Panasonic HDC-SD100EBK Full HD Camcorder With New 3MOS Sensor System Records Direct To SD Card Full High Defintion Camcorder (1920×1080p with 25 frames per second recording)records direct to SD Card. Its uses a new 3MOS Sensor System and advanced OIS to correct 95% of user handshake. It will operate in low light levels down to 2 Lux and its new iA System includes face detection for up to 15 Faces in any one scene. It has a Full Manual option using the Manual ring which gives control over zoom, iris white balance and shutter speed making this a truly versatile camcorder for the enthusiast.
Helpful consumer’s review
Biggest pro for me is that this little HD camcorder has a viewfinder which is absent on just about all its competitors, it is also robustly made and the battery life appears excellent but the price of a spare battery is high. It has enough features and controls to make it flexible but without being complicated. A poor design feature is the fact that you have your fingers in the way operating the tiny and a bit fiddly joy stick while you are reviewing the video, it is not touch screen as with my previous Sony camcorder. I find with mine that in sunny conditions faces are slightly burnt out but that is overcome using the iA exposure control which you might argue should not be necessary if it got exposure right in the first place. On the whole I would recommend it and hope that a later model makes the review controls better and improves exposure control.
