DV has a review of the Panasonic HPX 500 in the September issue. Reviewer Jay Holben gave the camera a 4.5 rating, and was very pleased indeed with it’s performance. Most of those that have used the camera to date have expressed similar sentiment, it seems to be a really strong offering at it’s price point.

“In the “HD Normalâ€? gamma setting, I found the camera’s latitude to be 8 1/2 stops, with 5 stops underexposure to loss of detail and 2 1/2 stops overexposure to loss of detail. At 5 stops under, it was too noisy for my taste. In the “Cinelike Dâ€? gamma setting I found the same 8 1/2 stop overall latitude, but with a more even dispersement of 3 1/4 stops over and 4 1/4 stops under range. “Cinelike Vâ€? mode, quickly becoming my favorite, yielded the same total 8 1/2 stops, but slightly more high-end at 3 1/2 stops overexposure detail and 4 stops underexposure. From this point forward I left the gamma at “Cinelike V.â€? In the “Cinelikeâ€? modes, even at 4 and 4 1/4 stops under, the image remains clean with little noise.”

You can read the full review in your DV Sept print issue, or online at DV.com.

(Via Digital Camcorder News)