I'm days away from dropping coin on a JVC HD110, or a Canon A1 or even a HVX200. HVX200 is more or less out in spite of a better format since I routinely record 3-4 hours a day away from the stuio, and I can't afford 3 P2 store drives. That leaves the JVC and Canon. I never liked the Handi-Cam form factor, but after getting a Varizoom for my Sony VX2100's it began to work for sporting events, plays and docs...
If I go with a JC HD110 series, how easy/difficult is it for current users to have it on the tripod, zoom and focus? It seems natural for on the shoulder, but with it's size and placements of controls it looks nearly impossible to be zooming and focusing constantly for non planned action? I know Varizoom makes for about $1,000 for a manual focus cable and electronic zoom control kit. Anyone use any?
With Canon being $1,500 less and my zoom control that I already owns work, I might go canon.
I picked up Douglas Eagle's HDV WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW book to look at the test footage on DVD from Canon, JVC and Sony camcorders. I think they all looked bad with any panning. Blurring/resolution drop? It all looked like the shutter was too slow for even a slow pan. Is this correct or is the HDV really dropping resolution that badly?
I am betting the JVC was run at 1/48th of a second and the Canon at 1/60th. Great for lock offs, but when I shot 16mm and 35mm we would often go to 125th for a lot of shots. On DV NTSC always ran at 1/60th since you can't tell if it's blurring or now with such low resolution.
What has owners or users of the JVC and canon HDV experience been? The plus side with a Panasonic HVX200 is that if it's blurry, soft etc with panning, then it's just a shutter speed problem, and correctable.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
thank you
If I go with a JC HD110 series, how easy/difficult is it for current users to have it on the tripod, zoom and focus? It seems natural for on the shoulder, but with it's size and placements of controls it looks nearly impossible to be zooming and focusing constantly for non planned action? I know Varizoom makes for about $1,000 for a manual focus cable and electronic zoom control kit. Anyone use any?
With Canon being $1,500 less and my zoom control that I already owns work, I might go canon.
I picked up Douglas Eagle's HDV WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW book to look at the test footage on DVD from Canon, JVC and Sony camcorders. I think they all looked bad with any panning. Blurring/resolution drop? It all looked like the shutter was too slow for even a slow pan. Is this correct or is the HDV really dropping resolution that badly?
I am betting the JVC was run at 1/48th of a second and the Canon at 1/60th. Great for lock offs, but when I shot 16mm and 35mm we would often go to 125th for a lot of shots. On DV NTSC always ran at 1/60th since you can't tell if it's blurring or now with such low resolution.
What has owners or users of the JVC and canon HDV experience been? The plus side with a Panasonic HVX200 is that if it's blurry, soft etc with panning, then it's just a shutter speed problem, and correctable.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
thank you