Panasonic - NV-GS60 - Mini DV Camcorder

Bought my Panasonic GS60 camcorder from Amazon. I read all the reviews, looked at the Sony, the JVC, and finally went for the Panasonic. I'm glad I did! It's a great camera, compact (it will fit into a large pocket), very well made, nice looking, and easy to use. The sound and picture quality are both very good. One of the best features is the excelent wide angle lense, great for inside shots.Minus points (and at this price I'm being very picky) no where to attach a light, and it doesn't take a memory card (which I never use anyway).Thanks for your review Dave!

Very small and handy. easy to use. Good picture!

This is my first review i have ever written, i either dont have the time or cannot be bothered to write reviews but having purchased this camera yesterday i was so anoyed and disgusted by its recording quality that i felt i had to. I feel like i have been robbed and i dont want anyone else to lose their money. unfortunately where i bought it from want accept returns on camcorders so im stuck unless a fault occurs within 30 days.DO NOT BUY!!!!! Having read the reviews on Amazon and other sites I purchased this camera yesterday and having used it The picture quality is diabolical my samsung phone takes better video. I know its a budget camcorder so i wasnt expecting proffesinal results but i would never have guessed it would be this bad.I was dubious when i saw this camcorder as the lens looked too small compared to other camcorders in the store and this gave a feeling of low quality but i still went ahead due to the positive reviews i had read namely on this site.I am realy angry how others including the reviewer on this site can give 5/5 for recording quality.The recording quality is worse than terrible, images are very grainy in indoor use. I cant understand how the other reviewrs have given anything above a 1 star for this cam, it could possibly be that for this cam to give any accepable image it needs a lot of light, there is no way indoor lights will be sufficient.When it comes to the night mode it gets even worse. The image is hardy visible and frame rate fluctuates between 1 to 5 fps. Why has panasonic even included this I cant guess.If you are considering buying this cam go and test it first otherwise you may as well throw your money away.For image quality i wouldnt even give this camcorder 1/5 but there is nothing lower.BOTTOM LINE USE YOUR PHONE TO RECORDR VIDEO ANYTHING IS BETTER!!!

I bought this having spent a few weeks reading reviews and product info etc, however, there are some details that aren't mentioned in most reviews, at least not the one I was interested in.I had been using a friend's Mini DV camcorder and opted to buy the same format, as according to most reliable sources, this allowed the highest quality of post edited video.This is of extremely high importance to Me because I want to be able to chop up my footage on my PC when I get home from surfing and make something watchable. Unfortunately, even though this camera does have a USB connection, it does not allow you to transfer footage from your tapes to your PC - gutted :[It does operate as a webcam and it does have a DV (4 pin) out which you could use to connect to any machine that has either DV or Firewire ports- most likely a MAC (ace machines, can't believe I sold mine) but you really must check your machine at home if you want to avoid similar frustration and disappointment.I'm sending mine back and getting an HDD camcorder, which may lose some smoothness of frame rate, but at least my footage won't be stuck on thousands of little tapes.Has to be said though, from my limited time with the camera, it felt good, worked really well, adapted to changes in light conditions and auto focused really quickly. Would have been an awesome camera.

Good points are excellent, vivid, accurate outdoor colours, effective image stabilisation and totally intuitive usage. The night vision facility is a poor gimmick, but who wants this anyway? No external microphone input, but again, you can live without that. Handling, build quality, weight and range of optical zoom are all great. Bought Amazon's cheapest firewire card and lead for my PC at less than a tenner, so downloading for editing is a doddle. Make sure you have a big hard drive for the video files.The guy who thought it worse than his mobile phone cannot be serious!

Very good

I ordered this item from AH International,via Amazon.The item instock was tested prior to dispatch and found to be faulty.I was offered a Sony Dcr-pc330 as a replavement,even though it was a more expensive model.As promised it was like new. I can not give the camcorder a rating as it is not the one ordered.However I give 5 stars to the supplier for his help,,which covers 5 emails, and recommending this alternative.I trust this supplier to be honest and to examine their used camcorders before delivery.Angiolo