Panasonic has zip experience in making cameras.
CNet recommends the Panasonic.
But I'd like to hear from anyone who has an opinion, one way or the other.
Many thanks....
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CNet recommends the Panasonic.
But I'd like to hear from anyone who has an opinion, one way or the other.
Many thanks....
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The ag-dvc30 is a great cam with plenty of pro features and great picture quality. It is better than the gl-2 in low light, but sonys are usually the best in low light. Also, Panasonic has been in the game for quite some time. I learned how to shoot on a pany in the LATE EIGHTIES. They are also responsible for the DVCpro format which is a PRO digital tape format used by many tv stations around the world including my TV station in Chicago. Do the research before you make comments like ''Panasonic has zip experience in making cameras.''
''Panasonic has been in the game for quite some time. I learned how to shoot on a pany in the LATE EIGHTIES.''
So did I, first with a Panasonic tape deck+camera portable unit (heavy and awkward to carry around!) which performed very well as I recall, and soon afterward a Panasonic camcorder I could hold in one hand. First recorded to full-size VHS tape and second used VHS-C tape.
The ''portable'' had a bit of trouble with the trigger on the pistolgrip attachment and walking along recording at the same time meant lots of garbled video when bumped but it was still pretty good overall. And the camcorder was ''state of the art'' back then, as that over-used phrase implied, being so much smaller than other camcorders of the period. I recall that manual focusing lens override of the auto focus most of all, but it also did backlighting and fading.
Unfortunately, I have no other experience with more recent models nor with other brands-- until just now, a miniDV Canon ZR400.
Too bad for me, really, that I don't use more brandname electronics to see how they all compare (beyond quick looks at stores). But that could probably be said of 90% of consumers out there so I probably fit right in.
For sure if now some about the bussines its much beter when you get a panasonic proline dv cam you will never touch other cam specially if you use the 24P of the AG DVC100A
I have always been a sony man while a consumer buyer from the late 80's to date. I'll never forget how screaming my first hi-8 seemed to me, I thank Sony for that. I had a hesitation with the Canon and Panasonic prevelance (amongst my new video buddies) once I moved into 'professional' Territory. I have borrowed/used both of these cameras and have to say the Pannie feels more ergonomic to me and I am in the process of buying the ag-dvc30 now. The comment here on cnet about the flourite lens on the Canon, btw, is that it is an obscure addition, good or bad.
That previous hit and run comment on Panasonic having no camera experince is unfortunate.