Our Overall Score:
9.3/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Digital Camcorders category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £249
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Panasonic or alternative products in the Digital Camcorders category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder
PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder scores 8.9/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Digital Camcorders. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Digital Camcorders, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Digital Camcorders? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder scores 9.2/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Digital Camcorders category was £1249.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £49.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Digital Camcorders category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Digital Camcorders category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Digital Camcorders category. This was £298.28 from the 37 products we found in that category. So PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder actually comes in below average at £249.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £1249.00 and the least expensive, which was £49.00. In total we found that of the 37, 22 were more expensive and 14 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder.
Prices of products from Panasonic
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Panasonic. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Panasonic, which was £333.17 of the 161 products we found. So PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Panasonic was £17.99 with the most expensive coming in at £3799.00.
Prices of products from Panasonic and in the Digital Camcorders category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Panasonic that sit specifically within the Digital Camcorders category.
For this we found that the average price was £307.33, making PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder at £249 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £499.00 with the lowest priced item being £149.00. In total there were 3 items that were more expensive and 2 that was less expensive.
Reviews of PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder
PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder scores 9.9/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder is.
Overall score
PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder scores 9.3/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Panasonic so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: PANASONIC HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model Number: HCW580EBK
- Full HD video (50 fps)Optical zoom: 50 x3″ tiltable LCD touchscreenBuilt-in WiFiImage stabilisation
- EAN: 5025232836901
- Description: Top features:- Capture everything with exceptional zoom and wide angle function- Multiple cameras so you can shoot from two angles at once- Clear images thanks to Level Shot functionExperience high quality recording and film with two cameras simultaneously using the Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Traditional Camcorder.Capture everythingWith a 90 x Intelligent Zoom option, you can easily capture objects that are too far away to shoot with conventional zoom functions. The HC-W580EB-K also boasts a 50 x Optical Zoom to add more emotion and dynamics to your memorable footage thanks to the stunning quality of the image.You can fit more people and more of the background into the frame thanks to the 28 mm Wide-Angle function. This is ideal when you need to take a group shot in a small room as it fits objects in even when you shoot from up close, allowing you to pick up even small sounds with the camcorder’s built-in microphone.Multiple camerasThe W580E features a rotatable sub camera that lets you take shots from two angles at once. This opens up a vast amount of new possibilities for your filming, allowing you to record picture in picture while you experiment with the options presented by this useful feature.Using Wi-Fi you can link to as many as three smartphones and simultaneously record up to two of them as sub-windows. This lets you shoot from a variety of angles and viewpoints to capture a higher level of emotional impact and focus in on every little detail.Clear imagesTo allow you to film carefree, the HCW580EBK features a Level Shot function which automatically detects and corrects the tilting of images. It can be adjusted to suit the shooting conditions, allowing you total freedom when it comes to capturing the action.Whether you are shooting from a wide angle or at high zoom, HYBRID O.I.S.+ uses five-axis correction to thoroughly suppress blurring caused by unwanted shaking while recording. This lets you capture crisp, clear images in virtually any conditions to ensure that your recording remains smooth and enjoyable.Plus with the HDR Movie Function you can easily capture natural videos with excellent gradation even in difficult filming situations such as backlighting.Get the most out of your camcorderWe recommend using a UHS Speed Class 3 memory card as it offers the speed you need for capturing Full HD footage. Keep your new gear protected with a travel-friendly case or bag which will also hold your daily essentials.
- Product ID: 3517066731
