Sanyo Xacti HD1000 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Manufacturer: SANYORelease Date: 2009-11-30
Model: VPC-HD1000
Color: Black
Product features:
- Digital media camera combines the functionality of a digital camera with a digital camcorder
- Simultaneously records high-definition digital video and 4 MP digital still images
- 10x HD zoom lens; 2.7-inch widescreen LCD
- Built-in image stabilization; high-quality digital stereo recording
- HDMI high-definition output; compatible with SD/SDHC memory cards
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sanyo Xacti HD1000 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: So far, so great
Summary: 5 Stars
I"ve had this camera for a few weeks now, and so far I really love it. It does exactly what I wanted a camera to do: it takes very very nice video AND still photos (in other words, it's a true "hybrid" camera).
It has a great 10X optical zoom (I turned off the digital zoom immediately).
I love the shape -- it's much easier for me to hold than my old mini-DV camera.
It is amazingly easy to use. The display is nice and big, which means obviously it's easy to see what you're shooting, and, also, that the menus are nice and large (good for my presbyopia). The menus themselves are startlingly easy, and I say this as somebody who's gone through video cameras starting in, hm, around 1990). I LOVE the dual-button, that is, the round "record" button is divided in half: push the left side, with a still camera icon, you take a still photo; push the right side, with a movie camera icon, you take a video. SO SO SO much easier than my digital still cameras, where, if you want to make a video you have to go into the menu to switch it to video (as I said, this is a TRUE hybrid camera).
And the still photos are just as good as those I've taken with any of my still photo digital cameras (I've had a Panasonic with 10x optical, the Kodak with the two lenses, and several others). Oh yes, I LOVE that in this tiny camera you get a 10X optical lens.
AND as for editing: there is a very nice, easy-to-use, basic editing function within the camera. With a little learning you can crop your videos inside the camera, without mucking around with a video editor.
OKAY now here are some negatives:
Editing with a video editor is very difficult, and there are a whole bunch of forums that I'm on now that are discussing this. Most people have trouble with this, because the format that this camera generates does not edit easily. So people are experimenting with various video editors, and if you're on a PC, Sony Vegas seems to be (I think) the only true video editing software than easily edits these files. BUT I still can't see the videos well in my preview window in Sony Vegas, because it seems that this type of mp4 file takes up a tremendous amount of space and processor power.
However (1) with some tinkering, people seem to be able to do some editing, and (2) you might not care about this, because you CAN do basic editing inside the camera. However, if you buy this camera, don't expect to be able to put your video into your computer very easily and start editing, as you might be used to with DV tape.
Now another negative might be that the image stabilization function isn't that great. However, I've only read that in other reviews. The truth is that I don't have a great basis for comparison, because (1) I'm just not as attuned as I might be to what is possible re: image stabilization in a camera like that, vs. what this camera offers. What I mean is: are there cameras that do what the HD1000 does with better image stabilization? and are they really as small, as compact, and as easy to use? I just don't know, and (2) I am not great at holding the camera steady (or any camera, not just this one), so maybe I would be needing more image stabilization than any little consumer camera like this would reasonably provide (?).
THEREFORE I haven't let these issues compromise my 5-star rating of this camera. One thing I find, reading reviews of cameras like this, is that people seem to expect almost professional-level equipment for their money, but I don't. For a camera I paid six hundred something dollars for, I am very very satisfied; more than satisfied. I've had a lot of cameras, and this is the first video camera that's light enough to throw in my bag and take with me EVERYWHERE (my JVC is small enough but is heavier), and I get FANTASTIC (consumer-level) videos and stills from one camera, and then I go home and stick the memory card in my laptop and voila, there are my pictures. And it's great!
(Oh I forgot to say -- about that --- if you select a format to shoot in that is SMALL, for example, forget about HD, forget about big files, and just, say set it on the tiniest, "web" resolution, you can shoot video and put it, for example, on You Tube or a blog or e-mail it or whatever immediately without any fuss whatsoever -- so that speaks to the flexibility of this camera -- there's a whole list (maybe 8, I can't remember) resolutions/formats that you can choose, for your purposes)
So -- highly recommended
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