Comments on: Test clips from Panasonic HDC-SD5

By: khan_cross

khan_cross — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:42:26 +0000

I need to know how did you get 50fps?
I made test and have only menu option
HG1920 – HN1440 – HE1440

But I could not find anything about FPS.
If you know please post how you get the best quality out of the cam. High resolution is not so important for me but great video quality. I shrink my videos down to 720×400 and film sport with fast moves.

Thanks!!!

By: khan_cross

khan_cross — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:12:16 +0000

thank you very much for your reviews and videos. helped me very much. maybe you can post also some experiences you made about setting to get the best quality out.

By: eirikso

eirikso — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:25:12 +0000

And: the “tele macro” function on the Panasonic is very nice. Giving you the possibility to shoot close in tele mode. That creates very nice close-ups with a nice blurry background.

By: eirikso

eirikso — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:22:23 +0000

Apart from the noise issue (that I can understand will be no problem for most people) I really liked the camera. Excellent image quality. Compared to the Canon HF10 I would say that the Panasonic has slightly better colors in good conditions but the HF10 is better in low light. And the build quality of the Panasonic feels slightly “flimsy”, but not too bad.

You shouldn’t have any problems using it with iMovie.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:27:06 +0000

I am not too worried about the noise unless it was a huf=ge issue as it will probably be voiced over or have some music put in. Plus I only have about 500 to spend. Anything else I should know? The video you shot on this looks awesome. I will be using imovie, forgot to put that in there

By: eirikso

eirikso — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:02:31 +0000

Check the last update in the article… I returned the panasonic because of audio noise. And ended up buying a canon HF10:
http://eirikso.com/2008/05/28/test-clips-from-canon-hf10/

But right now I do most of my video recordings with my Canon 5D MkII…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:59:22 +0000

I liked your review and it was really helpful. Since you have had the camera for a while have you had any issues with it?

I am looking to get one and I will be using it with an iMac. Anything I should know about?

Thanks

By: Bittor

Bittor — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:57:04 +0000

im having the same problem… my sd5 does not accept the 16 gb sd card…
must i format it or something like that?

By: Michael Williams

Michael Williams — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:30:57 +0000

i’m putting 16gb card in mine and it just comes up check card. put the card into playstation and seems to work fine am i doing something wrong

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:25:24 +0000

Yes 16 GB works fine – that’s what I’m using.