphone and headset jacks for narration. I wanted AV-in jacks so I could convert video from my analog camcorder to digital video. I also wanted ...

Pros: Impressive video quality, great handling and controls, optical stabilization, good optical zoom. Good battery life.

Cons: Still images are average quality, flash is weak and ill positioned.

The Bottom Line: Not HD, but even so, image quality will not disappoint or get left behind any time soon. This is a great piece of equipment for the amateur.

Review: It was that time again. Time to start the search for a replacement for my camcorder - a Sony which has seen very heavy use and was beginning to show the signs of wear and tear. The Sony has been good. Hard to replace in many ways. When it was bought, ...

Pros: Excellent picture quality when used in conjunction with good lighting.

Cons: A couple of minor ones, but not even worth mentioning.

The Bottom Line: The picture quality is superb, its ease of use is top notch and it lends itself to the higher quality recommendations that Consumer Reports rated excellent.

Review: This is an excellent quality camcorder. Often there's more to consider when reading reviews on camcorders, such as the lighting in the room. Perhaps it'd be given a bad overall review if most using this product fired it up without considering lighting. ...

Pros: Exceptional video quality; Easy setup; Very good manual

Cons: Poor still image quality; Body design could be better

The Bottom Line: Excellent video quality at a reasonable price

Review: Before getting this camcorder, I talked to my friend who owns a 3-CCD "prosumer" Panasonic PV-GS400 and to a couple of salesmen who seemed professional and honest to me. I also read hundreds of reviews in the Internet and compared video quality of ...

Pros: good stabaliser, good sound and zoom microphone.

Cons: Manual focus switch wrong place. back light compensation faster accessable ,

Review: The body shape is of fairly good design.However I would prefer some rubberised wear protection as anodised silver does scratch very easy. I bought some foam pads witch are used on the bottom of chair legs, and stuck them on verious places such as outside ...

Pros: 4 megapixel still photos, 3ccd, small and compact, great zoom

Cons: nothing!!

Review: I purchased this camcorder/camera about 2 weeks ago from circuit city for $850.00. This is amazing. It is small, has 3ccds and 4 megapixels for still photo. The still photos are as good if not better than my regualar 5 megapixel camera. The video is ...

Pros: Very light weight and easy to use with many special features.

Cons: The battery pack that comes with the product (CGA-DU07) does not provide adequate recording time.

Review: The ultimate camcorder. This camcorder has features that the average person may never use. Among the many features, you can make tape recordings and make still pictures from the recordings. The size of this camcorder is perfect. It fits in the palm ...

Pros: Size, digital, steady shot, video quality.

Cons: Battery life, still picture quality.

Review: This is a great camcorder. We bought it when we found out we were expecting our first child. We like the fact that it's small, light and digital so we can easily transfer the video to our computer and put it on a DVD to send to our family. The steady ...

Pros: Great video, Manual controls, My Modifications.

Cons: Floppy grip belt, Short battery life, Not enough gain for me, wind noise

The Bottom Line: Overall, much better than my 8 year old unit. I am very happy with the cam and feel it is a good purchase because of its manual controls.

Review: UPDATE August 08Still using the camcorder several times a week. I have shot a lot of video for walkme2.com. The white balance problem happens most often with flourescent lighting. The dirty head message becomes worse with higher humidity. We are in ...

Pros: image quality; built quality

Cons: battery; lack of headphones

The Bottom Line: Highly recommended

Review: I am cameroonian residing in South Africa with hobbies in photo and video. The built quality of this camera is very good, inspires confidence. it is on the larger side but has a pleasant feel on holding and surprisingly light. i nevertheless feel the ...