Testing Panasonic's Megapixel Camera (WV-NP502)

•Published Feb 01, 2010 05:00 AM

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****** ***, ***** ******* *******; **** low ***** (***** * *** ********), video ***** ** ** **** *** minimal *****
***** ******* (**) ******** ******* ******* improvements ** *** ************; ******* ***** time *********** ********* **** *** ******* on

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Bandwidth ***********: For H.264, Exacq only connected with constant bit rate. At full frame rate and resolution (1.3 MP / H.264 / 30 fps), bandwidth consumption was 4 Mb/s steady. By contrast, MJPEG bandwidth consumption for same frame rate / resolution ranged from 6 to 11 Mb/s (Panasonic dynamically increases image size in MJPEG based on complexity of the scene).

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Physical *****

** *** ********* *****, ** ******* the ******** ***** ** *** ********* WV-NP502 ******. *** ****** ** ****:

*** ****** ***** **** * *****-** fan **** ** ****** ****** *** keeps *** ****** **** ** *** touch
*** ****** *** * *********** **** a ******* **** **** ******** **** an ** **** **** *** * button ** **** **** ***** *** camera
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Configuration / ************

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******** ***** ** ***** ** *** interface ************ *.*** ****** **** *****
**** ******* ***** **** - ********* pop-up
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****** ************* - ****** *******
**** ***** - ********* **-***** ****** through *** *********
******* ***** *** ** *****
**** ********* ************ **** **** ********, not ********* ** *** ***** ***

Image ******* ********

*** ********** ***** ******** *** ***** quality ** *** ********* **-*****. ***** the ********** ** *** *** *** points (*********** *** *********** *** *** light *******). ******** ****** **** ********** * ****** ******(*** ** ***** ****) ** *** Panasonic **-***** ** *** *** ******* for ********.

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****** ********* ** ******** ** ** a ********* *******
********** *** ** * ****** ******* (at ****) ******* ** ******* ************* provided
*.* ** *.*** ****** ** **** than **** * ***** ****** **** ***********
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***** ***** ******* ** ****** ******** to ***** *** ***** *** *** as ***** ** **** *****

*** ************, *** **-***** *** **** the **** *********** ********* *** *** scenarios *** *** **** ********** **** demanding *** ***** ******** (****** *** of ***** ******* *** ********** ***** 1 ***).