Panasonic AG-HMC70U Unboxing

I'm not a big fan of those unboxing videos and articles that people keep doing, but since I got the thing and I had a camera near by...

Unboxing the Panasonic AG-HMC70U:

Open the box (left), and you find inside another box (right) that looks almost exactly the same; only slightly smaller



Open the top, and you see the software discs, memory card (2 GB) and the side of the camera. The right-hand side compartment holds the power supply.



Lift that tray out, and you see the lens cover and remote (right) and protective packaging:



Take out the next layer, and there's the camera, sitting in a protective baggy:



And here she is, right out of the baggy, with a piece of protective wrapping around the viewfinder arm (the rubber eyecup for the viewfinder isn't attached);



Here's the camera, with all the parts in front, clockwise from left:

* Manual and CD's (one has electronic manual and the other has software).
* Battery
* viewfinder eyecup
* battery for remote
* remote
* shoulder strap
* 2GB memory card
* some kind of magnet thing to put on the AC cord if there's interference
* battery charger
* camera power chord (goes from battery charger to camera)
* lens sheild
* AC power cable (AC to battery charger)


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Gabriel Barbaro said…
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Nov 23, 2009, 11:55:00 PM
Gabriel Barbaro said…
I've read your blog several times now and dig your advice regarding HD shooting and such. Thanks for your un-boxing article.

I'm an editor by trade and am considering buying the Panasonic AG-HMC70U to get some cameraman gigs.

Have you been able to shoot and edit with it yet? When you do, I'd really like to read about it! I work with FCP Suite 2 and I'm wondering what the work flow is like (I hear you have to use the FCP "Log and Transfer" tool? Also is the lack of a focus ring a real bother?

Cheers!
Gabriel
Nov 24, 2009, 12:01:00 AM
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