Product Description

Addressing the needs of advanced consumers, industrial videographers and broadcast shooters with space or access limitations, Panasonic produces a very small, high quality DV recording camcorder with a wide-angle lens, great color and contrast rendition, and a full variety of custom features and picture looks. The AG-DVC80 is an industrial quality MiniDV camcorder with ergonomic design and preset and custom-set features for the experienced cameraperson as well as the burgeoning event shooter or news gatherer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24309 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: AGDVC80
• Dimensions: 2.48" h x 2.17" w x 5.63" l, 4.20 pounds

Features

• Wide-angle lens that zooms from 4.5mm to 45mm (or 32.5 - 325mm in 35mm still equivalent)
• High resolution and exceptional low light performance due to its newly developed 1/3? CCDs
• IEEE 1394 FireWire interface (in/out) for transfer of digital video/audio to a computer for editing, enhancement, duplication and more
• Records in conventional 4 - 3 aspect ratio as well as 16 - 9 letterbox image capture modes
• Optical Image Stabilization uses a gyro sensor and linear motor with virtual real time compensation to deliver superb picture quality with minimized jitter

Customer Reviews

Great camera for the budget filmmaker
The Panasonic AG-DVC80 is kind of a little brother to the fantastic, 24p-shooting DVX100. Most of us who aren't planning to convert video to film probably don't need 24p, and the DVC80 offers just about all the same features as the DVX100 for a thousand dollars less. The only thing I miss (so far) from the DVX100 is the ability to shoot time-lapse images. The DVC80 delivers great video, has a fine Leica lens that goes wider than most without an adaptor, and has a vast array of image control features. The manual is a little thin on the use of the various image controls -- this is not a beginner's camera. Yet it is a great camera for documentary filmmakers, commercial users, and the like. I'm shooting several independent film projects (docs, shorts), and so far this camera offers everything I need.