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Canon HG20
| Author | James Morris |
| Published | 6th Nov 2008 |
| Manufacturer | Canon |
| Price | £583.20 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £670.68 (Inc VAT) |
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Comments for Canon HG20
Philepo said on 26th November 2008
James Morris said on 5th December 2008
50p and 60p formats are only available in AVCHD when shooting 720p, not 1080p. So we would only see 1080/50p or 1080/60p with a new camcorder format.
Bigger sensors are available - look at the Samsung VP-HMX20. However, the latest Canons have amazing low light performance from their existing sensors, as do the top JVCs and Sonys.
Optical zoom is a matter of size. A bigger sensor requires a physically larger camcorder to get the same zoom factor. This is why cheap consumer camcorders with 1/6in sensors have 20x or even 35x optical zoom, whereas the HD ones with bigger sensors max out at 10x or 12x. Size is such an important sales point I doubt we will see camcorders getting bigger just so we can have larger optical zooms.
Samsung is reducing prices - hunt around and you can find the VP-HMX20 for as little as £425. Canon's HF100 has fallen in price a lot too recently.
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I want to see real upgrades! things like:
- 1080p @ 60fps for keeping up with sport and good slow-mo's
- bigger sensors for better low light shooting
- larger optical zooms, i mean is 12x really the best they can do?
- reducing prices, the people with money have bought their HD cameras by now, now lets allow the rest of us bask in the HD goodness! (Following Samsungs lead)