Panasonic’s “Professional” AG-HSC1U Camcorder

Panasonic sent me their AG-HSC1UP camcorder that shoots AVCHD to SD cards. It also records digital stills, and can shoot video and take stills a the same time- something many event videographers would love to have in their professional camcorder systems.

At highest quality and with a fresh charge on the internal battery (no way to use a bigger / longer battery) you’ll have to stop recording in about 40 minutes to change media, and you might as well change battery then because it won’t last much longer.

As you can see, there’s good and bad. I have positive and negative thoughts on this new baby camcorder from Panasonic. I wrote a review but magazines either weren’t interested in a review of this camcorder, or had already published a review of the nearly identical consumer version (HDC-SD1) and didn’t see enough of a difference to get a pro’s viewpoint.

So is the HSC1UP a Pro AVCHD camcorder? Click on to read the review… Read More…