Panasonic HDC-TM300 review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Lori Grunin

Reviewed on: 23 June 2009

Tags: Panasonic, Panasonic HDC-TM300, delete button, HD, microphone

We like:

High-quality video; solid performance; electronic viewfinder; full manual feature set

We don't like:

Touchscreen isn't responsive enough

CNET UK judgement:

The Panasonic HDC-TM300 shoots excellent video and boasts a full set of manual features, but is let down by an annoying touchscreen interface. It's still a very good prosumer HD camcorder, though

Full review:

Panasonic's pair of top-of-the-prosumer-line high-definition camcorders -- the £850 flash-based HDC-TM300 and £900 hard-drive-based HDC-HS300 -- in many ways vastly improve over older models like the HDC-HS100 and HDC-SD100. Panasonic has jettisoned most of what we disliked about those models, including the too-low-resolution CMOS sensors and connector placement, and retained everything we liked, notably the breadth of manual controls and eye-level viewfinder. While the company has replaced the awkward ring-based manual operation with an equally awkward touchscreen, the improvement in video quality and performance makes these camcorders a far better bet. Continue Reading...