Panasonic SDR-SW20 Waterproof Camcorder Comments

Interesting review, but I was wondering why you guys do not include a short video clip with your video camera reviews just so that we can get a decent idea about what you mean when you describe the video quality as "good", "fair" , "poor" "better than XYZ..." and so on. What do you think?

Far from the worst suggestion I've ever heard, Yousuf :)

It's not something we can do straight away (unless you want to see horrible YouTube video quality) but it's certainly something for the future. Nice one.

Prophetic words! Love the underwater shark and diver scene. Made me chuckle.

Hi, I have a pansonic SDR-S10 and love it, however would like to upgrade to a camcorder which can give sharper picture quality but I don't want to comprimise on size of camcorder as I love the S10's unique compact desgin. Can you tell me if the SW20 can offer what I am looking for? Cheers

I am new to the camcorder world, but I am absolutely fascinated by this waterproof model. The only thing that is bothering me is the low dept to which you can take it. Do you know when the second generation is comming out and how deep will it go?

Can you capture footage directly into your laptop??

Would this be via Fire wire or USB??

I bought this especially so I could take it scuba diving and I followed all the instructions but ended up sending it back to the place I bought it from because water had got in it. Apparently it s a common fault. The under water recoring quality was good but the still picture quality was terrible. We used it as a camera to save taking two cameras around with us but deeply regretted it because our photos are really dissapointing when printed. We swapped the camera for an alternative after it took a staggering 11 weeks to get repaired. Overall a bad experience

To Jodie Lewis...the camera is only designed to withstand a depth of 1.5m, not for scuba diving. I have found the camera a great basic point and shoot camera. The picture quality is not great, but good enough and better than VHS. I have dropped it (accidentally), worn it on my helmet while mountain biking and used it under water in the surf and pool, without problem. The only draw back, is that it has no cover for the lens and despite surviving all of the above, I foolishly placed it my pocket with keys and scratched the lens it. The lack of lens cover is in my opinion a major flaw to an otherwise handy, robust camera.