Panasonic PV-GS320

alaTest has collected and analyzed 152 user reviews of Panasonic PV-GS320 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the design and image quality. The portability and price are also appreciated, but some have doubts about the durability and size.

The PV-GS320 ($500 as of May 11, 2007) is Panasonic's top-of-the-line MiniDV camcorder. It comes with three CCDs (charge-coupled devices), for handling primary colors individually; most competing models use just one CCD. And the extra hardware works:...

The Panasonic PV-GS320 camcorder represents Panasonic's top of the MiniDV line. It uses three CCD (charge-coupled device) sensors to capture video; most use just one.

Panasonic PV-GS320

We're pretty sure our 2004 review of the PV-GS400 read something like this: "My name as Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works ye mighty and despair!" (At least it seems that way in retrospect.) Panasonic's top-end consumer DV camcorder knew no...

The top-of-the line MiniDV camcorder from Panasonic this year is the PV-GS320. In keeping with its trend over the last several years, Panasonic took its highly regarded PV-GS300 from last year, added some features, removed some features, lowered the...

The PV-GS320 certainly delivers top quality video for an affordable price, but considering it is Panasonic's top of the range MiniDV camcorder we expected more in the way of features and manual controls. The PV-GS320 is an updated version of last...

The PV-GS320 is a champion performer in adequate lighting, offering a beautiful color performance. This is due in part to the camcorder's three 1/6-inch CCDs, each with 800,000 pixels. Three-chips mean incoming light is broken up by a prism, and each...

The Panasonic PV-GS320 has the same three 1/6" CCDs as last year's PV-GS300, which is hardly a detriment. The gross pixel count of each is 800,000 (540,000 in 16:9 and 640,000 in 4:3). All the Panasonic three-chippers of the last few years have...

Compared with other 3-CCD MiniDV camcorders, the Panasonic PV-GS320 is a bargain. Despite some design quirks, the video performance and high-quality video and still shots make this camcorder a good choice.