Panasonic AG-HMC70U Shoulder Mounted Camcorder

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I use the camera to impress the ladies ;).
Nothing says "$exy" like a shoulder-mount video camera.

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I received this camera and straight away it went out on assignment, I found that it a balanced and easy to use, on the shoulder and on a mono stick.
The eye piece adjustment worked well as the camera was used by different operators, for low and ground shoots the LCD screen worked well. The drawback that other operators spoke of is the on board mic, but I have no use for this so I did not consider this when I made the purchase.
This a no hassle easy to use camera, good in the field and in the studio.

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I use the unit for weddings and its really great once you use the right accessories that unit requires for best performance. Great Unit.

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I am just starting out in videography, and I can't believe this camera's quality. It has percise colours, very sharp. However very very poor in low light, but that just reminds me that I have to bring my lights along with me.

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My workplace bought this camera to use for events and such.

It's a decent camera for the price. XLR inputs, Optical audio inputs and the like.

But the pre-amps on this camera are horrible. There is that low-level -30db hiss that is always there.

It's a great camera to record video with and it does a great job of that, but for audio, I stick to the Zoom H4n as a required attachment.

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I am a few years into my video career, this AG=HMC70U is my 4th upgrade but my first HD camera. It will need more time to fully review this product [...] Everything seems to work. The camera is fairly easy to use. I purchased an external light attachment which really makes my shooting at night work well. I'm impressed with this product.

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This camera was everything I hoped it would be. With that beings said I will give you a quick overview of what I have noticed about it.
1. For the price you are not going to get anything better. I chose this one over the next in line AG-HMC40 because it is a shoulder mount model
2. Everything is done internally on the camera. That mean focus, iris, white balance ... I mean everything. Some of my buddies say that would drive them nuts but I feel its just something you have to get used to. Yes, I would have liked to see a focus ring in the from but I wasn't going to pay another at least 1200 for that feature.
3. I haven't found a way to shut off the color in the EVF. Not the end of the world but it would be nicer if I could. Black and White offers a persecutive on contrast.
4. Like other reviews of this camera say the on board mic doesn't quite do it in all situations. I bought this camera because it had to XLR ports on it. I do not intend on shooting on the onboard mic if I don't have to. When I used a great shotgun mic the audio cam out crystal clear.
5. I usually shoot everything with the cameras manual controls (focus, Iris, WB, ETC.) I was pleasantly surprised when I flipped everything onto full auto that the results were way better than I could have imagined.
6. The SDHC cards are great, no more firewire for this guy. I just pop the card out drop it in the side of my macbook pro and go to capture. If your on a PC they make a USB card reader. It is some much easier to transfer files rather than to log time code and real time capture off of tape
I hope this was useful. There are better cameras out there but for the price and quality you can achieve with this one, it seems to fit the bill

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TV Commercials, Weddings, Events, Web Videos, Sports videos, etc.

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We are a video production company and we use this camera every day. We shoot TV commercials, city meetings, live sports, and in-studio TV shows with this camera. It has worked well every single time and we are purchasing two more this month.

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I use the camcorder to shoot military honors funerals. Colors are outstanding, because it is light weight I can move quickly and stay out of the way. I bought the kit that had the larger battery and the phantom powered mic. Great kit would recommend this setup to anyone looking to get into the video business. Next purchase will be the wireless mic. setup to get even more up close and personal. I also like the stabilization factor mainly because I have muscular dystrophy which causes me to tremor a lot.

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Excellent camera in its price range. Gets rid of the bells & whistles that you probably don't need in the first place so the price is lower, but leaves the good stuff - great image quality, decent sound. Great camera for those who do most of the fancy work in the editing, and don't need a ton of extraneous functions. Just a solid workhorse.

Only complaint would be low light situations - but that's nothing an external light (or, heck, a gooseneck desk lamp) won't fix. For the price, unbeatable.

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If you're in the business of shooting Weddings or Sports footage. This is the best camera you can get for the price.
One thing that I do not like about this camera. The Rack Focus techinque is something I like to use a lot, it is very difficult to do with this camera. The image is beautiful and with the proper external mic the sound quality is good as well.

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For the price, this camera performs quite well. As long as you have good lighting, the images are very good, high quality. This camera has many external connections. Two XLR with 48v, external mic mini jack, HDMI, USB, and more. Also, recording to SDHC cards makes the post production flow incredibly fast and efficient. That's my favorite part.

I don't like how the manual adjustments are all electronic. Meaning no ring for focus, zoom, iris. This makes it difficult to change these settings during a shot. With practice it can be done, but would be much easier with a manual ring. The LCD screen could be bigger too.

This camera doesn't allow for the best of manual adjustments, and you need a lot of light, but for the price, it's not too bad.

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I bought this Camcorder to upgrade to a profecinal
level clips. It beem great for recording chuch
services. the battery that comes with the camera is good for shooting home made movies. Personally I like to use the AC adaptor to plug into a outlet
when I make a movie of a church service. The LXR input is great for breing the audio from the soundbaord for profecial sound. Someday I might just get me another one.

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Great product the best money I every spent and very affordable, I will never go back to tape again.

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I am photographer for the Flagship Niagara - a two masted 1813 warship. I do both training films and action videos of sailing on Lake Erie. Tripods are of no use, so shoulder mount is the way to go. As is HD and tapeless recording.
Only problem is the supplied software downloads at 1440, NOT full HD at 1920 lines. Adobe converts at full 1920.

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It is a nice camera and it has good image quality although the colors are not that perfect. It looks really PRO so it's good for client rates! ...I love the postproduction an the image quality with good light is amazing. It goes perfect with my Letus Mini Bundle.

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A excellent camera with good picture quality.Good for event video. i love my camera

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This camera is great. I've used it for filming high definition nature shots, concerts, instructional type videos etc. The camera is very light and you cannot beat the tapeless feature. The only thing that I have found is that it records in .mts format which is unrecognizable by mac and final cut. This is easily fixed with a conversion program. I use iOrgsoft's converter. The other thing is that there is no focus ring which you get used to easily, but from the light weight to the tapeless recording to the professional audio inputs. You cannot beat this camera for the price. Just get a new and bigger battery.

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I shoot primarily real estate videos but have been branching out into small businesses on the internet. I knew that we needed to upgrade our camera for better audio and this has done the job. The first time we pulled it out of the bag at a fancy restaurant in Maui the comments were "Wow you guys have really upgraded and really mean business!" Even though I can't see any difference in video quality from our small Sony, the customer definitely views us as more professional. We have upgraded with wireless lavalieres and a new shotgun. My only big complaint is the quality of the picture through the onboard screen and the eyepiece. I almost sent the camera back before I looked at the output for the first time. Once I saw the output, heard the input from my clients and worked with real audio---I was sold. Highly recommend, especially for the first time "pro" camera.