I own the Sanyo Xacti VPC HD-1000 and my experience with it is very good. Full HD footage is decent with good lighting, fast moving objects may suffer from pixellation due to using a slower SD-HC memory card. 720p@30fps footage is surprisingly very good and the Xacti models that shoot 720 are good in that aspect, I had shot footage that looked liked it was shot on film. The newer Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000 boasts better low light handling capabilities and features 600fps slow motion footage. Battery life is excellent and Sanyo is well known for making reliable battery cells. The new Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1 featuring conventional hand holding layout is also a very attractive option. My only gripe is that the camera body and buttons is made of cheap plastic. All Xacti cameras are assembled in Indonesia to reduce costs. Editing the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 footage is not easy for video novices. I have good experience converting the footage using the free Mp4Cam2AVI software to a more usable format.
I also recently bought the Casio Exilim FS-100 and it features 720 HD recording and up to 1000FPS slow motion recording capability, great for motion analysis and teaching animation to my students.
Incredible piece of metal worksmanship! I like the that towards the end of the build, he decided to enlarge the eyes of WALL.E as it looked smaller than the original WALL.E. Brilliant craftsmanship!
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