Sanyo Xacti HD1010 : New Xacti HD1010 Hands On! Not Very Revolutionary…

Posted on Thu Jun 05, 08:31 by The_don, Student, Tokyo
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How does the high speed footage look?

I got a Sony HD3 in the past and was excited by it's 300fps mode, but it makes everything slightly blurry and out of focus.

Posted on Fri Jun 06, 03:11 by haarec, .pl
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Thank you for the sample. The image is better than in previous version of this camera. The sample is opening in 1280x720 window. It seems this is 720p upscaled, is it?
Anyway good progresive 720 is better than interlaced 1080 as far as movement is concerned. I hope someone finaly develope 1080/60p for reasonable price. Casio?

Posted on Fri Jun 06, 12:47 by gb
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can you post HD versions in 30, 60 and 300FPS? I'd like to see the difference between the 3 resolutions, especially that 300FPS.. insane!

Posted on Fri Jun 06, 12:49 by hal2k, student, raleigh nc
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I had a chance to try out the HD1000 a month or so back. I own a CG-65 (have used it for several student projects) and really appreciated the HD1000's ergonomics. It's low-light performance is pretty good. The bandwidth for capture for the HD1010 has been increased, but still does not approach Canon's HF100 17MB/S. Still -- having tried a HF100 (excellent camera btw) I would go with the HD1010. Sanyo pioneered the flash-based camcorder market, and their experience in UI design really shows.

Posted on Sat Jun 07, 06:51 by Burlz
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So do us poor unfortunate HD1000 owners get at least a partial firmware upgrade, pre
ideally to achieve the improved bitrate and remove all those bugs they've found?

Posted on Tue Jun 10, 07:28 by Barry
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Is the SDHC capacity limited to 8gb?

Posted on Tue Jun 10, 05:22 by MikeSilva, IT Consultant, Portugal
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I would like to see a firmware update to the HD1000 model to be able to choose 1080p@30fps (at least it would be a better choice for low motion movies, and it should demand the same or even less processing power from hardware)

About the steady-shot and focus problems, this are the 2 remaining problems I would expect any improvement from next firmware update (the most reasonable approach with original HD1000 hardware).

Posted on Wed Jun 11, 03:05 by Kenneth_Medin, Gothenburg, Sweden
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I just tried to stabilize your testvideo to check for CMOS wobble. Yes, it's very visible! This is true with any CMOS camera and should be concidered before buying. A CCD sensor is much better if you plan to shoot shaky video and stabilize in post. With the small HD1010 this is a real problem as you don't want to bring a heavy tripod everywhere... The HD700 is much smaller AND has a CCD sensor. A better choice imho.

I put up a short video showing the wobble at:
http://www.vimeo.com/1155947

(I hope I haven't stepped on anyones copyright by using a part of the published testvideo. If so contact me and I will have it taken down.)

Posted on Sun Jun 15, 11:51 by Kresimir, Manager, Osijek, Croatia, Europe
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Hi,
I would like to by this camera Sanyo HD1010 but I don't know where in Europe.
Could you tell me (anybody) if you know some sore in Austria or Hungary where I could by this camera.
Thanks for review...