Panasonic HDC-SDT750

Colour (11.51)

The Panasonic HDC-SDT750 produced Colours in our bright light test with splendid accuracy and excellent saturation. The camcorder measured a Colour error of 3.04 and a near-perfect saturation level of 99.23%. These numbers, along with most of the SDT750's numbers in our video testing, are very similar to what we saw on the Panasonic HDC-TM700. (More on how we test Colour.)

Colour Accuracy Performance
Colour Test Chart (above), Colour Error Map (right)
The Panasonic HDC-SDT750 produced a Colour error of 3.04 and a saturation level of 99.23% in our bright light Colour testing. (The map on the right is a diagram of the Colour error. The length and direction of each line indicates how the camcorder processed each particular Colour.)

The HDC-SDT750's Colour Error Map (above) shows that the camcorder produced most Colours with very good accuracy. Only a few of the red tones on the camcorder were off, and even they were fairly accurate. The camcorder's Colours looked vivid and strong, with our only complaint being that certain red images were a bit over saturated (see images below).

Panasonic HDC-SDT750 Colour Modes
Auto	100% Crop
Colour -5	100% Crop
Colour +5	100% Crop
White Balance Adjust -5 (red)	100% Crop
White Balance Adjust +5 (blue)	100% Crop

There aren't any Colour preset modes on the HDC-SDT750 (except for the soft skin detail mode that smooths skin tones), but the camcorder does have manual Colour saturation control and a white balance adjustment feature. Examples of these settings are shown above, while the images shown below are comparisons in auto mode.

Panasonic HDC-SDT750 Colour Comparisons
Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21
Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700

	Close-Up Colour Comparisons
	Ideal	Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21	Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Red
	Ideal	Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21	Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Green
	Ideal	Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21	Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Blue
	Ideal	Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21	Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Skin Tone 1
	Ideal	Panasonic HDC-SDT750	Canon HF S21	Sony HDR-CX550V	Panasonic HDC-TM700
Skin Tone 2

Even though all of the camcorders in this set did a decent job in our Colour tests, neither the Sony HDR-CX550V nor the Canon HF S21 could match the Colour accuracy of the two Panasonic models. All of these camcorders do have some sort of Colour adjustment controls, however, so you can tweak the Colours in ways to suit your liking for these models.

Colour Score Comparison		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Canon HF S21
		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Sony HDR-CX550V
		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Panasonic HDC-TM700

Noise (12.06)

The Panasonic HDC-SDT750 averaged one of the lowest noise levels we've seen in our bright light test. The camcorder registered a noise level of 0.3825% in this test, which is lower than the rest of the camcorders in this set—even though, they also did well on this test. (More on how we test noise.)

Noise Comparisons
Panasonic HDC-SDT750 100% Crop	Canon HF S21 100% Crop	Sony HDR-CX550V 100% Crop	Panasonic HDC-TM700 100% Crop

The only camcorder shown above that didn't do exceptionally well on this test is the Canon HF S21, which measured just average noise levels in bright light. Still, when you look at the crops above the images look very good overall. Each of these high-end models captured a sharp, clean image in bright light, but you can see some slight differences when you look closely. For example, the Sony HDR-CX550V's image isn't quite as sharp as the competition (but the difference is very slight).

Noise Score Comparison		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Canon HF S21
		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Sony HDR-CX550V
		Compare the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 to the Panasonic HDC-TM700