The camera will take any make of SD card. The camera comes without an SD card so you have to buy separately. As for the resolution, I don't know. There is nothing in the manual to tell you and I am not technical I'm afraid. The camera has three resolutions XP (Best); SP & LP. The claim is that in good light XP is of DVD quality. I have really only used it in murky light!
Part 2: I am really pleased with it for the quality & length of zoom. For really high quality stuff I use my Canon HV20 which is a Hi Def camera but only has a 10x zoom and is bulkier to carry. It's all compromise I guess. The Panasonic for the price is brilliant. I use an 8 GB card which gives me 1 hour 40 minutes shooting at XP mode. Hope this helps.
Nice vid :) Thinking of getting the SDR S26 myself. could you tell me if the image quality on TV is good and sharp please? I'm assuming for U Tube vids the quality has to be reduced?
The quality is good on tv, but not HD quality. Obviously it is better with 28-32 inch screens rather than huge ones. I bought the camera for the 70X zoom for the birds. Unless you are going to really use the long zoom I would go for an HD camera.
Thanks for the reply mate, I understand that I won't be getting an HD quality camera for my £200. I'll only be watching mainy on my 26" computer monitor anyway so that's ok. It will be my first camcorder as I am mainly into digital 'still' photography which is my hobby. The 70x zoom would be an advantage for me too as I do like to watch birds also. I just need a camcorder that will be good enough for daily use for a first timer. Perhaps a HD model will come later :)
thankyou for the video. it seems like a very good cam. could you please tell me two things though...?
one, what's the highest resolution video you can get from this camera? i can't find the answer on the net. Is it 720x420 pixels?
two, does this camera take any SD card, or does it have to be panasonic's one...?
thanks :]
st23r 2 years ago
Hi
The camera will take any make of SD card. The camera comes without an SD card so you have to buy separately. As for the resolution, I don't know. There is nothing in the manual to tell you and I am not technical I'm afraid. The camera has three resolutions XP (Best); SP & LP. The claim is that in good light XP is of DVD quality. I have really only used it in murky light!
Camerago 2 years ago
thanks very much :]
st23r 2 years ago
Part 2: I am really pleased with it for the quality & length of zoom. For really high quality stuff I use my Canon HV20 which is a Hi Def camera but only has a 10x zoom and is bulkier to carry. It's all compromise I guess. The Panasonic for the price is brilliant. I use an 8 GB card which gives me 1 hour 40 minutes shooting at XP mode. Hope this helps.
Camerago 2 years ago
Nice vid :) Thinking of getting the SDR S26 myself. could you tell me if the image quality on TV is good and sharp please? I'm assuming for U Tube vids the quality has to be reduced?
Thanks
Orb
orbiter8 2 years ago
The quality is good on tv, but not HD quality. Obviously it is better with 28-32 inch screens rather than huge ones. I bought the camera for the 70X zoom for the birds. Unless you are going to really use the long zoom I would go for an HD camera.
Camerago 2 years ago
Thanks for the reply mate, I understand that I won't be getting an HD quality camera for my £200. I'll only be watching mainy on my 26" computer monitor anyway so that's ok. It will be my first camcorder as I am mainly into digital 'still' photography which is my hobby. The 70x zoom would be an advantage for me too as I do like to watch birds also. I just need a camcorder that will be good enough for daily use for a first timer. Perhaps a HD model will come later :)
orbiter8 2 years ago