Panasonic VDR-D210 DVD Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Product Description

Forget about tapes. Panasonic VDRD-210 DVD Camcorder records directly on 8cm DVD formats which can be played on virtually any DVD player. You can even insert it into your computer's DVD drive for easy transfer into your PC for editing, enhancement, and sharing on the Internet or email, Got a new widescreen TV? The VDR-D210 recorrds in both 4:3 standard and 16:9 widescreen modes. Images are naturally preserved. The stereo microphone on the VDR-D210 features a zoom funtion that focuses the sound as you zoom the lens onto a desired subject for clear, realistic audio quality. This model incorporates Soft-Skin Mode for more faithful skin tones. Be it for home or travel, this compact camcorder offers value and features that make it easy to own, use, and enjoy. Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S.) Minimum Illumination - 2 Lux (Magic Pix) Manual Focus Ring Image Sensor (Effective) - 4 - 3 -- 340K x 3, 16 - 9 -- 460K x 3 / CCD = 680,000 pixels Aperture - F1.8 (Wide), F3.7 (Tele) White Balance - Auto, Indoor, Outdoor, Manual High Speed Shutter - 1/60 - 1/8000 Second (Moving Picture) Iris - AutoFocus/Manual Backlight Compensation Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) - 0.33 Wide (113 Pixels), Color Soft-Skin Mode MagicPix Images Stereo Zoom Microphone with Wind Noise Reduction Date Recording - Auto Date (in Date Code) Shoot in Standard Mode 4 - 3 or in Wide Mode 16 - 9 On-Screen Display Languages - English, French, Spanish Uses these DVD Discs - 8cm DVD-RAM Ver. 2.1, 8cm DVD-R, 8cm DVD-RW, DVD-R for DL Ver. 3.0 Cue and Review - Forward/Reverse Skip - Forward/Reverse Recording Mode - XP, SP, LP Unit Dimensions - 3.76 W x 3.36 H x 5.96 D; Weight - 1.078 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

Easy to Use!.......2007-12-10

This is an awesome camcorder, especially for a first time user. It is very easy to use. The picture quality is awesome. I just got it so I'm still playing around with it. It also takes still pics, which is a good feature if something really cute happens and your camera is not handy, but I try not to waste my disc space on pics since I already have a digital camera. The only thing I do not like about the camcorder is you can't delete pictures or video from the disc once you taken them (like you can with a digital camera)or record over them. Once it's on the dvd it's there for good. Now if there is another dvd like a dvdrw that you can do this on, I don't know. I will look into it.

Easy-Basic recording.......2007-12-03

This is my first DVD camcorder and I am very pleased with its ease of use and quality of pictures! This is for the basic recording for family, vacations, kids sporting events! Not alot of extra frills on this one, which I find very user freindly; since in the past I've had alot of extra options on my camcorder I never utilized-except accidently!All you do is insert a DVD and push record(I found Sony DVD-R are the best).Its easy to use and you get a quality, clear picture and sound-image stabilization is a must as it eliviates the blurrs from shaking hands. The price is right,its small and compact,easy to use.The screen is also large enough to actually see what you are recording and the buttons are all secure so no accidental recording will take place.[...]

Totally satisfied.......2007-11-25

This is a very nice 'palm'corder. I've put it through its paces the past couple of days. It does use more than just the Panasonic mini-disks . . I'm using Maxell. Their website says it will also use Sony and TDK disks. Of course, you can't play the mini-disk on an outside DVD player until you "finalize" the disk while still in the camera...just like if you were using a regular DVD Recorder. Then it played on both of my DVD players just fine. It pays to take an hour or so and read the book, which was very clear. The movies are clear and bright. I'm particularly looking forward to reducing the hand shakiness on zoom with the OIS. It did not have the capability of using a USB cable to go to a computer, or have a video light, but if I wanted those features, I would have bought the higher-end model. I'm very satisfied. Can now pass down my older 8mm camcorder to one of my children!

It's OK.......2007-11-11

The cam is OK, but the one touch navigation & Joystick control is very bad. The cam came in a old box. Looks like used for the second time.

another gem from panasonic.......2007-08-06

This item replaces a 14 year old camcorder. I was amazed at the ease of operation and the playback feature with sound just blew me away. Most of my camcorder use features my fantastic grandchildren and I look forward to many happy and memorable events to come.

Product Description

Please do not throw debris into the black hole. Actually the only rule on this guided trip is that you enjoy the view. The ultimate first telescope our new Voyager Sky Tour series gives amateur stargazers a pro-grade audio tour of the night sky. Its Illuminated Smart Mount points the way as the talking handset describes constellations and planets and keeps you engaged with entertaining facts and mythology tidbits. Keeping pace is easy with the LED red dot finderscope. You re an instant expert with the Sky Tour series. SPECIFICATIONS: 900mm x 4.5 Reflector MOUNT: Illuminated Smart Mount FOCAL LENGTH: 900mm EYEPIECES: 4mm 8mm 12.5mm MAGNIFICATIONS: 72 113 226 Electronic Sky Tour handset gives you a real-time audio tour of the night sky Discover constellations mythology amazing facts and planets Illuminated Smart Mount guides you to the objects highlighted by the Handset LED electronic red dot finderscope for fast positioning Large 1.25 diameter eyepieces Sturdy preassembled construction The ultimate first telescope

Customer Reviews:

I agree w/ Bones.......2007-09-14

I'm not even qualified to call myself an "amatuer" astronomer, but can easilly spot the flaws in the scope. I recieved it as a gift, and am sad it can't be returned. The biggest pain is that it's not balanced and has no elevation fine tuning. When you loosen the knob to change the elevation the telescope rapidly falls and points straight up! Pretty tough to find anything when you're constantly having to hold the telescope from falling and looking through the cheap plastic viewfinder at the same time! Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere!

It's underwhelming.......2006-09-26

As a proficient amateur astronomer, I was given an opportunity to play with this telescope at a friends house. My conclusion: it's not worth the money.

Here's why:
- only the azimuth axis has fine-tuning, there is NO fine tuning on the altitude axis! This is a serious design flaw which makes tracking any celestial object difficult to impossible. (the telescope has an alt-azi mount, not an equitorial mount).
- the telescope is unbalanced, i.e. when the altitude brake is released the telescope immediately drops the mirror end and points upwards. It requires support by hand to guide the telescope to the correct altitude.
- the tripod is light weight and has poor (as in no) vibration dampening properties. Combined with the akward distribution of weight in the telescope, any time you touch the telescope it vibrates wildly without settling down quickly (any gust of wind was easily detectible).
- the supporting eye-pieces are poor, they include 12.5, 9 and 4mm, but at these combinations, the resulting magnification is so high that the poor dampening of the tripod removes any chance of comfortably viewing any celestial object. The inclusion of the barlow (2x) lenses is just plain silly, a recommended combination of supporting eye-pieces would have been 25mm, 12.5mm and maybe 9mm.
- the azimuth and altitude dials have illumation (which is nice) but the reference points are hard to see, making them nearly useless. Also there is no dial to adapt the level of lighting.
- the optics looked OK, but the conditions where poor so I could not determine their true quality.

The one thing I thought was innovative was the spotter scope, it uses an interesting approach to finding celestial objects using a red dot projected onto a lens. Unfortunately the spotter scope darkens the surrounding sky making it only applicable to the brightest of stars and planets.

My overall conclusion is that this telescope is not well thought out. It will provide a challenging and annoying experience when used to look at celestial objects. I would recommend against purchasing this product and look at better brands like Meade, Celestron, etc... These established brands are more expensive but certainly a lot better in overall workmanship.

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