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Panasonic's NV-GS57 lets you record clear, colorful home movies on tiny Mini DV tapes and save snapshots to optional SD™ memory cards. Plus, this palm-friendly camcorder comes with versatile PC connections and video editing software, so you can trim down your scenes and add finishing touches

Specifications

GENERAL
Power Supply DC 7.2 / 7.9 V 
Power Consumption 2.5 W (EVF) 3.1W (LCD) 
Weight (w/o Battery) 410 g 
Dimensions (W x H x D) 82 x 69 x 120 mm 

LENS SECTION
Image Sensor 1/6" CCD (800 k pixels, Total / (Motion Picture), 400 k Effective) 
F Value F1.8 (wide) / F3.9 (tele) 
Optical Zoom 30 x Variable Speed Zoom 
Focal Length 1.90 – 57.0 mm 
Filter Diameter 30.5 mm 
35 mm Film Camera Equivalent 35.7 – 1072 mm 
Lens Brand Panasonic 

CAMERA SECTION
Minimum Illumination 2 Lux (Colour Night View) 
Focus AF / Manual 
White Balance Auto / Indoor / Outdoor / White Set (with IR Sensor) 
High-Speed Shutter Tape Mode: 1/50 – 1/8000 sec.  Card Mode: 1/50 – 1/500 sec. 
Iris Auto / Manual 
Scene Mode Sports / Portrait / Low Light / Spot Light /
Surf & Snow 
Backlight Compensation Yes 
EVF 0.33" Colour (113 k pixels) 
Monitor 2.5" LCD (105 k pixels) 
Microphone Stereo Zoom Mic, Wind Noise Reduction 
Date recording Auto Date (in Data Code) 
Fade Colour Black / White 
Rec. Review Yes 
Image Stabilizer S. I. S. 
Digital Zoom 30 x – 50 x (Super Digital Zoom 30 x – 1000 x) 
LED Video Light Yes 
Flash - 
Quick Start 1.7 sec. (approx.) 
LCD Panel Light - 
WEB Camera Function Motion JPEG 320 x 240 approx. 6 fps 

CARD SECTION
Card Slot SD Memory Card 
Still Pictures JPEG Picture Size: 640 x 480 0.3MEGA 
DPOF MAX. 999 
Consecutive Photoshot 10 Stills with 0.5 sec. Interval, 0.3MEGA 
PictBridge - 

RECORDING SECTION
Format DVC 
Recording Mode SP, LP 
Playback Mode SP, LP 
Variable Speed Search Max. 20 x Speed 
Audio Recording System PCM 12 bit 4 ch / 16 bit 2 ch 
Audio Dubbing Yes 
Counter Time Code 
Tape Remaining Indication Yes 

INTERFACES
S-Video Output - 
AV Output Out (mini) 
Microphone (stereo mini) - 
Headphones - 
USB 2.0 High Speed (miniB) 
DV Input/Output (IEEE1394) In / Out 
Accessory Shoe

Review

A very good camcoder …with all the essential features…..

Source:
http://www.cnet.com.au

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