Ahh, are you sure that is correct? Sounds more like you found the previous version (hdr-cx7). I would have thought this used the s700 sensor, which is 12mp and.. don't know the size.
Also you fail to mention the most important points in these camcorder posts. For example this Sony now has a little manual focus dial and the Panasonic has a manual focus ring. And the Panasonic has a viewfinder.... Oh and you need to mention the bitrate of AVCHD.. as those obsessed with camcorders want to know this stuff.
Bob, I personally couldn't give a toss about this camcorder, or any camcorder. I only asked the one thing a 'camcorder obsessor' seemed concerned with yesterday, and that was sensor size. You have dethroned me, and I now open my wound to your phallus.
I already know the sensor size, it's 1/3.1", which is not an improvement over the HV Canon series. On the positive side, this has a knob for manual focus, but on the negative one it doesn't do 1080/24p or even 1080/30p, like the consumer Canon and some Panasonic cameras do.
I do music video clips for rock bands in the Bay Area, so I need the filmic look as much as possible, but for cheap, as I don't charge these bands. As I wrote before here on Engadget, I am not a prosumer. I am just a serious hobbyist, and currently there is nothing for my kind. I am willing to pay up to $2000 for such a camera (which is a hybrid between a consumer and a low-end prosumer one), but I am still waiting for this to arrive.
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Thomas, I like what you did, I do! But I know that Eugenia Loli-Queru isn't going to be happy until he/she(?) see's a CMOS sensor size on that article. (http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/panasonics-hdc-sd100-and-hdc-hs100-avchd-camcorders-now-with-e/#comments) Now am I going to have to find out, or are you going to climb back into the press release do the dirty work?
True, found it on Japanese release. Post updated.
Thomas
Fantastic. You've delivered, and so has Sony.
Ahh, are you sure that is correct? Sounds more like you found the previous version (hdr-cx7). I would have thought this used the s700 sensor, which is 12mp and.. don't know the size.
Also you fail to mention the most important points in these camcorder posts. For example this Sony now has a little manual focus dial and the Panasonic has a manual focus ring. And the Panasonic has a viewfinder.... Oh and you need to mention the bitrate of AVCHD.. as those obsessed with camcorders want to know this stuff.
Bob, I personally couldn't give a toss about this camcorder, or any camcorder. I only asked the one thing a 'camcorder obsessor' seemed concerned with yesterday, and that was sensor size. You have dethroned me, and I now open my wound to your phallus.
Actually, Thomas is right.. it is 10mp. Dam it :( I want a bigger sensor.
I already know the sensor size, it's 1/3.1", which is not an improvement over the HV Canon series. On the positive side, this has a knob for manual focus, but on the negative one it doesn't do 1080/24p or even 1080/30p, like the consumer Canon and some Panasonic cameras do.
I do music video clips for rock bands in the Bay Area, so I need the filmic look as much as possible, but for cheap, as I don't charge these bands. As I wrote before here on Engadget, I am not a prosumer. I am just a serious hobbyist, and currently there is nothing for my kind. I am willing to pay up to $2000 for such a camera (which is a hybrid between a consumer and a low-end prosumer one), but I am still waiting for this to arrive.
hey Captain Loli
aren't you that same gal on that one video editing forum. I know it. And you have the same avatar. she is a videophile too somewhere in CA.
I am indeed so, plus an ex-editor in chief for OSNews.com, writing tech reviews.