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Panasonic SDR-SW21-S Shock & Waterproof Camcorder (Silver) | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
Rating:  reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 23
Minimum Focal Length: 2.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 1.3 x 2.5
MPN: SDR-SW21-S
Model: SDR-SW21-S
UPC: 037988982899
EAN: 0037988982899
ASIN: B001P3P3HG
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| Features:
| • | Triple-tough waterproof, shockproof and dustproof design | | • | Records to SD/SDHC memory cards | | • | 10x optical zoom; 25x digital zoom | | • | Easy upload to YouTube | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen LCD |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
You need a digital camcorder that has "tough" listed on its spec sheet, not some delicate gem of a camcorder. Presenting the SDR-SW21 from Panasonic. While this digital camcorder sports a 10x optical zoom, 2.7" LCD and 1/6" CCD image sensor for reliable video-recording performance, durability is "Feature No. 1" here. The SDR-SW21 is waterproof, shockproof, and dustproof. Bring on that outdoor-adventure vacation!
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| Customer Reviews:
Returned day after, after viewing video and pictures. June 21, 2010
Jet Lee
I was excited to have bought this item as I have a Lumix series camera which I have had for almost 3 years now and cannot be any happier with it. I bought this because of it handy size and the fact it was waterproof and dustproof and looked tough. Before I used this item, I read all the reviews and then I wanted to see for myself what this was all about. Here goes:
Video function: At the highest setting, video was horrible, it was dark and almost pixel like. It was taken indoors with lots of light coming in from outside as it was a sunny day. The picture looked like a typical rainy day; cloudy, dark and no colors popping out whatsoever. I will not even mention the performance during low light, as it is almost non-existent. It looks like your typical video from a webcam.
Camera function: Out of focus, grainy, and dark. As someone else mentioned, it was like using a cell phone camera....so true.
At this point I packed everything up and couldn't wait the next day to return.
As far as its water integrity. I did not bother to check, as its performance under normal conditions were horrible. Even if it did live up to it waterproof capabilities, you would still have to live with the rest of its shortcomings, which is everything else. Like another review mentioned, Panasonic fell asleep on this product.
I only can give it three stars and not lower, since I did not get to check its "water" performance and battery life. I know people consider these two areas when deciding to buy this product. I myself stopped at the substandard video and pictures.
 Portable & Easy Use December 15, 2009
Phragmites (Western Pennsylvania)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very satisfied with the usability of this camcorder. Reliable and rugged with a great picture.
Fun camera. More of a toy, though. November 5, 2009
Jeff (NJ)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I took this white water rafting, and it held up like a champ. It doesn't shoot very crisp video, and considering the bright sun, conditions were pretty ideal, but the results were far from. The thing is though, that doesn't really matter. If you want to shoot decent video, buy a decent video camera. This thing, on the other hand, is waterproof! And extremely so! I don't know if you've ever been white water rafting, but it can get pretty brutal, and after getting completely submerged more than once, and bounced around a few times as well, the unit still looks and performs as good as new. I'm very, very impressed with its build quality. I give 4 stars because I'm not very impressed with its image quality.
If you need something you can abuse, this is your camera; it'll take it. If you need something which will produce impressive video, buy something else. And be careful with it.
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