New Sony HDR-HC1E

[Richard Payne]

Just got one of these to test and....................

On the downside it's a bottom feeder.
Lots of menu based controls
7 Lux (but a nightshot mode for All Saints video making)

One the upside its about £1250inc VAT
The picture looks stunning
It is tiny. You could loose it in a big pocket !

Put it side by side on against an FX1 and it was impressive but obviously not as good.

I would buy one - a fantastic holiday/baby camera but if you turned up to a professional shoot with it they would think you were an Umpa Lumpa.

Only had 1 hour - off to shoot some covert pictures of lepricorns in bright sunshine.

[Richard Payne]

See this thread

http://forums.dvdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=34426

And the review Unicorn found.

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/conten...-HC1-Review.htm

[StevenBagley]

Can you shoot Alan Roberts' resolution chart with both and post copies of the off tape image -- I'm interested to see which actually resolves more detail technically, even if it isn't subjectively as nice.

There's also an interesting review of it in the forums of www.sonyhdvinfo.com

Steven

[Alan Roberts]

Yep, that would do it. Export a still from NLE, I do this often when investigating lenses, althought for proper analysis I use a sine-wave pattern (BBC TC60) thus avoiding the harmonic distortion of square waves and obviating the need for the Sin(x)/x correction factor.

[Richard Payne]

Sorry Guys - off on holiday for a week. Will post more on return.

[John Clayton]

I have one on order to be delivered next Wednesday.

Can you advise on what accessories are supplied and give any advice on recommended additional accessories which should be considered.

One I am interested is what additional mic is needed to get full DD5.1 surround sound?


John:)