Panasonic NV-GS11B Digital Camcorder [24 x Optical , DV out] Camcorder Best Buys

Some problems after initial success - 31 Mar 2008

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Had this camcorder for a few years now. Served me really well and was impressed until recently. Had almost exact problems as described above - disc cage would open itself prompting a 'press reset button alert' and the mechanism started chewing tape. Having just got back from a weeks skiing and having the tape of the holiday rendered useless by dodgy chip commands within the camera making the tape turn and simultaneously eject means that i'm now searching for a new camera and certainly no Panasonic. A shame - it was a great bit of kit until the odd error became a consistent occurence.

Great cam, ruined by fault after fault - 14 Jun 2007

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I actually won this camcorder in a competition so thankfully I didnt spend any money on it, but the money spent in repair after repair after repair for this thing probably was more than the price anyway! It is great quality, good features, but within a year or so I had a lot of faults with the tape assembly (tapes jamming inside, or tape bay refusing to eject), after having these faults fixed then there were problems with the heads (it needed a head cleaning after almost every use!), then the tape assembly started playing up again, then it had a weird software glitch that kept saying "press reset button" which didnt cure it even when you did, then the heads played up again, then the carriage assembly, then the heads... and so on. After it wrecked a mornings shooting this morning ("please clean tape heads" it said, after I had JUST CLEANED THEM!) I was ready to throw this piece of junk out the window. Maybe I just had a dud ex display model as my prize.. I dont know. I certainly wouldnt buy Panasonic again after all these problems.

Good for price but... - 17 Jan 2007

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I have had this camera for 2 years and have appreciated its ease of use and features - e.g. audio dubbing to replace or add to an original soundtrack. Unfortunately it does not perform well in very low light and the microphone picks up a lot of wind noise. It has only been used several times - holidays, birthdays etc and has developed a fault with the tape transport mechanism, which I would not expect of a Panasonic (or any) product of this age. Until now I have been very happy with it though I have not used many of its features, and the picture quality is quite OK. I may have been unlucky with this camera but, unless it can be repaired economically, I would think twice about buying this model again.

Panasonic NV GS 11b - 07 Jun 2005

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

overall this is a great video camera, small compact with some great features. the zoom is pretty good too. i use the camera to film motor sport and my only complaint is that the softwere/cable isn't compatable with xp. so if you have xp you can't download onto the computer or use it as a web camera.. the lcd display is of good quality and the built in mic picks up sound well. this camera is good value for money.

Why spend more? - 23 Aug 2004

31 out of 32 found this review helpful.

I've had this camcorder for a few weeks and it is great. Its a replacement for a very large 8mm 'corder and I'm very happy with the quality and ease of use. However,the small size is the one thing that really impresses me. It doesn't have some of the features I've hadon previous camera but it has all the ones I ever used.

I'm not a budding Spielburg but for chasing the kids around the garden this is unbeatable value.