Panasonic HC-VXF1 Videocamera palmare 8,57 MP MOS BSI 4K Ultra HD Nero

Recently purchased this powerful yet compact Camcorder. It has many good features, especially the EV which is essential in strong sunlight and a very useful 24x optical zoom, perfect for bird filming without any disturbance. also an added bonus is the IR night mode which will be very useful for wildlife filming after dark.

This is my second Panasonic Camcorder. I am a Panasonic fan and a Leica fan, and this has an excellent Leica lens with a big zoom range. Zooming can be done easily using a ring behind the lens hood. The menu options on the touch screen can ba a bit confusing (I would prefer dials on the camera body to menu selections), so I've written a crib sheet to remind me how to get the effects I'm likely to use. I've had limited use of video recording so far, just a few trials which seem good. One problem is the lens hood isn't adequate to shield the sun when shooting towards it. I haven't tried the infra-red recording in the dark yet. AVCHD movie files won't load directly into iMovie on the MAC, but they can easily be converted with the downloadable Handbrake applicatoon. AVCHD files will, however, load directly into the open source movie editor Kdenlive. The big advantage of this camcorder for me is the electronic viewfinder, which will enable me to see what I'm filming in the summer when the LCD screen cannot be seen in bright light.