Well howdy
HV20, we've been expecting you. Not too much of a surprise to find Canon's high-def iVIS HV20 camcorder loosed after the
inadvertent appearance on Circuit City's web site the other day. Instead of an upright form factor like Canon's
HV10, they've gone long-and-lean this time which should help bring a bit more stability to your videos. As we hoped, low light shooting has indeed
been improved from a 5 to 3 lux sensitivity at 1/30 second shutter speed or from 0.3 to 0.2 lux at 1/2 second shutter speed. Everything else is just like we heard on this HDV 1080i MiniDV recorder: 2.96 megapixel CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, miniSD slot and new HDMI out, accessory shoe, and jacks for your headphones and mic. The HV20 is expected to hit Japan sometime in March, priced at about ¥140,000 ($1,154) to go head-to-head with Sony's
HDR-HC7. No guarantees mind you, but we expect this to come west before summer.
Update: As Zandr notes in the comments, the HV20 hits US stores in April for $1099.
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posted Jan 31st 2007 7:47AM
Seems like Engadget wanted to play this announcment down?
Why no mention of 24p in your summary?
That's kind of a big deal.
At least provide an additional link to a dedicated video site like DVi
http://www.hdvinfo.net/articles/canon/hv20overview.php
Their anlysis appears to be the most comprehensive.
Hell, even Camcorderinfo.com has a decent overview.
PFC, no worries, we'll link to those sites once the reviews are in. We had this in well before the US sites were even awake since it was announced in Japan (and Asia) first. I have updated the via to the US source. When any of the hardcore camcorder sites post a full review, we'll mos def link to that.
Thomas
Ah hell. And I just bought an HC3. no mic jack, no headphone jack and no 24P