Hi Baird,
You are falling for marketing hype!
Well, I read many reviewes before I asked this question here. Some of them
were very positive about this exact camcorder. Btw, maybe you're not aware,
it was said that it has the same diameter of the lens like GL2 has.
Your IP reveals you are stateside in Arizona, look up why Walmart refused
You're a very detailed person, I like that!
of HDMI v1.3, which was only in past 20 months. But that only solves audio
sync problems. Audio via HDMI is the worst format for a digital Hi-Def
audio
stream, see Miller audio research tests for the awful jitter measurements.
[Emotions are skipped]
Actually that's why I asked here if anybody had experience playing with
these toys.
It is still not resolved, OEM's are marketing new flatscreens that claim
200khz or higher, intelligent backlighting and a whole heap of other
techno guff, as they accept that current "Hi-Def" is too problematic and
far from satisfactory.
Even more, I read one article that the European Community will stop selling
devices above some critical resolution because the\y are comsuming too much
energy, believe or not. So everything is not ideal for sure.
But the masses fell for the hype, now the "Hi-Def" spin passes into other
areas, such as hand-held domestic camcorders.....
Well, GL2 is also a "domestic" one. Some people call it semi-pro, some
companies call it pro just to sell for more money. It's not bad for sure,.
although it has some limitations.
Do you have any grasp of the actual differing compression techniques,
how will you be viewing your new camcorder captured HD footage, on your
PC? If so it won't look any different then a youtube flash clip, and
I really do because I'm a professional software developer and know these
things much better than the most people in the world. And the PC is not the
worst device to watch the footage and edit it, especially if you have a good
enough hardware. I saw many HD TV sets, some of them are more or less
acceptable, but most of them are crappy, that's true. But I also have a HD
source at home to compare the quality of the same movie coming in SD and HD.
Even a regular TV shows the difference if the receiver downscales the stream
for it.
The codec is a very important part for sure. I tested many different apps
and got stuck on Vegas, thanks to Jerry, who recommended me this Vegas
several years ago here in this newsgroup. It's able to provide me a very
good broadcast quality, producing a 2-hr movie written on 1 regular 4.5GB
DVD.
certainly won't better your DV camcorder. The best such HD camcorders can
manage
is 720p using H264 compression, will you be using your PC to edit to
Blu-Ray
and playback on an upscaling (1080p) blu-ray player? It will look crap.
Maybe you're absolutely right, especially if you're writing here so
emotionally.
Regardless of format and marketing claims for "Hi-Def", there is more to
it
then resolution, compression technique etc etc. There is also
compatibility
issues, playback hardware and importantly it is just a handheld device,
Compatibility issues always exist.
do you really think you will discern Hi-Definition imaging with such a
devices lens, the lighting and ambiance?
Does same lens size mean anything? It's not a micro hole made for video
shooting, I know about difraction, lens sizes and sensor sizes since I
started playing with photo and video many years ago.
Stick with your DV camcorder.
Learn about the basics of home video. "Leaving learn, die like a fool!"
Find out about the hardware and software and minimum requirements.
Use the internet to find out how disatisfied most are, apart from the dumb
who fall for the marketing.
The Internet is my second home... or the first?
http://alatest.com/apps/reviews/2067...-33483228.html
\ "Staring us straight in the face is a massive Canon HD Video lens with a
58mm filter diameter, the same diameter as Canon's GL2 prosumer
standard-definition camcorder from a few years back. This means a
compatibility with advanced filters and lens attachments that most consumer
camcorders with smaller filter diameters are not capable of supporting."
Just ignore the price - it's already $900 from yesterday. And I'm not sure
if I can trust this company since I've never heard about it before.
http://rogerscamera.com/catalog/prod...oducts_id=6154
There are many promising companies, but realistically only a few
could/should be used.
As for 58mm - I see it's tricky.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews...vixia-hf-s100/
It's the filter diameter, the lens is much smaller, we can see that. Maybe
it's still not very bad as a backup camcorder or as a present for wife. I
guess I need to take my own SDHC to the nearest store and test this toy
myself.
I don't care about bad TV sets. If the footage is good, then it's good. If I
like it on my computer, then I will be able to get a similar quality sooner
or later on a regular HD TV, it depends on years only.
Just D.