Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/25/07 13:53

"Arny Krueger" wrote ...
> "Smarty" wrote ...
>> I've been touting the HV20 for quite a while now, and it is really a
>> true bargain, a joy to travel with, and remarkably capable.
>
> We use a HV20 at church, primarily as a 4:3 format camera with video
> output. We don't use the built-in recorder.
>
> The image quality was a fantastic upgrade over its predecessor,

Just for purposes of comparison, what was its predecessor?

> but I have two complaints:
>
> (1) The green square in the upper right hand corner, which I don't
> know how to make go away.

Can you post a frame-grab image?
Is it there all the time (even with lens capped)?
Does the green square happen from ALL outputs?
Is it there on the tape if you use the recording function?

> (2) As a camera, it seems to have a lot of latency.

Are you using an analog output? or digital?

> Any experience with the tele-adaptor? We use ours mostly to shoot at
> a pulpit which is about 120 feet away, and the image quality at that
> distance is reduced in quality (still worlds better than the
> predecessor), apparently by operation at max zoom.

Optical zoom? Or did you let it go into "digital zoom"?

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