Panasonic SDR-S15 Camcorder

It has a simple look and records to SDHC or SD memory cards. It has 2.6 inch screen and takes 0.6 seconds to start and is easy to hold. It is so small that when it is held with both hands, it will almost look like a small toy.

For those who want videos in different formats there is a bad news. It only supports Mpeg format. Plus it doesn’t have USB arm, so plugging it directly to your Personnel Computer or Laptop is not that easy. The good news is that it offers some great features and tricks which will help enhance images and picture quality. Plus it has a cool feature of intelligent mode (auto) which sets itself automatically to the surroundings and provides better and more natural images and clips.

Wobbling hands will not be a problem anymore with this camcorder since it has optical image stabilisation which counters the effects of blurring and is particularly useful when filming at maximum zoom. The camcorder includes a stereo type microphone which provides better audio quality compared to the majority of competitors in the marketplace.

There is also an onboard detection of face feature that focuses on the human faces and provides better images of people, which for many people is the important aspect of owning a camcorder – to capture those important human memories. It has torch light which is placed in front and can be used when the light is less or more light is required in some special areas.

Modes of shooting can be selected by the button present at the side. It has onscreen options which provide five modes of scenes which cover the basics which are provided in other camcorders. There is no internal memory, it only has external card slots which are present at the base of the camcorder. The power is provided by a lithium ion rechargeable battery which is situated next to the card slots present at the bottom of the camcorder.

The picture and sound quality are easily compatible to the other camcorders available today and the quality of lens puts it above most. A CCD sensor is used to boot as compared to CMOS sensor which takes less time, favourable as the world doesn’t wait for your camera to start working! For the fashion conscious is available in four colours namely pink, reddish brown, silver as well as black.

The Panasonic SDR-S15 supports maximum resolution of 704 * 576 and has display of 16:9 widescreen and has a powerful (x10) zoom function integrated. It can be used maximum up to 26 hours and 40 minutes. Its dimensions are 43 * 59 * 102mm.

Because of the high quality of picture and sound recorded it is a wonderful choice for those who want the high quality memories that such a camcorder can bring. Though it has standard VGA video recording, it has many additional features that are extremely helpful for proper and better video recording.

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