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Compact Size and Cool Styling Small enough to slip in a pocket or bag. Cool enough to take everywhere you go. This is one stylish camcorder you'll never want to be without.

Capture Even Complex Motion with Precision Panasonic's MPEG2 Engine is a wide-range, high-precision engine that produces smooth, beautiful moving pictures. Because it precisely records the differences in each frame, it can render fast, complex motions with exceptional accuracy and nearly twice the resolution captured with previous Panasonic MPEG2 video cameras.

Pre-Rec Function Records Images Even Before You Start Shooting This clever function records three seconds of video even before you actually begin shooting1. The images are held temporarily in the camcorder's internal memory before recording onto the SD card begins, so you can capture that spontaneous event as soon as it happens.

No More Missed Shooting Opportunities with Quick Start The SW20 SD camcorder starts up to record quickly. In Quick Start mode2, recording begins in just 0.6 seconds from the time the LCD is opened. This lets you catch those sudden shooting opportunities.

Easy DVD Copying and Viewing The USB port allows you to connect directly to a DVD burner. And copying a recording from an SD card to a DVD disc is as easy as selecting from the menu. To view your video, simply take the SD card from the camcorder and slip it into any TV or DVD player with an SD card slot; there are no cables to worry about.

Edit Your Videos First, transfer the motion-image data from the SD card to your PC3 using your PC's USB port. Then with the included MotionSD STUDIO 1.3E software, you can easily put scenes in a different order, delete the ones you don't want, and add a wide variety of video effects. Save your results by burning your video production onto DVD.

Records Onto SD/SDHC Memory Card
Recording Format MPEG2 (Motion Image)

Image Sensor (Total) 1/6" CCD (680K pixels)
Image Sensor (Effective) 4:3 -- 340K, 16:9 -- 300K (Motion Image) 4:3 -- 350K (Still Image )
F Value F1.8 (Wide) / F2.4 (Tele)
Optical Zoom 10x Variable Speed Zoom
Focal Length 2.3 - 23 mm
Filter Diameter -
35mm Film Camera Equivalent 43.9-439 mm [4:3], 43.9-439 mm [16:9][Motion Image], 43.7-437 mm [4:3][Still Picture]
Lens Type Panasonic

3CCD Camera System No
Image Stabilizer Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS)
Still Picture Recording VGA
Minimum Illumination 2 Lux (Magic Pix®)
Focus AF/Manual
White Balance Auto/Indoor/Outdoor/White Set (with IR Sensor) High Speed Shutter 1/30-1/8000 (Motion Image) 1/30-1/500 (Still Picture)
Iris Auto/Manual
Backlight Compensation Yes
LCD Monitor 2.7" Wide (123,200 Dots)
Power LCD Yes(Extra)
Pure Color Engine Yes
Soft-Skin Mode Yes
Easy-to-Use Mode Dial Yes
MagicPix Images Yes
Microphone Stereo Zoom Mic Wind Noise Reduction
Date Recording Auto Date (in Date Code)
Fade in/out Yes
On-Screen Display Language English / Canadian French / Spanish
Digital Zoom 1 10x - 700x
Quick Start 0.6 seconds

Cue and Review No
Skip No
Video Recording Format MPEG2 (Moving Picture)
Recording Mode XP (10 Mbps/VBR), SP (5 Mbps/VBR), LP (2.5Mbps/VBR)
Playback Mode XP (10Mbps/VBR), SP (5Mbps/VBR), LP (2.5Mbps/VBR)
Audio Recording Format Dolby Digital (Dolby AC3)/MPEG1-Layer2
Recording Time SDHC: 16GB: XP(3hrs 20mins)/SP(6hrs 40 mins)/LP(13hrs 20 mins), 8GB: XP(1hr 40mins)/SP(3hrs 20mins)/LP(6hrs 40mins), 4GB: XP(50mins)/SP(1hr 40 mins)/LP(3hrs 20 mins) SD: 2GB: XP(25mins)/SP(50mins)/LP(1hr 40mins), 1GB: XP(12mins)/SP(25mins)/LP(50mins)
Still Picture JPEG: 640 x 480
Still Picture Recording Number SDHC: 16GB: 99999 High, 99999 Normal, 8GB: 55260 High, 99999 Normal, 4GB: 27150 High, 54290 Normal SD: 2GB: 13820 High, 27640 Normal, 1GB: 6790 High, 13580 Normal
Counter Yes
Wind Noise Reduction Yes
Remaining Indication Yes
Pre-Rec Function Yes
One-Touch Navigation Yes
Help Mode Yes
Disc Copy Function Yes (when using a DVD Burner (VW-BN1), data from SD Memory Card can be copied to a 12-cm DVD Disc)
USB Host Function Yes

Built-in SD Slot Yes (SD/SDHC)
DPOF Max. 999 stills
PictBridge Compatible Yes

S-Video Out No
USB Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0)(mini AB) AV Out

Power Supply DC 7.2/9.3 V
Power Consumption 2.9W
Dimensions (H x W x D) 2.3'' x 1.6'' x 4.0''
Weight 0.36 lbs

AC Adaptor
Battery Pack Lithium-Ion Strap [Hand Strap]
AV Cable
IR Remote
SD Memory Card
Lens Cap
Software Motion SD Studio 1.3E Other Cables AC/DC Cables