Panasonic PV-L454 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom

Product Description

PV-L454 is a Palmcorder camcorder with 750X Digital Zoom and Color Viewfinder.

Customer Reviews:

Fine initially but failed after 6 months.......2006-07-23

This camcorder was purchased as a gift for my daughter and used about 12 times over a 6 month period before experiencing intermittent failures. The labor warranty on this unit is only 90 days and labor costs for repair approach the original cost. It is unconscionable for Panasonic to market a defective product like this. This reflects poorly on their other products and unless they address this issue with me, I will avoid their products and advise others to avoid their products as well. I might chalk this up to one defective unit if I hadn't read other accounts of the same issue. This is a manufacturing or design defect that has not been addressed by Panasonic.

Panasonic PV-L454 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom.......2006-03-16

I like the size and weight, but it is taking forever to get the right tapes.

Great inexpensive holdover until the DVDs mature.......2004-05-28

The PV-L424 is a pretty cool piece of gear. (With virtually no reviews)

We just got it yesterday for $419. It can be found a little cheaper, but check store reviews...

We almost bought the PCV-L552 for its big view finder and 27x optical zoom, but after a lot of digging on obscure web sites, we found that older camera suffers from a dew detector light that goes off too easily, shutting down the camera for hours. The PV-L424 just came out in 2004.

The 20x PV-L424 optical zoom is amazing. Things still look good at 40x digital, can read a UPC bar code from across the room. Things look tolerable at 120x, but ridiculous at 750k. There a single digit from the bar code fills the screen and is almost unreadable due to pixilation.

It's kind of slim, better looking than the photo.

Menus and controls seem intelligently laid out. What's used most seems to have a single button for it.

I like the way the LCD screen swivels around so that you could actually dictate into it and see yourself. It's smart enough to know to flip the image right side up when I do that.

I can't say anything yet for the durability.

We chose this VHS-C thing because I think all playback equipment for formats other than this and DVD will be difficult to find in 50 years. And the DVDs suffer from $10 disk costs (for 30 minutes) and the resolution won't match the MiniDVs until they change the image format to MPEG2. The PV-L424 seems like a great inexpensive holdover until the DVDs mature.

Average customer rating:
Panasonic PV-L454 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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ASIN: B000NQ7XN8

Product Description

Rotating 2.5" diagonal color LCD monitor In addition to delivering brilliantly clear pictures in full, vivid color, the LCD screen on the PV-L454 rotates 270, so you can hold the camcorder at many different angles while you record. Plus with a built-in speaker, you can check your finished recordings right on location by playing them back on the LCD screen. Get up close with 20x Optical Zoom 20x optical zoom produces extraordinary close-up shots, superior in clarity to those provided by digital zoom, so you won't miss a single detail. The PV-L454 also offers four different zoom speeds so you can control how fast you go from wide angle to full telephoto zoom--anywhere from 2 to 16 seconds. Digital Zoom Through digital technology, the zoom ratio on model PV-L454 can be increased to 750:1. After the highest optical zoom setting is reached, the digital zoom automatically takes over, magnifying the image by blowing up the pixels to give you an incredibly close shot. Record more easily in low light with our AccuBrite Built-in Light This built-in light can automatically power on when needed to help improve overall picture quality and color rendition in low light settings. Digital Electronics Image Stabilizer (D-EIS) helps eliminate blurred images Digital EIS compensates for unintentional hand and camcorder movement to help stabilize your recordings, even while you're recording as a passenger from a moving vehicle or while walking. With Digital EIS, you will not have to worry about shaky soccer games or family outings. It's tapes play back in your VCR VHS-C camcorders are incredibly convenient because they're VHS format. That means with an optional VHS PlayPak cassette adaptor, you can play its tapes in any VCR. Besides being an easy way to view your recordings, it also helps to reduce wear on the camcorder video heads since usage can be restricted to recording only. Optional VHS PlayPak adaptor required. Color Viewfinder To save battery power during recording and pla

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