Panasonic Palmcorder HDC-SD9 Flash Memory Camcorder
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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.6 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9

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Review Verdict: Despite its trio of CCDs, the video quality and performance of the Panasonic HDC-SD9 are a bit too inconsistent. Plus, we recommend avoiding this model until software support for it improves.

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Pros: Compact and lightweight ; saturated colors ;
Cons: Moderate to low-light videos look cloudy ; some awkward design choices ; smallish LCD with terrible color reproduction ; awful bundled software ;
pcmag.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2.5 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9

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It's easy to be seduced by how light and comfortable the 11.5-ounce HDC-SD9-8GB camcorder ($699.95 direct) feels. In fact, it weighs less than comparably priced camcorders by more than four ounces; it achieves this by forgoing an integrated hard drive or

Review Verdict: This camcorder is small and lightweight, but its video quality is below par.

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Pros: Small form factor. Extremely lightweight. Dolby Digital 5.1 recording. Face detection.
Cons: Video quality is not as sharp as the competition. Struggles to adjust white balance when lighting changes. Mild purple fringing. Editing software is primitive. HDMI port is poorly placed.
trustedreviews.com Professional Review.

Panasonic HDC-SD9 - Preview

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James previews the HDC-SD9 on show at Panasonic's HD Networking Convention in Valencia.

Review Verdict: The HDC-SD9 has a similar basic specification to its predecessor. It sports Panasonic's trademark trio of CCDs, in this case 1/6in units with 560,000 pixels apiece. These will have a good effect on colour fidelity, but sensors this small usually have a ne

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trustedreviews.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9 - Full HD Camcorder

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James gets his hands on Panasonic's SD card-based HDC-SD9 again for a more extensive test.

Review Verdict: Now we've had a chance to give Panasonic's HDC-SD9 a proper going over, we can't help being rather bowled over. It's definitely not a camcorder for the serious hobbyist, even if it can shoot great-quality video in all but the worst lighting conditions. Bu

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tipa.com Professional Review.

Best Camcorder: Panasonic HDC-SD9

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With this 3 CCD, full HD camera Panasonic has succeeded in bringing a very compact model into the market. On top of the excellent image quality, this camcorder also has advanced features like face detection and the unique Intelligence Shooting guide. In s

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camcorderinfo.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9 Camcorder Review - Panasonic Flash Memory Camcorders

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The HDC-SD9 is Panasonic’s third generation of memory card-based AVCHD camcorders, even though the first generation HDC-SD1 was announced only 13 months ago. In the interim, the form factor has changed little â€" these things are tiny. In fact, the HDC-

Review Verdict: We'd also hoped that the third generation AVCHD camcorders would be the ones to finally match HDV quality. Sadly, that is not the case, though the HDC-SD9 has the best AVCHD compression to date. The camcorder still produces slight "ghost images" subj...

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pcadvisor.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9 review

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Acclaimed for its three-CCD sensor set-up, Panasonic's HDC-SD9 is half the size of competing camcorders - due in part to its favouring of SD storage.

Review Verdict: While you must sacrifice a little quality to get a camcorder as diminutive as the Panasonic HDC-SD9, given the ease of use and responsiveness, many will may feel it's a sacrifice worth making.

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pcpro.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.15 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9

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Impressed as we were by the HDC-SD5 a few months back, it was still a surprise to see it become the top-selling HD model that it has. Now, fewer than six months later, Panasonic has brought out a new version: called the HDC-SD9, it takes the solid basis o

Review Verdict: Some key improvements over the HDC-SD5 make this an enticing pocket HD camcorder prospect.

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alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.85 star(s) Review summary of Panasonic HDC-SD9

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 486 reviews of Panasonic HDC-SD9 from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 85/100. Comparing these reviews to 90336 other Camcorders reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 97/100 = Excellent.

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goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Panasonic HDC-SD9

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Review Verdict: The HDC-SD9 is an evolutionary upgrade of the SD5. While the majority of changes are arguably minor, they combine to lift the camcorder head-and-shoulders above its predecessor, not to mention the majority of competitors.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Ultra lightweight design, stunning 'full HD' video resolution, improved battery/SD card arrangement, solid still images mode, Face Detection technology
Cons: SDHC media not cheap, no external microphone jack
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