Panasonic HC-V500

282 reviews

May, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 282 reviews of Panasonic HC-V500. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other Camcorders for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Panasonic HC-V500 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Panasonic HC-V500

alaTest has collected and analyzed 73 user reviews of Panasonic HC-V500 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.co.uk.

96% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : Faisal Hashmi (tbreak.com)

Panasonic HC-V500 Review

A decent offering for the price, but lacks in image detail.

Light form factor; Loaded with helpful features; Impressive audio recording; Ease of use; Price

Weak image quality; Lack of detail in footage; Bad auto-focus

But for the price, it’s really up to the end user to decide what he really wants out of the camera. It’s loaded with some neat features that make shooting easy and accessible for all kind of users but the sacrifice is in the image quality for what...

May, 2012

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Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)

Panasonic HC-V500

Panasonic's HC-V500 brings proper optical image stabilisation to the budget camcorder.

Sophisticated optical image stabilisation, Lots of manual features, Decent image quality

No accessory shoe or audio minijacks, Not quite budget pricing

Jun, 2012

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Expert review by : Andrew Unsworth (expertreviews.co.uk)

Panasonic HC-V500 review

A step up from last year's HDC-SD80, especially in low light, but overall image quality from the small sensor isn't spectacular

Feb, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works Great

Works great. Good quality picture and good zoom. You get what you pay for.. it's nothing fancy, but still a good value for the money.

none

Nov, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Deal

DO your research! i did days of research on cameras before i decided on this one. I knew of the cameras short comings before i bought it. However most of the video examples online were shot by joe somebody and dont really show off what the camera is...

Cheap! Great features that are normally found on much more expensive cameras. the Image stabilization is amazing! lightweight and easy to use. very versatile. built in sound recording is pretty good.

picture quality, while the resolution of the video is 1920 x 1080 the image is actually up-converted to meet that. this is especially noticeable when zoomed in near 50X. The battery life is pretty weak when recording. The manual controls are very...

Mar, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

excellent

it is a great small camcorder. take my words

I bought between december to jan, I use them my church, the are excellent, great picture, resolution. i might buy another one.

low light

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

As Advertised!

I got pretty much everything that I needed in this package! A deal that was better new, than it's competitors that were charging more for refurbished and open boxed! Add to that a nice carrying case that protects the camcorder and stores all my...

Full HD 1920x1080 (60p)! Full featured for it's price range. Good video quality. The zoom is more powerful than most in it's class and keeps good resolution throughout. Compact and light making sustained hand held recording easy! LCD is a good size...

None so far.

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Camera

Great Quality

Huge files for uploading. need big sd card

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great

Just what I wanted, big optical zoom. 1080p 60fps recording. Stabilization is the best I ever used. Small and light.

Don't install the junk software included, no need. Drag and drop video to computer through USB or SDCard reader. Format is proprietary, but can be view with VLC, I like to convert it to MP4 for PS3 viewing.

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)