Our Overall Score:
8.9/10
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Latest price search at John Lewis & Partners: £249
The most important part of buying online can be to read reviews and that’s why you’re here. We’ve scanned the internet to find as many Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder reviews as we can, regardless if they’re good or bad as we want to give you the most truthful and realistic overview of just how good Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder is. In finding reviews, we discovered that the best and most informative reviews were from customers over at John Lewis & Partners, to read these review just tap on the View Reviews button now.
When it comes to buying products online, whether that’s a TV, clothes, Camcorders or even a something like a sofa, there are a general set of guidance or advice that you can follow to help you get the best product for your needs and also the best for your budget. As you can imagine there are tons of different options in the Camcorders category and even loads of options of products from Panasonic so it’s important to take the time to find the right one for you. The four areas that we want to delve in to a little more are the quality, the price of the product, what the reviews are saying about it and then finally we’ll look at an overall score which takes into account the other factors.
Quality of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder
Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder scored an incredible 8.1/10 for quality.
As you’d expect with a lot of products, quality is a very important factor for choosing products in the “Camcorders” category. But it’s even more important to consider and get a feel for quality when you’re buying online because you aren’t given the benefit of being able to see and try the item for yourself.
This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. A top tip when reading the reviews is to use the search function on your browser and search for the word “quality” in the reviews that way you can skip straight to customers that have mentioned about the quality of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder.
Once you’ve had a good look over the reviews you’ll have a pretty good indication of how good the quality of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder is, but we also have the following factors that you should consider to get an idea of the quality of the product you’re looking at.
- Price: It probably sounds obvious, but there are links to the price you pay and the quality of a product. Try and set your expectations for the quality based on your budget. You wouldn’t expect a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Fiesta so bear this in mind when shopping.
- Specification: It’s a really good idea to look over the product description and specification section of the website, for Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder you can read the full details on the John Lewis & Partners website where it will give you all the detail you need. It’s useful as you’ll probably already have a good idea of the sort of specs that make good Camcorders. Also compare these specs to other similar products that are in the same price bracket.
- Brand: Panasonic are obviously a strong and recognisable brand for making great Camcorders, so you’d expect Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder to deliver to these expectations. But always consider the brand when you’re thinking about the quality of the product you’re going to buy, and where quality is an important factor to you, look only at those well known brands (of course only if your budget allows).
- Your experience with Camcorders: You’ll no doubt have some history with buying Camcorders, and you may have even bought products from the same brand, Panasonic, use this information to your advantage. You’ll probably have a good idea of how good the quality of the product was and any faults or floors you remember from it.
Price analysis of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder
Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder scored highly with 9.4/10 for price in our review.
Price, a hugely important part of any purchase. Price becomes even more of a consideration when we’re shopping online because it’s so amazingly simple to compare the price of several retailers in literally just a few clicks. In fact you don’t even need to do that, we’ve run price comparisons for you in order to find the best price. The lowest price we’ve managed to find Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder for is just £249 over at John Lewis & Partners.
There’s a lot of geeky analysis to be done on price, but what we find most effective and informative is to look at 3 different figures when comparing products and that is the average price, the most expensive and the cheapest. This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. It’s also useful to look at the average of the products that fit in the same category as well as products from the same brand. So we’re going to look in more detail now at the price of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder.
Prices of products in the Camcorders category
We thought it would be useful to spend a bit of time exploring the price of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder and seeing how it compares to other similar products. And also seeing how much variance there are in prices of products in the Camcorders category. To do this we looked at all of the products over at John Lewis & Partners, there were a total of 7 products in the Camcorders, and of these 7 products the average price was £329.14, making Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder below average at £249. We also looked at the cheapest option in the same category which was just £199.00 whilst the most expensive was £499.00. So you can see there’s a huge variance in the price of products in this category, as an indication there were 1 products less expensive and 5 more expensive than Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder in this category. So we thought it would be worth going into a bit more detail and looking at the prices of products from Panasonic.
Prices of products from Panasonic
So the average price of the 214 products available from Panasonic was £419.26, making £249 below average against the other products from the same brand. With the most expensive product from them coming in at £3799.00 and the cheapest at £14.99. We thought a good next step would be to look more specifically at products from Panasonic that fit in to the category of Camcorders rather than looking at all their products.
Of the 2 products from Panasonic in the Camcorders category, the average price is £374.00 making Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder below average at £249. Again we looked at how much price can vary and found that the cheapest product to fit this criteria was £249.00 and the most expensive was £499.00 so there are again a lot of varying prices with the products. In fact to be precise we found 1 products from Panasonic that were more expensive and 0 that were cheaper.
