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Panasonic SVAV50

Panasonic SVAV50
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alaScore 77

65 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 65 reviews of Panasonic SVAV50. The average rating for this product is 3.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other Camcorders for all reviews. People really like the price and design. The portability and size are also mentioned favorably. The battery and zoom get less positive comments. Comments are divided on the image quality.

usability, size, portability, design, price

reliability, zoom, battery

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Panasonic SVAV50 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 77/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Panasonic SVAV50

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 47 user reviews of Panasonic SVAV50 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com. Comments about the price and image quality are on the whole positive. The portability and size also get good opinions, but some have doubts about the reliability.

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70% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Stuart Miles (pocket-lint.com)

Panasonic SV-AV50 SD Video Camera

 

We all like to jot down things on our travels and most of us just use pen and paper. The more advanced (and less shy) among us might use a voice recorder instead. Those getting even more carried away might take a digital camera on their journeys and...

Capable video camera

Poor Battery Life and video playback

While this unit does have its drawbacks there is a lot more going for it than not. As a video note taker out in the field it is perfect for the job at hand. It's small, capable of taking large amounts of footage (dependant SD card size) and if you're...

Mar, 2004
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Expert review by : TIPA (tipa.com)

Best Innovative Design: Panasonic SV-AV50 D-Snap

 

The Panasonic SV-AV50 D-Snap is a truly unique innovative design, with its ‘scissor-like' way of opening the lens and the LCD viewfinder in one and the same movement. Panasonic has shown that it understands that consumers today are looking for cameras...

Apr, 2004
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Expert review by : David English (cnet.com)

Image quality

 

Panasonic D-snap SV-AV50 (Silver)

Small size; combines photo, video, and audio capture; plays music files and recorded TV shows.

Photo quality is often poor; no optical zoom; no red-eye reduction; only a few settings for each media function.

Stylishly small and loaded with multimedia functions, the D-snap SV-AV50 has too few settings for its functions and captures mostly below-average photos.

Sep, 2004
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Expert review by : David English (cnet.com.au)

Panasonic D-snap SV-AV50

 

It's cool and can perform a lot of different functions, but none of them very well.

Small size ; Combines photo, video, and audio capture ; Plays music files and recorded TV shows

Photo quality is often poor ; No optical zoom ; No red-eye reduction ; Only a few settings for each media function

Sep, 2004
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Expert review by : Alex G (devhardware.com)

Panasonic D-Snap SV-AV50 Camera Review

 

Today, we check out an interesting adition to Panasonic's already behemoth product line. This lightweight and easy-to-use digital camera from Panasonic will turn heads while you are using it, but does it offer antything more than looks?

The one that we have here today is the D-Snap model from Panasonic, the SV-AV50 model that uses nothing but an SD flash memory card for media

Oct, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Not good picture/video quality...but it'll hold up in court

 

Small, compact...for the "stuff you see when you don't have a camera"...

Small, easy to loose. Uses proprietary CODEC for MPEG4 (SF) recording.

Jan, 2006
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Consumer review (shopping.com)

Not good picture/video quality...but it'll hold up in court

 

Does so many things it doesn't do anything well. Needs a proprietary CODEC to view MPEG-4 (Super Fine) Video. SD Moviestage software allows conversion to WM format but it's worse than the already heavily compressed MPEG-4! And you can't "give" the...

Small, compact...for the "stuff you see when you don't have a camera

Small, easy to loose. Uses proprietary CODEC for MPEG4 (SF) recording

Jan, 2006
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

NOT to be used as your primary camera!

 

When I first saw the form factor, and the supposed function of this nifty little gadget from Panasonic (a name I have often associated with high quality), I was quick to purchase one. I purchased mine from an online retailer - PC Mall, and I paid a ...

Compact size, really high wow factory, super-cool gadget

Poor image quality, limited feature set, needs improvement

Aug, 2005
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Consumer review (shopping.com)

NOT to be used as your primary camera!

 

When I first saw the form factor, and the supposed function of this nifty little gadget from Panasonic (a name I have often associated with high quality), I was quick to purchase one.

Compact size, really high wow factory, super-cool gadget

Poor image quality, limited feature set, needs improvement

Aug, 2005
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Consumer review (shopping.com)

Don't buy it !!!!

 

The look is really nice, and the interface is smart but the picture quality is really poor, I had better result with my 5 years old digital canon which was also a 2,1 megapixels.

Nice look

Very bad image and video quality

Aug, 2005
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