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Sample images: Panasonic HDC-SD1

Sample images from the Panasonic HDC-SD1

CNET Reviews staff

July 25, 2007 2:28 p.m. PT

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Lori Grunin

The SD1 is capable of shooting some really nice photos; at its best, they're sharp with nicely saturated colors.

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2 of 4

CNET Networks

The SD1's automatic white balance tends to be noticeably cool, making most of this white flower look aqua.

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3 of 4

CNET Networks

This video frame, shown here at actual resolution, clearly displays the interlacing artifacts from combining the two 540-pixel fields into a single 1,080 vertical. If you zoom in (not shown), you can also see artifacts from the horizontal interpolation necessary to combine the three 960-pixel-wide (a guesstimate, since Panasonic does not supply this info) sensors into a single 1,440-pixel-wide image.

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4 of 4

CNET Networks

The SD1 shoots low-noise, low-light video, though it's a bit softer than we'd like. The automatic white-balance issues that affect the SD1 in daylight also crop up indoors. The frame grab on the upper left, shot on the daylight WB preset, is closest to correct; the one on the bottom right was shot on auto. (The one on the left was pulled from the middle of a zoom sequence, hence the softness and slight distortion.)

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