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Posted by Sanbar on 02/17/07 15:13
"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:Z8GdnaQDAPbyjkrYnZ2dnUVZ_uejnZ2d@adelphia.com...
> The two camcorders are quite different. As you note, the Sony uses a
> format
> which only is offered currently by Sony called AVCHD, which is
> considerably
> less capable of providing HD quality than the Canon HV10, which is an HDV
> format camcorder. Of the 2 camcorders, the Canon is unquestionably the one
> to buy, especially if you have any desire to do AVCHD editing with the
> Sony.
> There are very few software tools available for AVCHD, whereas HDV has
> been
> out for over 2 years and software to do editing and HD authoring are very
> widely available, supported and debugged.
>
> You might also take note of the recently announced replacement for the
> HV10,
> called the HV20, which has gotten some very good preliminary comments.
> Also
> note that the Sony HDR-HC3, the Sony competitor to the Canon HV10, has
> also
> been replaced, in this case with two new models, the HC5 and the HC7. The
> discontinued HC3 is a really excellent HDV camcorder for the money (around
> $1000 if you can find one) and the successors are likely to be even
> better.
>
> Smarty
Many thanks for this intelligent reply. I guess my new question would be
which one you would get between the Canon HV10, HV20 and Sony HC3.
Again, thanks a lot.
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