Panasonic's HDC-SD100 HD camcorder does the review thing

Surely you remember Panny's new duo of camcorders that featured the so-called 3MOS technology. No? At any rate, Panasonic's HDC-SD100 has just been reviewed by the cool cats over at TrustedReviews, and while we're not sure if all that MOS was the reason for its success, critics were generally pleased with the performance (at least in good lighting). They noted that point-and-shoot fans would likely be thrilled, but the professionals in the crowd will probably wish for a few more manual controls. Still, at the end of the day, reviewers proclaimed that if you've been "holding out for an AVCHD camcorder with the full gamut of professional features, this could be your dream come true at last." You hear that? Dream come true, son.

[)law( @ Aug 31st 2008 12:32PM]

I like all the labels on the side, sorta like a NASCAR car

[rony @ Aug 31st 2008 12:46PM]

@law
just hope then that it doesn't take you for a ride.........or make you run around in circles.

[Richard @ Aug 31st 2008 1:19PM]

Just hit the handy "reply" button next time.

[Richard @ Aug 31st 2008 1:18PM]

Ugh, the 3MOS part looks vaguely like the Spiderman font. That angers me.

[Brian! @ Aug 31st 2008 1:50PM]

What is the best HD consumer point and shoot camcorder?

[Nowire @ Aug 31st 2008 4:37PM]

Canon HF10/HF100 are one of the top consumer HD right now.

I believe HF11 just came out, so the price of the HF10 should be getting more attractive.

[BobTurbo @ Aug 31st 2008 10:42PM]

Sony HDR-CX12 and Canon HF10/11/100. Though the internets hates Sony and pretends it doesn't exist :)

[Shogmaster @ Aug 31st 2008 2:09PM]

3MOS = 3 CMOS sensors?

[why not the LS2LS7? @ Aug 31st 2008 4:03PM]

Does this suffer from rolling shutter artifacts? If so (and I suspect it does), how badly?

I wish reviewers would do better image quality testing.

[joaquim.mira @ Sep 1st 2008 9:35PM]

I just wish any of the companies making HD camcorders would make one that is water, and sand proof.

[RoboBot @ Sep 2nd 2008 12:14PM]

Just bought canon's HF100, and returned it. The AVCHD codec is completely useless. Why don't they wise up and just use h.264?

[Tom @ Sep 18th 2008 7:46PM]

That's funny! I have a Canon HF100 and love it! I burn HD DVDs that blow me and my friends away! Every time I view the videos that I create, I cannot believe how much HD detail that I captured.

I can't believe that someone would return such a perfect camera. What was the problem?