Panasonic 4K Ultra HD Camcorder With PIP WiFi

I bought this because I shoot a lot of Primate Fiasco concerts with difficult back lighting. Causes auto focus and light settings to do weird things to musicians faces while it prioritizes things that it shouldn’t, like lights or audience movement. So I got this camera because I can manually set everything. Turns out, I just leave it on auto anyway because it’s smart enough to recognize faces and then prioritize it. Other cameras have done this but they try too hard to keep the face at skin color, killing all the stage color and turning everything brown and grey. This camera lets the color show up on the face and keeps the saturation consistent picture-wide but without turning the musician into a smurf. In other words. There is a tiny videographer inside this camera working for free at every show. I immediately bought a second one. Now I don’t have to edit between this footage and garbage from other cameras.

The audio is great. Bass is a little low for my taste but thats a preference. I have used the ap to control the camera remotely. It’s impressive.

Buena imagen y calidad.

Grainy video in low light conditions and just ok pictures. My Galaxy S21 takes better pictures and video. Seller was great!
Accepted return with no questions asked and provided full refund including most of my return shipping.

I gave the Panasonic HC-VX870 three stars for a couple reasons… First, I bought it because of the 120fps feature, but I’m completely confused – there doesn’t seem to be a setting for 1080/120, just 1080/60. There is a setting for “super slow motion”??? So is that 120 or 240 interpolated???
There is no mention of how to set the camera for 120fps, or the interpolated 240fps. The instruction manual is absolutely horrible.
I’ve searched the web for answers, but it’s just to new for any serious hands on testing.
Next, it’s very awkward to hold because it’s very small, and it’s difficult to shoot at anything but eye level — try zooming in or out smoothly if you are shooting at waste level! Third – it does not come with an external charger! You have to plug the camera into the wall to charge the battery. Two problems with that… you can’t charge a second battery while using the camera, and… power surges anybody??? Extra batteries are outrageously expensive!
I’m hoping someone will be able to tell me where I’m wrong because I want to like this camera!

I jumped on the 4k bandwagon, thought I would try it out considering the price, $900 for a 4k 30fps camcorder, that supports HDR, slow motion and a few other bells and whistles in 1080p 60fps mode?… what a steal… except I open it up and find UK Chargers, plug my camera in and check the settings and it’s 4k 24fps, and 1080p 50fps, I guess Amazon thought that British Columbia Canada was somewhere in the UK, great looking camera, a ton of features, 2 stars because of UK version being sent, 24fps 4k is a down side, I could have got a cheap SJCam 4k 24fps for $200, that 30fps would have been just enough for some sports, or wild life stuff, but just my initial tests of following my daughter around a msg pops up on the screen saying my Panning is too fast… i’ve Contacted the Seller and hope they can help me out. otherwise i’ll be sending in for a full refund.