Best Panasonic Camcorders - true MPEG Movie Mode, 2.0 to 3 CCD Quantity

'equally awkward touch screen'

'Middling video quality.'

'sub-par image quality'

'infuriating design problem'

'Still photos are almost unusable; unsurprising given the low resolution of the individual sensors.'

'The Joystick itself is sharp – it actually hurts!'

'gigantic battery'

'Unbelievably poor battery placement'

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'chunky rectangular zoom slider'

'When activated, the camcorder continuously records three seconds of video by putting it into a cache, so you'll never miss that all-important goal or collapsing wedding cake.'

'Mounting the USB and power terminals within the battery chamber is a poor choice.'

'SDR-H200's high price'

'high price'

'the battery, which juts out of the back end like a prodigious grey brick.'

'With its 680g weight, this massive brick of a camcorder has more in common with the analogue models of yore than those fiddly fag packet-sized digital cams you currently find dominating the market.'

'It's a shame that the recording format is so poor, because the DX1 is otherwise a primo bit of kit, packing triple 0.5-megapixel sensors, Dolby 5.1 audio, and a lovely Leica lens.'

'frustrating interface'