The fact that Panasonic was the first consumer electronics manufacturer to push out on the market a consumer-grade 3D Full HD camcorder might really help in the long run, and after going for a very quick hands-on with this thing, namely the HDC-SDT750, we tend to agree.
As we've mentioned in some of our previous articles, in order to shoot 3D video with the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 camcorder, the user needs to attach the 3D conversion lens that comes included, to record dynamic images.
The specially-designed 3D conversion lens records right-eye and left-eye images simultaneously through its two lenses, thus resulting in video that can be viewed in 3D.
The right and left images (each with 960 x 1080 pixels) that enter through the lenses are recorded using the side-by-side method, the camera featuring a special adjustment system that lets users calibrate the 3D system manually, in order to obtain the best possible results at all times.
Unfortunately, with the 3D lens attached, the camera looks (and feels) a lot bigger than an ordinary, consumer-grade device, users having to pay extra attention when recording video.
On a positive side, though, attaching the lens to the camera is quite an easy task, so most users shouldn't have any problems with it.
The camera also sports a 5.1-channel audio recording sound system that uses five microphones, so when voices are recorded from the front, right, left and back are played on a 5.1-channel home cinema system, users are surrounded by clear, detailed sound that makes them feel as if they are right in the middle of the action.
The Focus Microphone function, which has been made possible by five highly-directional microphones, picks up the sounds from sources in the area in front of the camcorder, regardless of whether the lens is focusing on a near or distant object.
The new camcorder from Panasonic also comes equipped with a manual ring, which provides convenient, fingertip control of the focus, zoom, exposure (iris), shutter speed and white balance settings (however, only the white balance setting is available when the 3D conversion lens is attached, which is sort of understandable, since manually adjusting anything with the 3D lens attached is quite a difficult job).
We'll also have to point out that the new camcorder comes equipped with a large 3.0" touch-screen LCD that allows icons to be easily operated by touching them with a fingertip.
Unfortunately, for the time being, on the LCD, recorded 3D images are displayed only as the 2D images that were recorded with the left lens.
All in all, we can say that, despite its larger size and rather huge price point, the camera should prove to be quite popular, given the fact that, after all, it's the first of its kind.
Unfortunately, the setup didn't allow us to actually see any 3D footage recorded with the camera, but we really hope that we'll get to thoroughly test the HDC-SDT750 at some point in the future and tell you more on this topic at that time.
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