Panasonic HDC-SX5 Camcorder Review - Digital Trends
Digital Trends have published a review of the Panasonic HDC-SX5 camcorder. 'As always the front of any camcorder is dominated by the lens, in this case a 10x Leica Dicomar optical zoom (700x digital). Don’t bother engaging the digital zoom since the resulting footage is filled with digital noise. It has a twist off ring so you add an optional lens hood or filter. Next to the lens is a flash to help with digital stills since they’ll need all the help they can get as top quality is just 2MP (1920 x 1080 pixels). As I’ve noted many times before, it’s the rare camcorder that takes decent stills and if you can shoot HD video, why bother? Yes, I know there’s always the off chance you might want a still but a 4x6 is about as good as you can get. You’ll also find a cooling outlet, a recording lamp and the white balance/remote control sensor on the front.'