Reviews of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder
Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder scores 9.3/10 for customer reviews.
Reviews are really the most valuable part of your online shopping, they’re giving you the next best thing to being able to actually try the product for yourself. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product. We can’t stress enough how important it is that you spend some time reading the reviews of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder over at John Lewis & Partners, click on the “view reviews” button now to read them.
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Overall score
Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder got an amazing overall score of 8.9/10 in our review.
This figure takes into account the various criteria that we’ve covered above, the price, the quality and the customer reviews, in order to give you an overall score. This overall score of 8.9/10 then gives you a really easy figure to use for comparison purposes if you’re then going on to read any of our other reviews of Camcorders.
As you’ve already seen in the pricing section there are absolutely loads of different options from Panasonic so take your time to read the reviews, do your homework on setting a budget and seeing how the price of Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder stacks up against your budget and make sure you also set yourself a list of “must-haves” so you know that this product ticks all your boxes.
More info: Panasonic HC-W580EB-K Camcorder
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model Number: Panasonic HC HC-W580EB-K
- EAN: 5025232836901
- Description: Panasonic’s HC-W580 is an outstanding HD camcorder bursting with top-notch specs and exciting features. Use the 50x optical zoom and 90x intelligent zoom to hone in on faraway subjects, revolutionise your shooting with the built-in Wi-Fi and discover new shooting angles with the rotatable Twin Camera. The 5-axis image stabiliser, ultra-wide angle view and suite of creative controls will make your videos personal and blur-free, too. You can even shoot in eye-popping High Dynamic Range (HDR) to make your films extra-vivid. Sophisticated MOS Sensor This camcorder’s state-of-the-art MOS sensor packs in 2.5MP of movie resolution and 10MP of still photo resolution. This way, your shots will be pin-sharp and processed speedily. Twin Camera Beside the display, you’ll find a second camera that lets you shoot from two angles at once. It creates a sub-window on the touch display that you can slide around to get the right position. Whether you’re taking a selfie or capturing a precious family moment, you’ll always get the whole picture. Wireless Multi-Camera By hooking up this camcorder to your Wi-Fi, you can explore a rich range of fun features. Link up as many as 3 smartphones, then use up to 2 of them as recording sub-windows. These sub-windows can then be interchanged, letting you shoot from a whole new range of angles. Other Wi-Fi features include the app-driven Remote Shooting, Real Time Broadcasts on live-stream platform USTREAM, Baby Monitoring and Home Monitoring. Super Zoom The HC-W580 enables ultra-telephoto Intelligent 90x zoom shooting, from within a compact body. This powerful zoom brings faraway subjects closer so you can capture dynamic images that fill the whole frame. High Dynamic Range Movies Enjoy super-crisp colours with the HDR Movie function. By flicking the button, the camcorder will combine two images taken with different exposures to sharpen the gradation and pull off simply stunning shots. Blur-Free Results The HYBRID Optical Image Stabiliser+ uses 5-axis correction to clamp down on hand-shake in any situation, leaving your shots consistently sharp. Furthermore, the Level Footage function automatically corrects image tilt, so snaps are always straight. Tinker with the OFF, Normal and Strong settings to suit your situation. Wide-Angle Wonder The 28mm wide angle function can fit more into your frame. This is especially useful if you want to record a group photo in a small room, which even works on close-ups. This makes it possible for the 2 channel zoom microphone to pick up the slightest sound, too. BSI Sensor’s Luminous Light Variety The HC-W580’s BSI sensor improves light sensitivity performance, letting you record easy-to-see, clear images in low-light locations. Get Creative Shoot impressive video recordings that are matched to the situation with an array of filter effects. Choose from Miniature Effect, 8mm Movie, Silent Movie and Time Lapse Recording to capture the very best of the moment. Key Benefits 2.5MP (Movie), 10MP (Still Photo) and Full HD 1080p resolution delivers crisp detail Rotatable Twin Camera lets you film from two angles at once HDR Movie mode allows ultra-crisp colour shots Wi-Fi functionality opens up a whole new realm of shooting possibility Supreme 50x optical zoom and 90x intelligent zoom lets you snap any subject from afar 5-Axis HYBRID Optical Image Stabilisers and Level Footage function gives steady, blur-free content State-Of-The-Art BSI Sensor boosts low-light performance Rich range of creative modes to add flair to your footage Cases Take care of your new camcorder with one of our cases. Click here to view the range.
- Product ID: 3593443785
- Category: Electricals > Cameras & Camcorders > Camcorders
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