Product ReviewsPanasonic HDC-TM90K (16 GB) AVCHD 3D Camcorder

Excellent camera! I would buy another one in 2 seconds!

Excellent camera! This is what I've been waiting for!
Pros:
-Very wide lens for shooting in small rooms. I used to have to use a fish eye lens on my Canon GL1 (which obviously distorted the picture) to get a view as wide as the TM90 gets automatically.
-For you control freaks like me, it has sufficient manual settings including manual focus which you can use while filming for those dramatic depth-of-field shots.
-It has a removable accessory foot for mounting a shotgun mic or a flash.
-There is a 1/4 inch audio input too; a rare feature on cheaper cameras but important for decent audio.
-There is a built-in flash above the lens for photos.
-The OIS works pretty well.
-The picture quality is exceptional, and perfect for green screening
-The audio is good if you use a shotgun mic. There is a very useful sound-level indicator. (I haven't tried it without my shotgun mic, so I don't know about the built-in audio.)
-Intuitive touch screen user interface.
-Facial recognition allows it to focus on human faces automatically when focus is set to "auto".

The only cons are:
-The still image resolution is only 5 megapixels
-The power button in inconveniently placed for someone with large fingers.
-It is extremely light and tiny. The OIS makes up for this somewhat, but for best results use a tripod or I'm going to make a custom steadycam (because my old steadycam can't be calibrated for such light camera!).
-Straight out of the box the built-in LED camera light is set to "Auto", so if you're in a poorly lit room as I was when I got it the light will be on. I had to set it to "off" which wasn't a big deal but I've seen people complain about the user-interface.
-There is no place on the camera itself to put the stylus. I found a way to wedge it in the hand strap, but it's not horribly secure and it's the size of a guitar pick so I'm likely to lose it. While not entirely necessary I have trouble using the touchscreen without it because of the size of some of the buttons.Read full review...

fits like a glove and works great

easy to use with great movies. worked well right out of the box. very intuitive, compact and light. the results have been terrific. bought extra memory and battery but the built in memory is helpful and battery life is is good.Read full review...

pleased

Used the camcorder over the holidays found it compact but not to small, picture quality was fine, had a number of features that we used not to complicated to set up and use. over all good buy

very good little camera for the monery

some thing are good some i dislick the battrey takeing off and to put back on the carmera,also going from the carmera to a dvd disk, football game 4th grade school game will take 2 and haft hours to go on the dvd disk. battery life is good for over a hour, but it mite be me as i go to the dvd from the camera
John 2Read full review...

Arrived quickly, works as advertised.

This camera was exactly what I expected. This is the same camera as one I already have in regular use, so I knew what I was getting.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: dynamicgears

Really good deal on a perfect TM90 with cables.

Really good deal on a perfect TM90 with cables.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: spursdude

Better than expected

Excellent picture, excellent ease of use, good value of money. I especially value its performance in low light and wide aperture.