Posts by AlenK

Hmm, I thought someone might care about this practice. Guess not. People with camcorders with these kinds of sensors must enjoy soft 1080i and 1080p video. Less compression artifacts at a given rate if the camcorder doesn't have to...

Quote: Originally Posted by set2374 What about the Sony DSC-HX9V? The video quality is better than mist mid-priced HD camcorders and can go toe to toe with some high end cams, plus it takes great stills for a P&S. At the $350 it...

Quote: Originally Posted by set2374 The video is comparable to many high end camcorders including my canon HG10 that I spent $1,100.00 on. Let's not forget that cameras in the HX line, including the HX9V (and,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apk07 If my budget hopped up to $200 would the recommendation of the Q10 be the same? Yup. I don't think you're going to do better with that price limit. But check out all the Q10...

There are many HD cameras at the lower end of the camcorder price range (not just the least expensive) that are promoted as "full HD" that use far less than the number of pixels nominally required for that (arguably at least 2.07MP)....

Quote: Originally Posted by dpakman91 i called BH photo and they said it only does 4:3 in standard def, something that is quite common with these cameras. Hopefully a Q10 owner will chime in, but I'd bet money that BH Photo is wrong....

Quote: Originally Posted by hushnow The shallow dof is a one trick pony... I was meeting with a group and some of the members are judges for several film festivals and they all mentioned how tired they are of the "dslr-look" and the...

How about "None of the above?" Your budget puts you between product brackets. You've listed some of the usual suspects in the budget category, of which IMO the Q10 would probably serve you best, but those all have street prices far lower...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apk07 It really confuses me how the x100 has all better specs than the Q10. Higher resolution, higher fps at 1080i, bigger sensor, etc, but theres no reviews from the same sites that have Q10 reviews Like...

The Camileo X100 looks real good on paper, but actual performance for video recording is not so hot according to reviews. If you stretch your budget just a bit the q10 may be a better choice, despite not looking as good spec-wise. Based...