Panasonic AG-DVC15 Mini DV Digital Camcorder

Pros: Awesome camera with many professional features
Cons: What it lacks is more than made up for by what it offers

I worked at a TV station, and although we primarily used Panasonic DV-500 camera, we had several of these laying around. We would use them quite often for the more "dangerous" jobs, like sidelines at football games, or unmanned camera setups. One of ...

Pros: Sets on your shoulder. XLR inputs for external mics.
Cons: Non that I can think of.

You can't beat this camera for the price. I look that it sets on my shoulder which cuts down on fatigue. The picture and functions are great.

The camera exceeded my expectations, especially for color and sound quality. Red "bleed" around very bright objects even with gain up 12 db. is the best I have ever seen on any camera I have used. This was such an improvement over betacam cameras I have used it surprised me. Of course the all digital editing and dubbing was as expected without loss thru generations. My only wish list is for slightly more saturation and for a way to do "timelapse" shots.