Panasonic HDC-SD1 camcorder - great kit and price
Discussion
With the rapidly approaching arrival of my first-born, I've just got myself a camcorder. I always told myself I would when we knew our bundle of joy was on the way, I just didn't expect it to take over 6 years! Surprisingly, the technology has changed somewhat from when I first started looking 
The Panasonic SD1 records on to SD cards in AVCHD format. That's around 80 minutes of 1920x1080i video with 5.1 sound on a 8Gb card.
It only arrived last night, but I'm already impressed with the results - and I haven't got round to reading the manual yet. I'm a Macintosh user, so expect things to be easy, but this was so easy even I'm amazed.
1. record some footage
2. plug camera into computer via USB
3. iMovie 08 imports material
4. drag stuff into the order I want
5. put some titles at the beginning
6. add some music
7. add some scene transitions
8. save in Quicktime (for iPhone) format
I've never used iMovie either, but it all seems fairly obvious.
I know we don't discuss camcorders here much, but thought this ramble might be of interest to some of you.
The SD1 has just been replaced by the SD5, and because of this QVC (I know, I KNOW) are selling remaining stock at a massively reduced price - £200 less than Amazon and around £200 less than the replacement model (keeping in mind the SD1 comes with a 4Gb card and the replacement doesn't).
QVC link
A bargin if you're in the market for a HiDef camcorder.
The Panasonic SD1 records on to SD cards in AVCHD format. That's around 80 minutes of 1920x1080i video with 5.1 sound on a 8Gb card.
It only arrived last night, but I'm already impressed with the results - and I haven't got round to reading the manual yet. I'm a Macintosh user, so expect things to be easy, but this was so easy even I'm amazed.
1. record some footage
2. plug camera into computer via USB
3. iMovie 08 imports material
4. drag stuff into the order I want
5. put some titles at the beginning
6. add some music
7. add some scene transitions
8. save in Quicktime (for iPhone) format
I've never used iMovie either, but it all seems fairly obvious.
I know we don't discuss camcorders here much, but thought this ramble might be of interest to some of you.
The SD1 has just been replaced by the SD5, and because of this QVC (I know, I KNOW) are selling remaining stock at a massively reduced price - £200 less than Amazon and around £200 less than the replacement model (keeping in mind the SD1 comes with a 4Gb card and the replacement doesn't).
QVC link
A bargin if you're in the market for a HiDef camcorder.
Edited by page3 on Friday 14th December 10:25
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