Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago
At long last, my full and, as usual, rambling review of Panasonic's 4K consumer-grade camcorder, the HC-VX870 (essentially the same as the WX-970 but that also has an extra camera on the LCD)
I am of course an idiot with regard to the self-levelling feature: you turn it off with one of the few physical buttons on the camcorder, which I completely overlooked as they're otherwise so limited in use!
PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE: this video has been *extensively* recompressed not only by me so as to make the upload a manageable size - it was still 4GB! - but also then by YouTube, so the video samples shown inherently do not reflect the camcorder's ability. There's no way round this other than me buying a 100Gb-upload leased line (that ain't gonna happen).
Don't miss these individual test videos which are of higher quality as they were a lot shorter (and therefore smaller):
4K unedited footage straight from the cam:
youtube.com/watch?v=PWKTj_qjg9g
4K edited footage:
youtube.com/watch?v=TSWnWhzp6sE
Full HD (50Mbps, 50p) straight from the cam:
youtube.com/watch?v=XJU0ImbbAGY
Stabilisation, Zoom and audio tests youtube.com/watch?v=m_Jg9fROg7M
And see also my playlist of Sony AXP33 videos (this camcorder's nearest rival):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CzKKr2ndpnGaeTplN2Osiy-CotCfKtb
Buy the VX870 at geni.us/TS_PannyVX870
For updates, follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/UKAirscape
At long last, my full and, as usual, rambling review of Panasonic's 4K consumer-grade camcorder, the HC-VX870 (essentially the same as the WX-970 but that also has an extra camera on the LCD)
I am of course an idiot with regard to the self-levelling feature: you turn it off with one of the few physical buttons on the camcorder, which I completely overlooked as they're otherwise so limited in use!
PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE: this video has been *extensively* recompressed not only by me so as to make the upload a manageable size - it was still 4GB! - but also then by YouTube, so the video samples shown inherently do not reflect the camcorder's ability. There's no way round this other than me buying a 100Gb-upload leased line (that ain't gonna happen).
Don't miss these individual test videos which are of higher quality as they were a lot shorter (and therefore smaller):
4K unedited footage straight from the cam:
youtube.com/watch?v=PWKTj_qjg9g
4K edited footage:
youtube.com/watch?v=TSWnWhzp6sE
Full HD (50Mbps, 50p) straight from the cam:
youtube.com/watch?v=XJU0ImbbAGY
Stabilisation, Zoom and audio tests youtube.com/watch?v=m_Jg9fROg7M
And see also my playlist of Sony AXP33 videos (this camcorder's nearest rival):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CzKKr2ndpnGaeTplN2Osiy-CotCfKtb
Buy the VX870 at geni.us/TS_PannyVX870
For updates, follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/UKAirscape
