Panasonic HC-V800 Low Light Review 

Thank you!

I've found that using the HDR mode really improved the low light, you've just got to remember that it defaults to off, so everytime the screen is closed and opened you have to press the HDR button again (it'll say HDR on the screen when it is on). Other than this, make sure the camera is in AutoAI+ mode and not on a setting such as landscape or something. The camera does have a low light mode as well, accessible from the screen menu at the bottom left, you can try and turn this on and this works quite well, except that it'll lose frames at very low light (causing slight juddering to the video). Last thing to try is use a slower frame rate such as 25fps as this gives more 'on' time for the sensor, try and avoid 50/60 FPS at low light as this will half the 'on' time. 25 FPS is TV refresh rate so will look completely fine. Last thing if these don't work, try reducing quality to 1080p 50mbps, this gives the camera more time to process each image (this is the last resort as it is at the expense of image quality). Let us know how you get on.

Yes, it will record with the screen closed and is indicated with a small red led on the top of the camera

@@MineExploration thanks

Thanks! Ok I'll see what I can do in the next few weeks and part it up on RU-vid. I've had it quite a while now and it's gone through a lot of stick that it was probably never designed for-and it is still going perfectly (water/severe dust etc).

That would be great, just something simple like how it handles panning shots and general low light (like indoors), image quality impressions etc. I'll drop a like on this video because you even considered this request lol. Thanks again

Thanks for the update, I loved my previous Panasonic camcorders but they're 10 years old now and they've made no real advancements in that time, which is a shame. At least Sony are trying with the AX700 and a 1" sensor! Panasonic really need to put the parts of the GH5S into a camcorder and give it stabilization, they would own this market with that product!

The HC-V800 will work when connected so I would assume that the HC-X800 should as well. (Hopefully!)

The standard Panasonic battery lasts really well and now that it has had a good few charging cycles it will give around 1hr 45 recording time. Aftermarket batteries don't seem quite as good but give around an hour recording. I generally don't change the battery at all for all of my recent movies on my RU-vid site, as long as you close the screen down between shots it can last for a very long time. In really happy with it at the moment, far better than a GoPro in my opinion.

@@MineExploration thank for the information