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Product Reviews:
Panasonic PV-L354 VHS-C Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Second chance - same result.
Comments: I purchased a Panasonic Camcorder a few years back. I continually got a Dew Detected message. Got that fixed and shortly there after the sound was intermitant as noted in many other reviews here and elsewhere - though I did not know it at the time. So I gave Panasonic another chance. I purchased this model and it worked fine again for about a year or so...Then, Halloween comes around and the sound is not there, then there, then so low you can barely hear it then static then back. Needless to say as with others the moment was lost, FOREVER!! |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: This camera stinks!!!!!!
Comments: What a mess!!!! Last summer, I tried to tape some special events and there was no sound. The frustrating part was that it was a spuratic problem. 1day it would work and the next day I got no sound. YOu never had any idea if it would work, which meant that some super special moments were lost forever. There was always a picture, however half the time there was no sound. I finally got so frustrated that I quit taping anything. Repair would be $175, so it is not worth fixing. I was glad to see that other people were having the exact problem, so I know it is not just me. My camera is going in the trash can. do not purchase this camera. YOu can not recapture those lost treasures. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Mad Mommy of 3
Comments: This camcorder has ruined ething!!!!!!!!!! The sound had worked on and off for a while- unpredictable. We taped my son's birthday party in January and it taped the sound. We used it the next month to tape my newborn twins in the hospital and there was NO SOUND!!!!!!!! I was crushed. I tried another tape and magically the sound worked when I was just fooling around and not taping anything important, so I used it to tape their 1st tub baths- NO SOUND!!!!!! It has missed them laughing, babbling, etc. We have no money to purchase another camera. We paid $25 to get it looked at and the idiot man thought we'd pay in excess of $175 plus parts to get it ("possibly") fixed. Are you kidding me??? We can never get those "1sts" back and I am soooo upset. Customer Service was no help (besides the fact I could never understand the representatives) and I will not purchase another Panasonic product. They couldn't even give me an approved Panasonic dealer anywhere close to where we live. We traveled 45 minutes to get it looked at. DO NOT purchase THIS CAMERA!!!!!!!! There are several of us that purchased these and have had the same problems. We've all purchased them at different times too showing that Panasonic has some repeating problem!!!!!! |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Panasonic PV-L354 - NO SOUND is no great!!!!
Comments: I, too, thought this was an excellent camcorder for several months until I did a playback of1of those events that can not be repeated and....NO SOUND!!!! The video appears great, however...NO SOUND!!!! It had worked fine on several occasions and even now, I can shoot a quick video and check to make sure there is sound on the playback before I shoot the important moment I want to capture. Then I shoot the main event and, again, NO SOUND!!!! Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't... unpredictable. I thought it was operator error on my part until I saw Mark Noll's review.
Panasonic's customer service was no help at all. It's time for a new (non-Panasonic) camera.
So...you might get1that works fine, however with this camcorder, you are taking a chance that, at some point, you will miss something great. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: great Product
Comments: We purchased this camcorder because we were going on Vacation to Disneyland and our other camcorder would not work. This camcorder is so much better than our other1was. When ever you moved the old camcorder to get various shots, it had to refocus, which took a few minutes. This1does not need to refocus. This camcorder is a little bit heavier than our old one, however it is easier to use. And the better quality makes up for the weight difference. This is a great product and I will recomend it to a lot of people. |
