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Panasonic HDC-TM300 Twin Media HD Camcorder (Black) | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
Rating:  reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 12
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 48
Minimum Focal Length: 4
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 2.8 x 2.8
MPN: HDC-TM300-K
Model: HDC-TM300-K
UPC: 037988983957
EAN: 0037988983957
ASIN: B001P3P3C6
Release Date: April 15, 2009
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| Features:
| • | Capture Full HD video; 1920 x 1080 resolution | | • | Records to 32 GB built-in Hard Disk Drive or SD memory cards | | • | 12x Leica Dicomar lens with Optical Image Stabilization | | • | Capture stills up to 10.6 megapixels | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen touch-panel LCD |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The Panasonic HDCTM300 features a 3MOS system, a combination of optical technologies that further enhance the quality of full-HD images. The 3MOS System produces extremely accurate images with superb rendition of differences in darkness and light, rich color expression, and a full 1,080 lines of horizontal resolution. The camcorder also has advanced functions for Serious Video Shooting. The manual ring gives you easy, fingertip control over the focus, zoom and exposure settings. You'll find using the ring a much more intuitive, comfortable, user-friendly process than accessing a menu screen. With the manual ring and manual operation, the TM300 is a pleasure to use and gives you the freedom to craft unusually expressive images. Time Lapse Recording is a useful function. It uses longer frame intervals than standard shooting. You can use this function to capture shortened or condensed footage of events that actually take place over a much longer time period. Rounding out with iA for Smart Control and Advanced O.I.S., the TM300 camcorder is designed for serious "semi professional" videographer. Recording Format - MPEG4-AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard complaint); JPEG (Still Image) Optical Zoom - 12x Focal Length - 4.0 - 48.0 mm Filter Diameter - 43mm Recording Mode - HA (17Mbps/VBR) (1920 x 1080), HG (13Mbps/VBR) (1920 x 1080), HX (9Mbps/VBR) 1920 x 1080), HE (6Mbps/VBR) (1440 x 1080) Still Picture Recording - Yes; 10.6 M (3984 x 2656), 7 M (3264 x 2176), 4.5 M (2592 x 1728) [3 - 2], 10 M (4224 x 2376), 6 M (3328 x 1872) LCD Monitor - 2.7 Wide LCD (230,400 pixels) Iris - Auto/Manual; Focus - Auto/Manual; Manual Focus Ring - Yes Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) - Yes Flash - Yes Digital Zoom - 30x - 700x Microphone - 5.1ch Surround, Zoom and Focus Microphone Jacks - Video component, mini HDMI, AV out, USB 2.0, Microphone jack, Cold Shoe Dimensions (H x
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| Customer Reviews:
 Happy videographer March 8, 2010
Christopher Hall (Arkansas)
I bought this for the express purposs of being able to videoing my wife's Orchestra and putting it online. The first concert is in a week so I cant wait. All the "playcordings" I have done with this to get used to handling it have turned out superb. I was real impressed after we had a foot of snow and I could set the w-balance where I, underline I wanted it to be to make my recordings. They turned out great. If you use it right it does show up pretty good in low light. I love the manual controls that is the reason I bought it. Stage lights suck for automatic cameras.
Unbelievable picture quality, extensive features February 1, 2010
R. O. Borgono
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great camcorder choice, if you are willing to pay the steep price. Definitely prosumer territory. Impeccable picture quality (look for some of the extensive analyses and reviews published online), great sound. Unbelievable performance in low-light conditions. Great set of features. Only drawback thus far: some may find touch screen a bit fiddly to use (no problem for me, since I am used to my touch screen phone).
Jamaica Home Videos January 31, 2010
M. VanOrden (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought this camera for our trip to Jamaica. I really like this camera. It is very portable and easy to use. The quality of the videos is amazing. I am not a avid user of video cameras but this was easy to learn. I download all videos and pictures to my PC with ease. One of the great things is the camera does not have a hard drive. It is only flash memory. Therefore, it does not have to "boot" up like a hard drive video camera. I can turn it on and starting capturing video immediately. I am VERY happy with this purchase.
 Nice "B" cam January 9, 2010
Jeremy A. Stone (Harrisburg, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This camera is a nice "B" cam, I use it for behind the scene shots, car mounting and time lapse work. It does need a TON of light, but most small HD cams do. So with this said the outdoor shots are amazaing, indoors so so. Indoors it just wants all the light it can get, so this usually means gain city = grain city. I don't like to go above 3 db of gain, if that's not possible I turn the cam off. Not worth the card space. It takes some time adjusting to the manual controls via small buttons and touch screen, but VERY nice to have in depth manual control for a cam in this price point (iris, white balance, shutter, focus, and audio!). I've seen the footage displayed on a 50" HD display and was very pleased. The detail is amazing, I usually roll in auto focus, manual iris/ white bal, the auto focus is very quick for the most part. Again light is your friend. Make sure you get a nice ( don't cheap out, get the Century) wide angle and a polarizer. All in all it's a nice HD CAM for what your are paying for. I like the small size, and battery life (got a 4 hr batt, lasts forever), and the AVCHD workflow is a breeze in FCP. Also just as a tip, be sure to turn off the OIS if doing any tripod work. Most people forget and this results in the gryos (OIS) fighting the smoothness of a tripod. Good luck and have fun with it!
Panasonic HDC-TM300 January 9, 2010
James Womack
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, let me say the sound quality rating was selected because the question for me is moot. I'm deaf so have no idea what the sound quality is like. I got the camera to film short sign language instruction sessions.
I bought the camera after a year long review of various types of cameras including some professional cameras. I actually had decided on the Canon XH-A1S and ordered it form Bingo Camera. Thank goodness my credit card is a real snot about large orders and protecting customers from fraud. I discovered Bingo was a scam sending falsely labeled junk IF they sent anything at all. So I started over again and found myself looking at the TM300 and its competitors. I narrowed it down to the Canon HF S100 and Panasonic TM300. I opted for the Panasonic and so far must say I'm stunned at its performance and very happy with it. Thinking (just thinking) of getting a second one. the big thing for me is that using this camera instead of my tape based systems of yore, I find my efforts to chroma key with Ultra 2 is now as simple as it should have been long ago. And I will never, ever, ever go back to tapes. The SDHC experience is wonderful, really speed sup my work.
I recommend this camera though not an expert, I did talk to experts online for a year and right up to my purchase decision. The most impartial ones, even those who used Canon, recommended the Panasonic TM300 based on how and what I planned to film. I'm glad I listened to them.
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