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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | The SDR-H40's 42x optical zoom lens has the power you need to take dramatic closeups or get remarkable shots of even distant subjects. But with long-distance zoom shots, even a tiny bit of hand shake has a huge effect on picture quality. That's where Panasonic's Advanced Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) comes in, suppressing the effects of hand shake as you shoot. The system uses gyrosensors to detect hand shake, then shifts a lens and adjusts the optical axis to compensate. This all happens a remarkable 4,000 times per second. And because the system is optical, no image quality is lost. Thanks to Advanced O.I.S., the images you capture look incredibly clear, sharp and blur-free even at high zoom levels.The SDR-H40's 40GB internal hard disk drive lets you record continuously for up to 36 hours (in LP mode) without changing a disc, tape or other recording media.Panasonic's Anti-Shock Shield helps protect recorded video data from damage due to jolts and impact. The Drop Detect function senses if the camera is falling and moves the head away from the hard disk. The Floating Structure protects the hard disk should the camera fall or be dropped. And the Buffer Memory automatically backs up data while the camera is falling.This hard disk drive camcorder has a USB Host function, which lets you connect directly to a DVD burner (sold seperately) via a USB cable. You can then copy recordings from the hard disk to a DVD disc by simply pressing a button.You can transfer the motion-image data from the SD card or the camcorder's hard drive right to your PC using your PC's USB port. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.56 inches | | Product Width: | 2.63 inches | | Product Height: | 2.75 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.55 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.5 inches | | Package Width: | 7.0 inches | | Package Height: | 5.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: | based on 85 reviews |
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| | Features | Capture video to hard disk drive; 40 GB storage for up to 36 hours of footage42x optical zoomAnti-Shock Shield for hard drive protectionPanasonic's Advanced Mega OIS technologyCompatible with SD/SDHC memory cards
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Okay but flawed camera Dec 30, 2009 For its relatively inexpensive price you get a decent enough, fairly easy-to-use hard disc & SD camera. For me the pro's are its fairly compact size, good battery life, better sound quality than expected and a hard disc with sufficient capacity (40GB). Biggest cons are its fairly poor (though still acceptable) image quality in dark environments, not-so-convenient controls for playback/editing on the camera itself, and the appalling software that's included. If you shoot in 16:9 aspect ratio, you'll need to re-convert all your videos since the software stretches your image to 4:3 whether you like it or not. Luckily there's a free little tool called SDCopy that can fix your image back to normal, but it takes effort & time.
All in all I think it's a fairly useful camera, but I wouldn't buy it again. I'm sure there are better alternatives out there.
Camcorders Oct 08, 2009 We bought this camcorder to take on vacation with us last year. We've also used it to tape our grandon's hockey game and family Christmases. I'm surprised at the ease of learning to use it. I really enjoy the charger which came with it; we can charge it up in a few hours and go film again.
camcorder Sep 09, 2009 Takes great videos, Bought it to take video of Grand daughter playing volleyball.
Bought it because son has one and was pleased with it.
DO NOT BUY THE LENMAR LITHIUM BATTERY Jun 02, 2009 The battery that the site says is compatible is NOT!; I had to send back the extra battery but that was do-able. So far I haven't gotten the opportunity to play w/ my new toy. It is really small, fits in the palm of my hand. Havent decided if I like that yet.
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PanasonicStinks May 16, 2009 The Panasonic Brand has been very upsetting to our family. We will keep the story as short as possible. The camcorder we bought in July stopped working in September and again in April. The sad part of the story is we had our 1st child on July 2nd. We missed Halloween, Thanksgiving and our dream vacation on Maui in April. I can't begin to tell you about the poor customer service I received from Panasonic. However I will be glad to give my cell phone number to call me before buying a Panasonic product (714-457-9260).
Please call me with questions!!
Doug
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