Panasonic PV-GS300 Mini DV Camcorder
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- Recording System: NTSC
- Camcorder Type: Digital
- Recording Media: Mini DV
- Optical Zoom: 10x
- Weight: 0.99 lb.
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Good hardware, horrible manual and software
Pros
Actual camera functionality
Cons
Documentation and software
Recommended it?
No
The camera appears to work well. It is easy to handle and power consumption is not excessive. The joystick menu access is easy. OIS works well.
The manual is a joke. Panasonic needs to take a lesson from Minolta or Sony (or just about anyone). It is confusing, inaccurate, insufficient and (for the most part) worthless. Pansonic should be embarrassed at how bad a failure this is. Plan on more time than expected to figure out anything. Once known, fine. Getting there can be frustrating. Oh... Panasonic spends just as much time on a camcorder taking single picture as it does on its primary purpose, video. Frankly, they should have spent the majority of the manual on the camcorder aspect as this unit takes v-i-d-e-o as its primary goal. As it is, both are muddled.
The Panasonic software ? Throw it in the trash can immediately to avoid frustration. It is worthless junk. Again, Pansonic should be embarrassed.
The manual is a joke. Panasonic needs to take a lesson from Minolta or Sony (or just about anyone). It is confusing, inaccurate, insufficient and (for the most part) worthless. Pansonic should be embarrassed at how bad a failure this is. Plan on more time than expected to figure out anything. Once known, fine. Getting there can be frustrating. Oh... Panasonic spends just as much time on a camcorder taking single picture as it does on its primary purpose, video. Frankly, they should have spent the majority of the manual on the camcorder aspect as this unit takes v-i-d-e-o as its primary goal. As it is, both are muddled.
The Panasonic software ? Throw it in the trash can immediately to avoid frustration. It is worthless junk. Again, Pansonic should be embarrassed.
