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Panasonic VDR-D100E (DVD)
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Panasonic's VDR-D100
camcorder offers a debut point into DVD shooting and playback exclusive
of the added extras of models superior in the series. Will it be
sufficient to fulfill the complete learner?
The VDR-D100 goes with the
VDR-D150 DVD camcorder, as being inclined straight at the home video
starter who is not interested with the advanced features of camcorder
employment and just demands the capacity to record nice video and audio
to a 8cm DVD disc for watching at home, with friends or family members
on the DVD player. Dissimilar its sib, it does not even features the SD
memory card generally available on camcorders, but it has the function
of very beneficial Super Image Stabilisation in plus to a 30x optical
zoom lens. |
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First impressions
It is clear that the
VDR-D100 is does not possess an inessential features. In accordance with
the other popular DVD camcorders, the loading space is located on the
right of the physical structure against which the operator's palm stays
while employing the belt to carry it. A small number of controls at the
backside of the cam consist of a Power toggle and Function dial.
Alongwith zoom lever and a Waste Bin button. A simple Record Start/Stop
button is located straight below the dial. The standard 2.5inch 4:3
color Liquid crystal display screen opens up to expose a switch for Auto
and Manual control, and the 0.33inch color viewfinder comes out to a
small distance to make it reachable when needed
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Features
The VDR-D100 features an
800,000 pixels 1/6th single Charge-coupled device to create video
pictures having an effective 400,000-pixel resolution. It has the
capability of recording to a broad range of 8cm DVD media - for example
DVD-RAM, DVD-RW; DVD-Video (DVD-RW, DVD-R) formats. It has the ability
to function to a minimum of 12 lux (2 lux in Night View mode) while its
optimal light is 1,400 lux. A remarkable 30x Optical Zoom lens offers a
focal distance from 1.9mm to 57mm. Panasonic has also offered a two-step
Digital Zoom at 50x and 1000x. A stereo Zoom Mike is accessible in the
menu if needed
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Menu choices and
functional settings are performed with the help of a very small Joystick
that is located in the centre of the Power Mode Dial. To navigate in the
well planned and ordered menu system demands up, down, left and right
actions on the joystick with a centre push to affirm a choice made. The
graphical type of the menu structure is in a way that it gives clear
direction and position signs at all levels. The entire Auto / Manual
controls are operated here. Focus, Exposure, White Balance and other AE
modes, in plus to Soft Skin mode, Fade OUT / IN and Backlight
Compensation. The VDR-D100 also gives an adjustable electronic shutter
speed control which ranges from the 1/50th second to 1/8000th second.
Exposure control (controlled manually) gives a range of between f2.0 at
its broadest to f16 at its narrowest. This model can perform Widescreen
Television recording, while it must be noticed that this result is
attained only by Cutting short the top and bottom of the picture and
recording it intrinsically on DVD. It is truly a 4:3 picture having
black bars with the top and bottom of the scene.
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