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Panasonic HDC-HS20 Camcorder Raw AVCHD Sample July 15, 2009

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Panasonic HDC-HS20 – Retail Price $749.95
Panasonic HDC-HS20 is priced as low as $609.95 at Amazon.com (July 15th, 2009).
Panasonic HDC-HS20 is priced as low as $618.06 at Buy.com (July 14th, 2009).

Check out the sample video from Panasonic HDC-HS20 below.

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ISO of the raw AVCHD files is also available here.

Panasonic HDC-HS20 features:

I do not like Hard Drive based camcorders for personal reasons. The Hard Drive capacity is getting bigger and bigger; I am having hard time archiving the raw AVCHD files. Panasonic HDC-HS20 also uses SDHC card as recording media. I’d get Panasonic HDC-SD20 instead of Panasonic HDC-HS20, but that’s just me. Having to own and use numbers of Panasonic and Canon AVCHD Camcorders, I’d now go with Canon Vixia HV40 HDV and Canon Vixia HFS100. The 1/6-inch MOS image sensor is a bit small to produce crisp and vibrant video. Compared to Canon Vixia HFS100 and Sony HDR-XR520V, Panasonic HDC-HS20 is way outclassed. But considering the price, it is a much better choice for those who are looking for an HD camcorder at a lower price.

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“If you buy Panasonic HDC-HS20, I can buy this Canon Vixia HV40 HDV Camcorder” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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1. Closer Look - August 6, 2009

Wow! If this is the quality that Panasonic can bring out on HD, then I worry for them. If the video hasn't been downscaled in size ans bitrate, then it's not better than DVD quality. It's only bigger. But HD is not necessarily equal to HQ. I got me a Sanyo HD1000 and was dissatisfied by the quality, but the one from the Sanyo is far better than the one of this camera, while being much cheaper too. I actually expect in the year 2009 to have superb quality from a camera that still costs 589€ or more.

2. very - August 6, 2009

Panasonic has been a little bit behind with their relatively small image/video sensor. Currently I’m leaning towards Canon HD Camcorders.