Panasonic HC-V770

Advantages: I am writing about the V720: It is even better in a large male hand. Panasonic heard my moaning two years ago and added 1080 / 50p with 50mbit bitrate! Charging began to be carried out through a USB adapter, which will allow the camera to be powered from any PowerBank, eliminating the need to purchase expensive additional batteries! The new processor, or the matrix, which has been reduced from 17 to 12MP by increasing the pixel size, is not the point - in low light conditions it slightly outperforms the V720. For all sorts of WiFi things, frame in frame (from a video from a smartphone), video monitors and other delights, I’m apparently too conservative, I don’t use it, but I will write it down. The stabilizer was as good as it was, the second mode of frame alignment that appeared somehow did not impress, subjectively everything is exactly the same as in the V720. HDR is weird. When enabled, even hybrid stabilization is disabled. It is not normal to perceive it from the display unit, and you can only then look at the big screen, think and understand whether it was worth using it, and if it was, in which of the two modes.

Disadvantages: A lot of marketing cheating: the descriptions create the illusion of a huge variety of modes, but in fact there are a lot of mutually exclusive things. Want an mp4 video? Well then, we'll turn off 5.1 sound for you. Want MTS? Well then you won't have a high bitrate. The wide angle has become smaller: 29.5 versus the previous 28, which seems to be a trifle, but if you take both cameras in hand, it is noticeable. If you shoot a lot in the room, you will have to buy a wide-angle attachment. The firmware is damp.For example, having gone into MNL mode and allowing a reduced frame rate, you will not be allowed to leave this mode until you turn off the option in the menu. There is still no desired range of modes. Well, make 1080 and 720, for each i and p, and frequencies and 50 and 25. Well, if I shoot in the dark, well, I won't physically work out the shutter for 1/50 sec, why would I need 50p at which the frames will be repeated twice? When shooting with interval, the camera is forced to go to 50i, why do I need two half frames when I need one full one? In YouTube reviews, people rejoice at SlowMotion, and in descriptions it jumps to 200/240 fps. They lie. There are 100 (120 in the US) that can be converted into 25 rubles instead of 50 rubles. Again, when you turn it on, a bunch of the rest is turned off. In order to torment the buyer with special cynicism, the developers still limited the number of buttons that can be thrown into the on-screen menu in the settings. Instead of adding one bookmark (and the ability to remove the TW-Record bookmark), they give the user a choice (exaggerating) either auto-contrast or turning on the lamp (personally, I need 5 buttons at permission to select any three. The mode of automatic photographing of smiling faces has disappeared. it is interesting to periodically watch what was photographed there.

Comment: Seeing what is happening with the dollar exchange rate, I decided to update my two-year-old Panasonic HC-V720m, a review of which I highly recommend reading. To be honest, I was not impressed. Most importantly, do not limit yourself to reading the characteristics when choosing. Download the complete instruction and read it in full! By the way, the instruction is also difficult to find for some reason. If the moderators miss the link, then here: https://yadi.sk/i/M27WmjUIibcz8 https://yadi.sk/i/RVHkgB_Wibd3g

Advantages: I chose for a long time, looked closely, asked the price and on October 4, 2016 I took exactly this miracle of Japanese engineering thought, because it has a number of advantages over its one-pupils from other manufacturers: + work from a power supply unit or a power bank (you don't have to rush about looking for an additional battery); + connectors for microphone and headphones; + Wi-Fi and NFC interfaces; + shoots not bad video with a maximum of 1080 50 frames per second, stream up to 50 Mbps; + makes good photos in video mode (6 megapixels) and very good in camera mode (up to 24 megapixels, zhpeg, the picture weighs up to 7 mb) - of course, the photo format can be changed 16: 9, 4: 3 and something else; + there is an excellent automatic intelligent mode for shooting video and photos and partially manual mode too; + a good set of various preset shooting modes, depending on the lighting and the speed of the subject; + the sound is also cool - very clearly in the room and on the street from the wind there is almost no interference; + 20x optical zoom, + rotary touch screen, + tenacious and fast autofocus and strong image stabilization, + excellent build quality, materials and thoughtfulness of all functional and ergonomic aspects of the camera, + even night shooting of good quality, albeit noisy, + quite small and Moderately convenient for carrying in the inner pocket of a jacket or jacket, but for good, specials are needed. bag.

Disadvantages: There are few minuses and they all overlap with pluses: - I understand that there is a crisis in the country, but the price for a camera is still very high (I took it for 25760); - mutually exclusive presets: although the choice of presets is good, when one is turned on, the other is turned off, or it is impossible to use another function, (for example, slow motion is recorded without sound), when using it you will understand that the camera is almost "naked" (or like a DSLR " carcass ") - only a built-in lens, a power supply unit, a pair of cords and a weak battery are included. - in terms of operating temperatures, the chamber is very delicate - it is recommended to use it from +10 to +30 Celsius;

Comment: On my own I would like to add that this camera is "Must have", i.e. it is worth buying and using it for high-quality amateur filming of your household, for YouTube, and maybe even for inexpensive weddings.Since there is no complete set of the camera, for a comfortable and safe use of the camera, it is necessary to purchase a rather expensive set of necessary additions to it: 1) a pair of SD memory cards for 64 GB, 10 cells, 2) a pair of Chinese high-capacity batteries + a charger or 3) a powerful power bank for 6 lithium-ion fingers, 4) a 49 mm protective filter, 5) a lens cap, 6) an anti-light hood, 7) a tripod, and, most importantly, 8) a handy bag. If it will be possible to supplement the review, I will soon post examples of photos and videos.

