TINY and awesome camera I got this camera as soon as it came out. I'm extremely happy with how small and light it is - i can carry it around in a coat pocket and record easily. The pre-record function is very nice, especially if you don't want to be recording all the time.
Video editing was a little sluggish, but that's not hte camera's fault - just takes a lot of muscle to edit HD video. I started out with the included software (Pinnacle 11 trial) with a Quad-core 2.4Ghz machine with 2GB of ram, 800mhz FS...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/16/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (19 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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GREAT! This camera is great! I have had this camera for 3 months... The highlights include great HD video quality, very straight forward usage, very good and easy SD to DVD transfer software and tiny size. You can take the SD card out and pop it right into your PS3 for immediate HD playback. You can also use the software to create same quality HD-DVDs on DVD-R-DL discs that hold 1 hour each. Buy the 8GB SD card to match 1 hour of DVD-R-DL. I thought that the price was good at $800 for this camera and n...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/12/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (12 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Trial Software - Update to 11.1.2 I purchased this camera from a B&M store (sorry Amazon) and since I always use Amazon reviews in my evaluation of new products, I wanted to leave an update for those of you looking at this camera and are concerned about software. There are plenty of reviews out there on performance, size, etc....read those for that info. This is specific to software and importing.
Several reviewers have stated that the footage from this camera is not editable. Up until recently, this was true. ...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/31/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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First impressions (4.75 stars, really, but I had to balance the other review) I just received my camera today. Of course, I've been researching this little gem since it was first announced for production by Panasonic a few months ago. Along with that research, I've been playing with it now for several hours and I wanted to run by some first impressions:
Pros:
* Lightweight! Panasonic touts this as the smallest, lightest HD camera available for HD recording (as of 1/2008). That's certainly no joke. You're expecting this to weigh like a brick ...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/28/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
99% (123 of 124) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Very nice camera with some limitations There are already several very good reviews here, so I'll only hit on a few points that should be emphasized:
1.) Very small and light; almost unbelievably so. This camera is already getting much more use than our older one simply because it fits easily into my wife's purse or a fanny pack.
2.) Quick startup. I haven't timed it, but the startup is so quick that many spontaneous events, which you'd usually miss, get recorded.
3.) Removable SD card. Very e...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/28/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
94% (18 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Camera of the future...unfortunately, but whose fault is that? OK, I knew about Apple software engineers getting caught napping regarding the new AVCHD format**, yet I bought this anyway. How could I opt for any other, after seeing what this one could do -- even more so, considering the price?
For those not happy with the joystick, try using the remote instead. Works great! Perfect solution for us.
For those who mentioned poor picture in low light, try turning on the Low Light setting or even MagicPix, the later of which is intended fo...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/24/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Small size, but poor video quality and iMovie support I tried both the Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Canon VIXIA HF100. While the Panasonic wins hands-down on size, the picture quality just pales in comparison to the Canon, especially in low light.
Plus, as of this review time, the files created with this camcorder crash iMovie!
So, I'm going with the Canon HF100 instead of this one.
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/10/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
64% (9 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent HD picture and great 5.1 sound! This little camera takes great HD 1080p video and the sound was amazing. The joystick control for the menu options is a little hard to use and would not work well for someone with large hands. Overall for the price it is a good HD camcorder.
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/28/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
60% (6 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Exceptional hardware let down by totally inadequate software The good: everything related to the hardware. The images captured by this camera are exceptional. It works very well in low lighting conditions, I was able to shoot at night with the "Magicpix" feature and got outstanding images.
The bad: the SOFTWARE. The camera comes with two discs: one contains Panasonic's home grown HDWriter and the other one is a 15 day trial version of Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus.
Let's start with HDWRiter: this is typical crippleware. HDWriter allows you to transf...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/24/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
53% (17 of 32) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Pretty disappointing camcorder After reading the other 3 reviews, I was pretty excited to get this camcorder. I was super excited when I opened the box and saw the size of this camcorder - it's definitely a very nice small size and handles well (although the joystick is hard to use)
After I charged the battery and started shooting a few sample videos - that's when the disappoinment started. I have a 47" Visio LCD HDTV, and if I play the video directly from the camcorder to to the HDTV it looks pretty good - so ...
[Panasonic HDC-SD9 SD9 HD SD Card Camcorder review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/08/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
50% (19 of 38) Users Found This Review Helpful |