I bought a Panasonic NV gs33 in Roma, Italy about two years ago. And, yes, I have had to deal with the "push reset" problem. The cam began malfunctioning about three months after the purchase. I had it serviced and was told that it had a mechanical problem. Now one year has passed and the little thing, again, is not functioning! The "push reset" warning is back. This time I am not taking the cam into service. It can die! And, sure enough, I am not buying another Panasonic. Best regards R.V.

hi, i am about to buy a new pv gs150. i would like to know if u mean any panasonic digital camera or are you just referring to the nv model series?

We have a Panasonic Palmcorder PV-GS50S This camcorder worked just fine up until a week ago, and now it's unable to load tapes or play them back. It will load the tape after some prodding, but it won't do anything with it (such as playback, fast forward, rewind, etc). Any Idea what could be the trouble? thanks

Dear Davy: I am looking for an older cam coder that has a separate eye piece with cathode tube. I am using it to mount to a full scuba face mask so the diver can use infrared light in very murky water. Have done so once before with found view finder from a panasonic of unknown origin (model). It was tubular with a rubber eye piece on the lense. Would appreciate your reccommendations for any eyepiece that would suffice. Thanks, Jim Gregory

I use two Panasonic PV-GS150 3 ccd panasonic camcorders for storm chasing. I have had excellent service from them until yesterday. One failed and when I resported to the back up camcorder, it too failed. # 1 camera had many hours on it but #2 camera had about 2 hours on it. Now neither one will record. Thats all, it powers up ok but wont record and then I get a messege to "push the reset button". Any suggestings? I am ready to send them both in to service. Please help!

Hi I was reading your lines about panasonic camcorders. HOW ABOUT PANASONIC NV-GS35 Regards FAIZ

would you please give me more information about md9000 camcorder problems.

Davy I am from Peru. I have a nv-mx3000 panasonic (japanesse) camera. I never have problem with it until the last week, 4 years after I bought. My problem is another, the technician who is repairing my camera says me that he can do nothing without the service manual, we need the part of power supply, system control. Maybe you have it, if i don´t get it my camera die and I work with it. I don´t have to buy another camera, yet. I need it. Help me ik you can. sinceraly Humberto Saco Lima Perú

Sony does the same thing, they don't provide level 3 service manuals for complex boards even to ASC and advice to swap the boards. If you can resolder bad connections, that's good for you, but that doesn't require you undestanding fully how it works. And for warranty repairs Panasonic would supply them totally for free. I am not sure about Panasonic, but Sony labels all fuses even on those boards, so this shouldn't be a problem too. Now with lead-free solder we will see more and more bad connections, since it's easier to crack and with BGA chips it will be real nightmare. But it's good for our health and for salespeople because people will buying more new cameras instead of fixing. Switching to another brand is not a solution because all companies have similar problems and practices. The bottom line, if you can do a work with limited access to information, that's better for you since you offer unique service that others can't do, that should work to your advantage. And if companies were making perfect products, you would be out of work. Thanks. Alex.