Advantages: Excellent video quality Excellent stabilization, incl. horizon leveling function Excellent matrix Natural color rendition Automatic white balance works correctly Ability to record sound in 5.1 format There are manual settings Control from an ordinary smartphone via wifi Smartphone camera as a second (although not useful yet) Battery - for 2 hours of operation, which is not bad, and it is removable Shooting when the b / p is on. Yes, some do not have it Pleasantly in the hand, which is important

Disadvantages: Not an obvious Panasonic settings menu, but I got used to it from the previous model. Can't be used as a web-camera. Sound recording settings will have to be adjusted Few filters, but Sony Vegas saves

Comment: Not my first camera, fifth. I shoot amateur videos, advertising for YouTube. From what is now on the market, this is the best for my tasks. All the rest is the best - from 50 thousand. Neither 870 nor 970 justify themselves. There is a dual camera here, it's even better if it's a good smart. And 4K in this price category should not be seriously considered even in 970. And it is not necessary for YouTube. Of particular note is wifi. Do not neglect this useful feature, do not save. Example: it was necessary to perform on stage. I set up the camera on a tripod in the middle of the hall. Behind the scenes I started recording, brought it closer as needed. I chose lighting, filter. On the screen, you can immediately see how he is shooting. Need to drop files? - Perfectly! No wires. And especially fun - hide the camera in the room, hide yourself under the bed and shoot!

Advantages: - Stabilizer - Optics - Soft - Ease of use - Thoughtfulness

Disadvantages: - Lack of lens caps and accessories - Not too large battery

Comment: I bought it for filming on vacation. Everything is fine in the camera: there is wind protection, so the wind is practically not heard in the recordings. Quite good optics - in the daytime with the optical zoom everything is very clearly visible, at night, of course, the sensitivity decreases several times, but it is still tolerable. The sound is good, you can hear everything. Soft - it is possible to record in "raw" format to split the sound into 5-1. The photos are also good, considering that this is not a DSLR. The stabilizer is good - it smoothes steps, as well as sharp turns. The battery was not happy - the capacity is small, enough for only an hour and a half of shooting in FHD in mp4. Also, nothing comes with the camera. That is, just a camera with a strap and wires :) separately, you immediately have to stock up with lids (by the way, it costs 50 rubles for Ali, it's not clear why the manufacturer could not include it in the kit). In general, I am satisfied with the camera.

Advantages: 1. Shooting mode in FullHD 50p with a bitrate of up to 50 Mbps. 2. Availability of Time-lapse mode or interval shooting. Not every cell has it. Another good slow motion mode is Slow motion (especially good when shooting flowing water, waterfalls or flying insects). 3. Excellent light sensitivity in low light and gorgeous color reproduction in sufficient light. 4. There is a heel and an external microphone jack. 5. There is a possibility of power supply from an external energy source (power bank or power supply unit). 6. Possibility to screw filters and hoods under a diameter of 49 mm onto the lens.7. Quality materials, good build. 8. The main advantage is an excellent stabilizer. I shot from a moving car on a mountain dirt road, and as a result, the frame only slightly shakes.

Disadvantages: 1. Poor bundle - no hood and lens cap. They cost a penny and at such a cost, the camera could well be added to the kit. 2. Small capacity of the complete battery - for 1 hour of operation. Buy the original enlarged one for insane money? No, this is not our method. Good Chinese factory counterparts have already gone on sale at a price 3 times less. I bought two such "Chinese" and in the same place, for delivery, charging to them - the third year the flight is normal. 3. Price. The thing is certainly good and the price, maybe, corresponds to the quality. But still not so much that it was possible to simply "want-go-buy". The price makes you think, choose, compare.

Comment: I bought my first inexpensive camera for shooting films about my hikes in the mountains. Especially I took not expensive, so that if something was not a pity. But a cheap camera and a picture gave a cheap one. Especially lacking was a good stabilizer and light sensitivity in the dark. What was needed was a good camera that meets the requirements for picture quality and what I said above. I really liked the time-lapse mode on the old camera, or time-lapse, as it is also called. This is also necessary for the new cell. And now, after a long search, deliberation and comparison, the choice fell on this particular model. As a result, I still go to the mountains with the old camera, and I take this one on "mattress" trips. All the same, it will be a pity for her if in the mountains I crash or wet her somewhere. The camera paid off completely. Chinese enlarged batteries last about 3 hours. Chinese charging takes about 4 hours. Two large batteries and one full-time battery removed about 7 hours of raw material while traveling in Tbilisi and Georgia. You can evaluate the quality at this link: https://youtu.be/BsWNjSWXk-s

