Upcoming Sony Hx9v as a top camcorder - Page 5

You should be able to load the raw files directly to YouTube from the camera. I have with my Sony camcorder.

I also have an opteka x grip which works
great. Has a shoe on top too for a light, external mic...


http://opteka.com/xgrip.aspx

I was almost never successful in uploading my native 900 files to Vimeo. No problem with XA10 files or Sony 560 files.

My hx100v is in Joisey! Coming tomorrow

Dave,

This is a MTS file I just ran through Vimeo and made a quick video of low light. There is some wobble as I did not have the grip mount, GAPTV1 tightened down enough before I used it.

http://vimeo.com/24280735

Looks good! And your house is HUGE!

Does anyone know how long the stock hx100v battery lasts? Mine is coming tomorrow and I have a shooting gig tomorrow night.

Your house is really huge, and I thought I had a big house.
The wobble isn't really bad in that video, I could live with it.

Good question as mine still show a full charge and I have used it about 5 times for 5 videos. Showing 212 min still showing not bad then I guess.
House looks rather boring on the outside but wife has a knack for interior decorating, and I use to build HT systems about 6 years ago for a high end dealer, more
of a hobby job. Now it is Biological/Surgical Sales and Service, but the house has expanded due to 3 boys.

Garman, very nice house, your wife knows how to decorate!

Video looks pretty good, but I see the typical Sony stumbles on focusing, some of which were pretty bad (going into the kitchen, walking in the hall). I just expect that with every Sony I get, it almost never fails. It's never a question 'if' but more 'how much'. My HX9 does the same thing.

Is there a manual focus option for Sony?

It looks like you can in movie mode when you enter "scene mode". In intelligent auto, (the default) you can't.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=38474663

It has a manual / Autofocus Zoom switch on the left side of lens. So you can manual focus.


Ken,

I got out of focus with the 2 camcorders I had, but you need to remember a camera typical needs to re-focus if your entering different lighting situations and moving closer to an object, when walking into both the Kitchen and the Hallway it did slightly loose focus for a few seconds and then re-focus, but I have had this with Camcorders as well.

Thanks for the responses regarding manual focus, very much appreciated!

One more question though...

I checked HX9V user manual and apparently there are different scene modes one can shoot stills - like beach, fireworks, landscape. I wonder if these modes can also be used for shooting movies and are related to specific (range of) of shutter speeds, so that by choosing one you could control the shutter speed. Anybody could confirm this?

Just a video I found.
http://vimeo.com/24280587

It's definitely amazing that we can get something as small as the HX9v and have very good video quality (with enough lighting) for only $350.

I would assume there would be some mode to allow you to control most variables. I'll know tomorrow.

Great, thanks! I'm looking forward to your info.

You got it, brother

Doesn't this compete directly with the Canon S95?
The S95 does not have a decent video mode, but supposedly takes better still pics.
Lots of good choices under $400 in the P&S category.
That video looked really good.

Well, for stills I don't think it competes, I have had the S90 which I placed on top of my Car and wife drove off! Doh!!! I know have had he S95 and it takes fantastic stills even in very low light. But your correct on video, it shoots so so on the video end. I am done with cameras for awhile as I own too many of them, I will most likely buy another camcorder and be done for awhile.

Not sure on the HX9V but the HX100 can shoot in these modes:
PS = 1920x1080(60p) AVC HD 28M (PS)
FX = 1920x1080(60i) AVC HD 24M (FX)
FH = 1920x1080(60i) AVC HD 17M (FX)
HQ = 1440x1080(60i) AVC HD 9M (FX)

AS far as modes go, I haven't checked yet.

I agree Garman, but the better autofocus camcorders will not lose the focus for that long a period. It should not have taken that long to regain focus as you walked in to the kitchen.

I've owned virtually every manufacturer's camcorder and I almost consistently find the Sonys to be among the worst. At least that's been my experience from my Sony Z5 to the many handicams I've had to the 9.

Yup. It's a great cam to take for casual shooting when you want to travel light. Both the stills it takes as well as the videos are above 'respectable' quality IMO. But the other side of the equation is it's often hard to hold something that small, especailly without a VF to brace against your face, steady, especially when zooming. You could see some of that in the video. A cam like the Sony 100, since it is bigger, is probably easier to hand hold. But of course it's bigger and you lose that 'pocketability'.

Compromises, always compromises.

Yeah, for a small digicam, there are more adjustments than are typical.

Excellent. Mine is "out for delivery"

Just did a couple of short clips last night, one is at sunset and the other is night time. Just downloaded via the Sony PMB software (which does work in Windows 7/64 bit) and uploaded directly onto You Tube.

http://youtu.be/z-BWMXm1T44

http://youtu.be/neknaGMZ7GE

I meant shooting modes like sunset, fireworks, beach, landscape, portrait, etc. I hope by choosing one you can also indirectly set the shutter speed. As an example - in low light modes the shutter speed is set probably to 1/15 or 1/10 even, aperture to lower F number (to allow more light in), ISO to higher number. If we knew what's exactly behind each mode we could be in some control of shooting parameters.