For those of you having seen both HV10 vs HV20 please post your impressions.
According to camcorderinfo.com it looks like the HV20 indeed is offering better low light performance than HV10 at 24P, probably with the shutter speed of 1/24 (or even 1/48). Here is what CCI has to say about its comparason with HC7:
"Our new test showed that the HDR-HC7 was capable of producing 50 IRE at approximately 7 lux, which put it on par with the Canon HV20 (review in process now) in 1080i. The HV20 easily outperformed the Sony when shooting in 24P mode. There was a major qualitative difference in how the image looked. The HV20 had far better color differentiation and far less noise. There was really no contest. The Canon HV20 won, hands down."
If at 1080i HV20 is about the same as HC7, which means worse than HC3, which on CCI's scale, better than HV10, then it is very likely that given the optical path being identical HV20 is about the same as HV10 in low light at 1080i. 1/24 is what seems to make the difference.
BTW I always find CCI's reviews pretty reliable. I do find that at 1/60 HC3 is brighter and less noise than HV10, albeit less sharp image. But I usually film at 1/30 with HV10 in low light which improves PQ quite a bit.
According to camcorderinfo.com it looks like the HV20 indeed is offering better low light performance than HV10 at 24P, probably with the shutter speed of 1/24 (or even 1/48). Here is what CCI has to say about its comparason with HC7:
"Our new test showed that the HDR-HC7 was capable of producing 50 IRE at approximately 7 lux, which put it on par with the Canon HV20 (review in process now) in 1080i. The HV20 easily outperformed the Sony when shooting in 24P mode. There was a major qualitative difference in how the image looked. The HV20 had far better color differentiation and far less noise. There was really no contest. The Canon HV20 won, hands down."
If at 1080i HV20 is about the same as HC7, which means worse than HC3, which on CCI's scale, better than HV10, then it is very likely that given the optical path being identical HV20 is about the same as HV10 in low light at 1080i. 1/24 is what seems to make the difference.
BTW I always find CCI's reviews pretty reliable. I do find that at 1/60 HC3 is brighter and less noise than HV10, albeit less sharp image. But I usually film at 1/30 with HV10 in low light which improves PQ quite a bit.
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