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Posted by Smarty on 10/03/07 14:12
It doesn't do as well as the VX2000 nor does it have the manual gain
control, but it is better than most camcorders I've tried here, not as good
as the TRV900 and roughly the same as an FX-1. When the 24p mode is engaged,
the low light improves a bit, then equaling or perhaps exceeding the FX-1
(which does not do 24p).
Austin Meyers (Meyers Productions) has posted this example
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=98144&highlight=low
and you might check out this website since it has a lot of excellent HV20
samples and info. You will need a good fast CPU to play the HDV sample at
full frame rate, since he has apparently encoded it as a Quicktime mpeg4
file.
There is a forum on this site devoted to HV20 samples. Hope this info is
useful for you.
Smarty
"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>> The HV20 is cheaply built but takes excellent video, way better than the
>> 3 CCD HDV Sony camcorder (FX-1) and the HC3 I previously owned. The audio
>> quality is good but not excellent. I would strongly recommend the HV20
>> after owning and using several HDV camcorders. It is a great bargain now
>> for well below $1000 in the U.S.
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>> Smarty
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> How does the HV20 do in lowlight? I want to move up to an HDV machine
> (never AVCHD), but I've been spoiled by the performance of VX2000.
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>> "Luru Dai" <kikidai@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1191313920.077901.108760@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>I will buy a camcorder in Nov. for my coming baby. But I hesitate
>>> between Sony A1 and Canon HV20. I know hesitation between them is
>>> weird, since A1 is pro camcorder and HV20 is consumer one. I like a
>>> more professional mode. I like to do adjusting. Concerning my budget,
>>> Sony A1 seems the only choice in professional products. I also like
>>> its small size and crazy with it sound system. But, it is too old,
>>> released about 2 years already. The CMOS is the old generation, even
>>> before HC3 and seems have bad low light performance as I heard(Not
>>> sure).
>>>
>>> Camcorderinfo.com review says that Canon HV20 is pretty good, seems
>>> the best in its competitors(Over Sony HC7). For me, it is a camcorder
>>> with ugly looking, covered with cheap plastic, hard to handle(the
>>> review said) and a customer model. I am not fancy with it, but if it
>>> is good, it is good.
>>>
>>> I like A1, in fact I planed to buy A1 one year before, for some reason
>>> I didn't make it. But electronic stuffs develop so quickly. A normal
>>> desktop computer is comparable with a super computer 5 year before. To
>>> buy a model released for two years may not smart.
>>>
>>> I beg your suggestion. I couldn't wait any more to buy one. Thank you
>>> in advance.
>>>
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