User Reviews for Panasonic HDC-SX5 at TestFreaks.com

Overall 10

Excellent

Michael Goff "magicguru", Amazon

28 December 2011

Summary: I bought this camcorder in 2008 and have used it on trips and vacations it works excellent, it records superbly on sd cards or mini dvd discs in the avchd format in HD
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Overall 10

Great performance! Bad battery location..

Dan Childers "Dan Childers", Amazon

17 April 2010

Summary: I've used it twice on vacations to Scotland and England. Full 1080i i recordings. Does a great job in well lighten areas, not so good in poorly lit areas.
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Overall 10

Great little secret

Victoria Trestrail "Bride of Rock n Roll", Amazon

30 September 2009

Summary: I've owned this item for 2 years now and it has been really great. I use it to shoot music videos and the quality of the sequences shot outdoors is very good and the...
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Overall 2

garbage

J. Bogdan, Amazon

28 December 2008

Summary: This only records to the dvd about 76% of the time, it does not even tell you that there is an errror. you don't find out after you try to watch it.
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Overall 10

Great camera

Marius Moise "Marius", Amazon

5 August 2008

Summary: I had this camera with me in a trip to California and it was great. Very good battery life, great colors. Overall very satisfied with it.
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Overall 8

Great for the price

Benjamin J. Lanka, Amazon

12 July 2008

Summary: This camera works great and has spectacular HD quality. Low-light shooting is a bit of an issue with auto-focus, but overall it was an excellent buy for the price.
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Overall 8

A good HD camcorder at a great price!

Adam B, Amazon

9 June 2008

Summary: Well worth the price and then some. I'm tempted to give it 5 stars due to price but the low light picture is not good enough and AVCHD is too annoying at this time.
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Overall 8

Great camera, need to have a blu-ray player to enjoy

daisyduke "daisyduke", Amazon

15 May 2008

Summary: This is a great camera. To truly enjoy it, a Blu-ray player is required.
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Overall 10

Very happy!

Tom S. "Tom S.", Amazon

18 April 2008

Summary: Sure, it's not perfect, but for the price, you simply cannot beat this. Pick up a couple of 8GB memorycards and you are good to go (they are cheap!).
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Overall 10

Loaded with Great Features...

Steve S, B&H Photo

11 April 2008

Summary: [...]...Camera is awesome...
Pros: Comfortable to Operate, Durable, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Great Sound, Simple Controls, Versatile
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