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3CCD Hard Disk Drive/SD Palmcorder Camcorder with Optical Image Stabilizer and 10x Optical Zoom, records to 30GB Hard Disk or SD Memory Card.

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Recording Media: Hard Drive, Memory Card

LCD Screen Size: 2.7 in

Interface Type: 1 x Audio/Video Out, 1 x S-Video Out, 1 x USB, 1 x DC Power In

Camcorder Type: Palm Held Camcorder

Image Stabilization: Optical

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Product Title: Panasonic Palmcorder SDR-H200 Digital Camcorder - 2.7" LCD - CCD

Manufacturer: Panasonic

Lowest Price: $8.99 from Ebay

Power Score: 4.2 | 17 Reviews

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SDR-H200

Strengths: Ease of use-Great picture-Hard drive recording

Weakness: None so far

This is a great camcorder. I found it very easy to use out of the box. Some advanced features may take a little tweaking but point and shoot very simple. Loaded software, took a small video and transfered with relative ease. Colors are very good and quality is good. A great camcorder for someone not quite ready to go the HD route. That will be down the road for me, but with this camcorder and...
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By rwalker1957 - Oct 26, 2007

Big Bang for Your Bucks

Strengths: 3CCD, light weight, compact size, & manual lens closer

Weakness: Can not connect to laptop with battery attached, means when connecting to laptop have to plug into 110V power source, no view finder or built in flash

I have been researching camcorder for the past 3 to 4 weeks. Finally, settled for Panasonic. Consumer Report basically decided for me reliability and good value for my money. Sony and JVC were close runner-up, but went with the Consumer Report's overall recommendation. Here are some of my thoughts. 3CCD, Wow, Wow & Wow. Exceptionally crisp and bright color. Very easy to connect to TV to play. 30...
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By jaidoshi - Sep 17, 2007

Panasonic SDR-H200 Camcorder 3 CCD

Strengths: 3 CCD, Vibrant colors, black or white fade-in/out, no media needed, controls very well placed and easy to use, small and light camcorder. HDD convenience!

Weakness: When indoors and with low-light situations... picture quality seemed grainy when shooting non-closeup video. Manual lens cap to open/close. File format is .mod, needs to be converted to mpeg-2.

This camcorder is very small, light, and easy to carry around. I found the controls to be very easy to use. And video taken with good lighting is excellent. However, when taken in low-light indoor situations, I found picture to be grainy especially when using the light function and capturing non-closeup video. I was under the impression that 3CCD would make for great low light video, however, I...
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By Styhg98 - Aug 19, 2007

Great Little Palmcorder

Strengths: Optical image stabilization, 3CCD processor, 30GB hard drive, fast focusing, basic manual controls (F-stop & shutter speed), good color, lens thread for UV filter, effective wind noise reduction.

Weakness: The mode dial doesn't have a lot of tension. I accidentally turned it a couple of times and missed some filming opportunities.

I took this palmcorder on vacation having never used a camcorder before, yet I was able to learn the functions very quickly. I purchased a larger battery for it and I didn't have to charge it the entire week-long trip. Sure, it sticks out but since there isn't an optical viewfinder, it wasn't a problem for me. After some practice, I was able to master the zoom function. If you go easy, you can...
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By nativephotog - Aug 8, 2007

excellent camcorder

Strengths: 3 CCD 30GB hard disk manual focusing

Weakness: fast zooming

i had a single CCD camcorder before and the picture quality was bad so i thought to upgrade to a 3ccd camcorder.here are my thoughts...
the 3 CCD is just awesome.the color quality is much better than my old 1CCD camcorder.the colors on this camcorder were just perfect.
then comes the 30GB hard disk.there is no need to carry all those annoying dv,dvds anymore.you can either record your videos/photos to the 30GB hard disk or to the SD card.although i got a 512MB SD card to get started i haven't used it yet.i recorded a 10min video and transfered the video files to my laptop using the usb cable.the transfer was fast and simple.i did a quick edit using windows movie maker and everything worked pretty well.there was no need to convert the .mod files(some reviewers said they had trouble with the file extension).
i took some videos inside my room with a 60W bulb and it did a nice job.there is an option called magicpix with which you get better color even in dim light.while using this option try not to zoom in/out because the picture will look "grainish".there is also a video light which is very helpful to light up your subject.
the camcorder is very compact and you can do everything using your right hand.
the battery seems to hold power for about 3hrs.i will get an extra one once the prices come down.
now coming to the negative
i found the zooming somewhat annoying to me...the zoom is very fast (many people like that)..but for me thats a bad thing (not really though)..when you take a video and if you do a fast zoom it will definitely look bad on big screen.so make sure to avoid zooming in and out frequently.
another issue is that it will ask us to open the lens cover even if its open (only when there is no surrounding light).i guess it has something to do with white balancing. i tried to turn on the video light before it shows the error message but it won't let me do it.anyway you can always manually adjust the white balance so its not a big issue.
the bulky battery sticking out of camcorder.

By jklman - Jul 7, 2007

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