Sales Rank: 178


Features:

10x optical zoom with digital image stabilization

2.5-inch diagonal LCD

USB 2.0 enables high-speed, real-time video transfers to PC

3CCD sensor dedicates one chip to red, green, and blue for true-to-life color rendering

MiniDV recording format offers up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution

Average Rating:
Rating: - GOOD CAMERA EVEN FOR A MAC-PATHETIC CUSTOMER SERVICE
WHILE THIS CAMERA LIVES UP TO QUALITY EXPECTATIONS A BUYER SHOULD KNOW THAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS TRULY LAUGHABLE.AFTER FILLING OUT AN EXTENSIVE EMAIL FORM THE "SEND" BUTTON DOESNT WORK.MORE WASTE OF TIME:ON HOLD FOR 50 MINUTES BUT THE SERVICE GUY JUST READS FROM THE SAME POOR MANUAL THAT COMES WITH THE CAMERA AND WHO FLATLY STATES THAT ONLY STILL PICTURES CAN BE UPLOADED TO A MAC.WELL AFTER MUCH HAIR PULLING I WAS AFTER ALL ABLE TO TRANSFER TAPE TO HARDDRIVE.IN MAC:1.OPEN IMOVIE-2.attach firewire to camcorder -3.turn on camcorder,rewind tape-4.MOVE JOYSTICK TO PLAYMODE.5.IMOVIE SCREEN WILL SHOW THAT CAMERA IS PLAYING,PRESS IMPORT.6.CLIPS WILL APPEAR .7MAKE SURE TO SAVE CLIPS BEFORE CLOSING IMOVIE.THE ONE THING STILL NOT CLEAR IF ONE HAS TO REWIND TO BEGINNING OF TAPE TO PLAYBACK,BUT OF COURSE THERE IS NO ONE TO ASK.WHILE I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS MOVING TOWARDS LESS AND LESS SERVICE IT SEEMS STILL NOT A FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICE.WHILE IAM HAPPY TO HAVE THE GS250,MY PLEASURE IS TAINTED BY PANASONICS DISREGARD OF DECENT SUPPORT.(FOR THE REAL MASSOCHISTS CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AND SEE WHERE IT GETS YOU)

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Rating: - Pretty good stuff
I got this camcorder because i needed something to upload these minidv tapes that my sister recorded in china into my computer and edit them. Now i've grown to love it. it produces really nice colors and life-like depth in the videos, it worked well indoors too with just my regular living room light. the image stabilizer works great, and the audio sounds pretty clean, especially with the remote mic. i'm overall quite happy with my purchase.

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Rating: - Great Camcorder, works fine with Mac OS X 10.4
After reading numerous camcorder reviews I decided that this one was the best value despite the fact that it costs somewhat more than I was planning to spend. However, I had some trepidation after reading the "Mac Users beware" review below, but as some other Mac users with 10.4 seemed to be using this camcorder with no complaints, I decided to go ahead and buy it.