Dissatisfaction wih camescope Panasonic NV-MX350EG (Panasonic e.cam NV-MX350)

Member Name: Philippe

Product:	Panasonic e.cam NV-MX350
Date:	20/08/09 (53 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent Image quality

Disadvantages: Poor reliability and many failures

I bought it in 2002.
The main advantage of this poduct is the excellent quality of images in terms of colors, brightness, sharpness, etc.... It is quite complex and the instruction manual difficult to use.
The main disadvantage is that it is very unreliable and the technical assistance and repair which has not been helpful or for for a very high price.
It has already undergone two major repairs one for a problem with reading heads, the other for the motor actuating the cassette which needed to be changed (for 400 euros i-e > 500 dollars).
I have presently two other problems which have not yet been fixed. The first one is probably simple : the recording button does not work properly and starts recording when you want to stop and stops when you think you have put it on.
The second one is probably more complex : when loading the movie into the computer for editing, the entire movie appears as a single, eventually enormous clip, instead of each sequence apperaring as an individual clip.
I have not yet decided to for another repair.
Conclusion : despite the outstanding image quality, I would not recommend this material and I would certainly not reiterate this purchase. I would even avoid buying Panasonic altogether.

Summary: Not recommended

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