Panasonic HC-VX1 4K Camcorder, 24X LEICA Lens

Overall good camera, limited features, no time lapse, no wide angle zoom, color rendering OK, good low light performance, image stabilization is touted to be so good but it is terrible, my cell phone does a 100x better job of stabilizing, you literally need a gimbal or a tripod to use this camera for anything in motion. Battery life so-so, excellent zoom but camera is so unstable that zoom in video never comes out well.

Well, the reviews were correct. This thing has solid features all around, except it handles lighting (in almost all situations) very poorly. In bright light, it drowns out anything in a shadow (even if it’s not that much darker), and in low light, the video is so grainy as to be worthless. It’s either issues with too much light or issues with not enough. There is not enough variation in light to dark (medium light) to make it a quality picture, especially in 4k. In perfect lighting situations, it does very well, but when is lighting ever perfect in real life? I bought this to replace a 720p Canon from 2007 (with a much smaller sensor), and the Canon produces a more even picture (in terms of light) than this does. And my Galaxy S24 Ultra kills it in 4k video quality (minus the 20x optical Zoom). I am sending it back and going to try the Sony AX43 to see if its any better. I just don’t get why these devices aren’t updated more regularly. Everything on the market for camcorder 4k is 2018 or before (it’s 2024, and smartphones are performing better).

This product has been out for a few years.
Built in audio mic.
4K.
Intuitive LCD screen.
A little pricey for its production age, in comparison
to my cell phone that records in 4K also.
Purchased for the extra 2 wireless camera feature you can connect.
Haven’t figured that out all yet.

The one photo is a screen shot of the video with no edits, and the other is my set up from the ceiling.

I was worried this would be too complicated to work and similar quality to my phone camera. I’m glad I had nothing to worry about.

I have a Samsung 20 Note Ultra with a pretty good camera, which is what I use to use, but I can definitely tell this is much better quality. I use the AI auto, and it’s auto focus is great, and it adjusts the lighting as needed, and it does all this without making it obvious that it’s doing it.

I use this to record my demonstrations, as well a do live demos over zoom. I was able to get some inexpensive accessories and hook this up to my laptop, and mount it to my ceiling, which is where is stays.

Very happy with my purchase.

I chose this product over the Sony ax53 just because this model came out in 2018, and the Sony came out a couple years before this one. They both are pretty identical, but the Sony comes with the view finder and this model doesn’t but ask yourself how often are you looking through that little lense. All the reviews I watched and read this one just comes out on top. Great video picture and easy to use . I wanted a dedicated home video camera and I can’t wait to start using

If you’re looking for a point and shoot with 4k, you’ll be happy with this. Simple, very nice build and ease of use. The lens does cover itself on and off when you turn in on and off. Sound recording is decent and there is an option for intelligent zoom up to like 31-700x (quality goes down of course).

Very nice