Sunday, March 23, 2008

Gadjet Baru....... Panasonic 3ccd video camera

Akhirnya tanpa banyak bicara........ aku kenalkan gadjet terbaru aku Panasonic NV-GS330, 3ccd video camera aku copy paste review seseorang dari singapore

Opsss sebelum tu kita tengok contoh video yg diambil menggunakan video jenis yg sama iaitu adik dia NV-GS320.



Panasonic NV-GS320 / NV-GS330

Postby rameish on Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:39 am
First off, I would like to thank the good folks here at Simply DV for doing what they are doing - a special thanks to Colin.

Why I bought the Panasonic NV-GS320 yesterday.
1) My trusty old Canon MV4iMC started giving problems some weeks back (still works but I had to rewrite the manual for this particular set to make it function most of the time LOL).
2) Was considering the Canon HV-20 but I can't burn HD DVDs (well no one can right now as you'll need a Blue Ray burner for that).
3) Needed a camcorder that's more reliable than my old Canon to edit my tapes (mostly of my now 6 year old daughter)

I'm gonna say this for people who, like me, want a better than basic camera yet do not want to jump into the HD bandwagon just yet. That is people who do a bit of editing on their Macs using iMovie, burn DVDs and watch them via the TV. I roughly get about 8 mins of reasonably good footage from a 60 mins tape. The rest I simply discard to avoid the movie from becoming a chore to watch.

Now the Panasonic NV-GS320 or the slightly updated NV-GS330 is a nice camcorder for the money. It's abt the equivalent of 300 UK pounds here in Singapore. Here's the link for the GS330 : http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/vide ... tions.html

And here's the link for the GS-320: http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/vide ... tions.html

As you can see they're basically the same video camera. No surprises here as other manufacturers like Canon are doing the same thing as with their HV20/HV30.


First off it's shortcomings: Forget about 1 lux Night View mode - never use it- unless as an effect. There's so much motion blur even during speech the mouth becomes a fuzzy mess. Standard battery pack lasts about 30 mins. Get a longer-lasting spare. Get used to shooting in manual mode - set the shutter speed first then the apeture - doing it the other way around results in the Camcorder automatically choosing it's preferred apeture negating your selected apeture setting. As always stay away from using the gain setting. It's adds noise/grain etc. Lens should/could be wider at the wide angle setting.

What's good: Optical Image Stabiliser works and works well. Colours are vivid and punchy (a bit too punchy for me - I still prefer the colours from my old Canon MV4i - in progressive mode - it's more lifelike). It's lightweight (hey all the new camcorders are light weight). The built in mic is quite okay - not great or good but decent. Stick to shooting in 4/3 format. There's more room at the top and bottom. The 16:9 factory set ratio for recording simply cut's away the top and bottom - so for shooting kids/people it means you need to be further back. A nice lens - I shot footage at completely open iris setting (without gain of course) and it was still sharp - switch to manual focus when you can as the auto focus (any autofocus in this price range and even a little above tends to hunt a little making for less then sharp images - when you're shooting with the iris at fully open - it's step after F1.8 represented by the word "open" which I suspect is the true f1.8.

I tried doing a focus pull in manual mode and it's tricky but possible. I need 3 takes to get it right LOL.

In a nutshell it's a nice little consumer camera for people who know what to do with manual controls when the occasion calls for it. It's not for the independent film maker on a tight budget -for them there's the Canon HV-20 or HV30.


Ehh.... apa nie kena baca meleret-2 jum tgk gambar gadjet terbaru tu........





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