Panasonic Digital Camcorder with 30GB Hard Drive and Digital Still Mode Review

I remember when I was young my father brought home a massive, suit-case sized box into our living room. Upon opening it was this magnificent piece of technology. It was a video camera. This machine was years beyond my knowledge, and weighed about as much as I did. Although that was many years ago, it's hard to believe where our technology has brought us within the past decade or so. Now, having a video camera that is the size of the palm of your hand is very common. However, one of the video cameras that has baffled me is the hard drive digital camcorders. These machines can record hours of high-quality video, and then all you do is upload it into your computer. This is a far jump from the video camera that was present for many Christmas's and birthdays. However, there is a new digital camcorder on the market that is really amazing. It is the Panasonic Digital Camcorder with 30GB Hard Drive and Digital Still Mode - Model: SDR-H18.

This digital camcorder has so many features that it would make anyone's head spin. One of the main features of this camcorder is the built-in hard drive, which means that you will not have to worry about having extra tapes or discs - making recording something that can truly be spontaneous. This camcorder also features a 32x optical zoom as well as a 1000x digital zoom. That is a lot of zooming capabilities. The 2.7" widescreen LCD monitor is outfitted with a touch screen, which makes making a scene selection extremely easy. And there is also a 1/6" CCD image sensor with 680K total pixels, 340K effective (4:3) and 460K effective (16.9). This camera is made to record video, like Rambo was made to hold a bazooka.