Panasonic PV-GS320 DV Camcorder

Its protruding f/1.8 – 2.8, 10x optical zoom lens is capable of a 3.0mm to 30.0mm focal length and has a filter diameter of 37mm.

The DC-in, USB, and Firewire terminals all remain smothered under the PV-GS320’s battery unless the pack is removed.

The PV-GS320’s right side is one big wall of fat MiniDV hatch action.

The LCD panel is devoid of any controls like zoom or record start/stop, relying heavily on that classic one-handed Panasonic operation.

Style: Compact Optical Zoom: 10 X Digital Zoom: 700 X Screen Size: 2.7 in.

Panasonic solves this problem with O.I.S. , which minimizes hand-shake in situations where it is most often a problem, such as with zoom shots — or on a moving boat.

Usually, the left side of a camcorder is home to a smorgasbord of bells and whistles, but the PV-GS320 plays it cool as a cucumber with only an LCD screen.

Tape eject time is not exceedingly quick, but it’s about the best you’ll get for a MiniDV camcorder, especially with so little of them to choose from nowadays.

Below that sits the built-in stereo microphone, ducking out of harm’s way from an encroaching finger.

Clearly, no company is focusing on DV camcorders anymore, but we hoped that the former king would have gone out with a bang, like Canon’s Elura 100.

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Since the left side is looking a bit gaunt, we’ll mention the SD card slot located in the bottom of the PV-GS320, housed by a rubberized plastic door that swings out on a hinge.

Enjoy vivid color, crisp detail, and subtle gradation with 3CCD, the system used by most professional broadcast cameras.

The system is optical, so there is no quality loss, and images look clear and beautiful on a big-screen TV.

Though the viewfinder is made of a hard plastic and cannot be pivoted, it extends a generous inch from the body.

To the right, above the back of the hand strap, is Panasonic’s tried and true mode dial with joystick embedded in the middle.

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Perhaps, but even Panasonic’s loyal fan base has expressed serious disappointment in this camcorder, due mainly to the loss of the mic jack, headphone jack, and manual focus ring.

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To the left of the lens is a plastic strip encasing the white balance sensor and remote control sensor.

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