Advantages: 1) Ability to "unscrew" the zoom at 1500x 2) Gorgeous image stabilizers. 3) Mode M (Manual) adjustment of shutter, aperture, light sensitivity. 4) Just a gigantic matrix, relative to analogues, in its price category. 5) 50p 6) To fully unleash the potential of this camera, get ready to buy a UHS-3 flash drive no less, the money it costs, it works out when it writes 1080 50 / 60p with a stream of about 49mbps, so before you blame the camera's recording quality, first purchase the appropriate USB flash drive. 7) Wide angle 8) A fairly simple menu with tips in Russian. 9) About 6 bit rate adjustments for Full HD 10) Decent photo quality

Disadvantages: 1) AI - terribly lifts up the light sensitivity in low light up to + 18db, which threatens with noise in the video, the M mode will help you out if you want to shoot without noise. 2) Not all camcorder megapixels are effective.

Comment: 1) Regarding the zoom, there are 3 modes: 20x optics, 50x intelligent (20x optics and the rest by effective pixels), 1500x digital. I experimented quite a lot with it, at a long focus and high zoom, beyond 700x these are critical values, then the picture is either blurred by a stub, or of such quality that you can only watch on the camera screen. However, at 700s, you will enjoy seeing craters on the moon. Or maybe people, birds from a distance of 1.7 km, with this size of the matrix is ​​quite. 2) The size of the matrix really * matters when shooting in low light and zooming, I will not rewrite the theorycraft here, there is a lot about this on the Internet. 3) Comfortable shooting without noise in low light conditions in M ​​mode. 4) Now many people shoot video on cropped DSLRs and camcorders are not so popular, and they are right, because only the segment of video cameras on average from $ 500 can compete with average DSLRs in terms of shooting quality. P.S. For point 6, try to shoot 1080i 25 4-7mbps and 1080p 50 28-49mbps, and then compare.

Advantages: Review + Very high quality FullHD + Digital chips and good stabilizer + Excellent optics not found Out of all the models that I used before, this is the most convenient and functional. I like FullHD with a bitrate of 50 Mbps - you get high-quality video in dynamics. I got used to the presence of HDR - I don't fully understand how it works and how powerful the processor should be to process each frame on the fly, but the picture is impressive! The stabilizer works great, there is even a “level leveler” - you won't accidentally fill up the horizon. The 20x zoom works smoothly and very quickly when needed. Standard filters and hoods can be screwed onto the lens - thread diameter 49 mm; whoever shot on the beach or in the mountains understands how much a lens hood or a "polarik" increases the picture quality. The regular battery is not very capacious, if necessary, you can connect an external one via USB: a solution from the "cheap and cheerful" series, but it works or you can buy an additional one

Disadvantages: no

Comment:

Advantages: Image quality, workmanship, fully automatic intelligent shooting mode, the possibility of a sufficiently long shooting time with good quality 64 GB - 27 hours, design

Comment: This camera has an excellent, realistic image, automatic intelligent shooting mode allows even an inexperienced person to pick up the camera and start shooting, the camera itself will choose the optimal settings in accordance with the environment. With AVCHD recording format and recording mode HE 1080 (good enough picture quality), you can shoot about 16 hours on a 32 GB card, and about 27.5 hours on a 64 GB card. The battery lasts about 55 minutes of shooting, it is recommended to remove it after each use of the camera. The memory card is suitable for SDHC up to 32 GB, SDXC 48/64 GB, 10 speed class. Full instructions can be downloaded from the Internet. In general, we are satisfied with the camera.

Advantages: Pretty much everything about image quality (for this price), especially the stabilizer.

Disadvantages: The workmanship of the case. Compared to the old models (this is the fifth chamber) - heaven and earth, with a shudder you hold in your hands a frail structure made of poorly painted plastic, the coating was rubbed and glazed after the first foray into nature. Wi-fi as a remote control is not always justified, one could be more conservative)) an inexpensive remote control is still easier to use.

Comment: Expensive batteries, however, are easily replaceable by any "power bank". And so, in principle, a good camera.

Advantages: fits comfortably in the hand, lightweight, if it focuses accurately on the subject, the sharpness is excellent.

Disadvantages: good natural lighting is desirable for high-quality shooting; if half of the frame is occupied by the subject of photography, and the other half of the frame is occupied, for example, the background, then the camera cannot always focus on the desired subject; the worse the lighting, the worse the quality of the shooting.

Comment: I have been using the camera for 7 months, the "flight" is normal. The camera itself is light and compact, fits comfortably in the hand, digital zoom - 1500; the quality, of course, is lost, but with a tripod it is normal (it brings super closer), be sure to buy a light filter,so that dust particles do not fall on the optics and lens cap. Having screwed the light filter onto the camera, the built-in illuminator will be under the light filter - this absolutely does not interfere with shooting when using the illuminator, almost does not glare, and is not critical. There is slow motion, but to use it you have to stand next to the camera and hold down the slow motion button, and this is very inconvenient and limits the possibilities when shooting. The battery lasts ~ 1 hour. 20 minutes. The space on the SDXC 64Gb memory card with the maximum shooting quality settings is enough for 3.5 hours.