Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder Review

Panasonic PV-GS80 - When you carry the tiny Panasonic PV-GS80 Palmcorder Camcorder with you, you’ll capture every unique moment on film. This amazingly small and sharp digital camcorder gives you clear, sharp, stable photos and video. The Panasonic PV-GS80’s optical image stabilizer and 32x optical zoom ensure you always get the best shot. Professional tools like a noise reducing microphone, low-light shooting (with MagicPix) and white balancing make this little camcorder competitive with bigger models.

Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder Highlights

Optical Image Stabilizer Panasonic’s O.I.S. minimizes the hand-shake that can be such a problem with handheld shots. Because Panasonic’s system is optical, there is no image quality degradation. With O.I.S. , the camcorder is equipped for clear, beautiful shooting of motion pictures.

32x optical zoom Panasonic PV-GS80’s 32x zoom can fill the screen with even a distant subject. This lens is not only the powerful zoom offered in a home-use digital video camera, it also features low distortion. And because it’s optical, there is no quality loss - you get the images in all their natural beauty.

Pure Color Engine The Pure Color Engine converts the CCD output signal from a complementary color signal into an RGB signal at an early stage and extracts the low-frequency luminance component from the RGB signal. This innovative engine also achieves truly superb color reproduction for high-zoomed pictures.

Widescreen 2.7-inch LCD Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder features a 2.7-inch LCD with High-Picture-Quality Wide Mode, which produces images that make for beautiful, dramatic viewing on a wide-screen TV. The image is processed on 16:9 area of the CCD. Because the image decoded has the same proportions as your wide-screen TV, there is virtually no picture quality degradation. You get beautiful images and all the excitement and dynamism on either a wide 16:9 screen TV or a conventional 4:3 TV.

One-touch navigation and joystick control The joystick makes the camera much easier to use, letting you control all basic operations with one hand. As you shoot, just watch the image in the monitor and follow the instruction guide. You can handle a number of operations quickly and easily, without even taking your eye off the subject.

Help mode Not sure what a certain icon means? Just switch on the Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder’s Help mode and select the icon. It’s explained for you on the LCD monitor. This makes it easier to learn the icons, and you spend less time reading the operating manual.

Instant on/off Instant On / Off reduces the time required for operating the camera. When you open the LCD, the power turns on. Shut it and the power turns off. Pull out the viewfinder and the power turns on. Put it back and the power turns off.

1.7-second quick start Panasonic PV-GS80’s Quick Start mode* helps shoot videos on the spur of the moment. This mode lets you shoot those not-to-be-missed scenes by turning on the power just 1.7 sec. from the time the LCD is opened.

MagicPix Images Panasonic PV-GS80’s MagicPix Images gives you smoothly flowing pictures even in dark places, where it’s normally difficult to capture good shots.

Web camera function With the camera connected via USB cable to a PC, start up Windows Messenger and the camera instantly turns into a web camera. Ideal for teleconferencing over the Internet, or for surveillance camera use.

Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder Features

• Features 32x optical zoom
• Pure Color Engine
• Large 2.7-inch widescreen LCD
• One-Touch Navigation for easy, intuitive setting and shooting
• Web Camera function

Panasonic PV-GS80 Camcorder Specifications

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