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Sanyo new 1080p camcorders with 60fps

Petr Dvorak

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VPC-HD2000 and Sanyo VPC-FH1 identical guts in different bodies
Finally small handy 1080p device is here! Who next?
It looks good but I will wait for tests how it handle skew, low light, if it has optical stabilization, quality of video, etc....

8-megapixel CMOS sensor
1080P/60fps
1080i/60fps
1080P/30fps
Still photos 8-megapixel
HDMI output

hi-speed otion
240fps or 600fps
at resolutions 448 x 336 or 192 x 108

MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoding
bit rate has increased to 24Mbps
light sensitivity is down from 9lux to 6lux
(3lux to 2lux in the high-sensitivity mode).

Sanyo_VPC-HD2000_prov_vanity350.jpg
Sanyo_VPC-FH1_prov_vanity350.jpg


http://www.camcorderinfo.com/conten...P-Camcorder-VPC-FH1-and-VPC-HD2000-36124.htm#
 
Cue Beyonce:

"At laaaaaaaasssst...."

Wow, if true, this is a pretty big deal. Only 600 smackers? Where do I sign up? Someone mentioned in the comments a lack of 24p though?
 
yea everything should be 24p :D
 
This underwater model looks gorgeous option for the next summer especially for a hot pool shots :) .
 
Just be clear, does it shoot 24p?
 
Dont know, but at least you can always throw out 36 frames ;)
 
Heh.. I have other cameras that can shoot 24p. :)
 
That underwater model reminds me of my beloved old Sony "Sports" Walkman / cassette player.
 
strange that no 24p?? so random.

it shoots to SD cards?

any idea when these will go on sale?
 
"Excellent low light sensitivity"

"Excellent low light sensitivity"

hmm, this is interesting: "Stellar sensitivity and very strong low light color"

Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000 Camcorder Review (camcorderinfo.com)
 
hot damn! that low light ability looks tremendous! so when does the horizontal version come out? I'm gonna get one.

it says 1/2.5-inch CMOS with a 6.3mm wide end on the lens. how wide is that compared to, say, APS-C? what is the equivalent?

what would be the best 40.5mm wide angle adapter? the sanyo's lens opens up to f/1.9 i think.
 
I had a Xacti model a few years ago. I used it as a pocket behind the scenes cam while I was DP on a feature and it worked well. It was 720p 30 fps and the results were closer to film than video at that frame rate. It was tiny and did fit into my coat pocket. It was maybe too small - hard to hold something that light and tiny without some jitter, especially if you want to do some telephoto type work. For me, the downfall was that I ran out of blank SD cards and I decided the thing to do was to go to a Canon HV20 so I could shoot without offloading cards, just buy new DV tapes. But the Canon is about twice as big. These new cams look fun, though.
 
I have an Aiptek 1080p camera that I can put in my pocket. I use it as a kind of sketch pad and a crash cam mounted on my son's mountain bike helmet. It costs under $150 bucks and records about 45 minutes on an 8 gig sd card. Maybe a little compression going on! It is extremely covert as well. No permits required.
 
So people are out shooting with these new Sanyo 1080/60p Exacti models now ($500!).

But the results are very, very mixed.

Here are three raw samples straight out of camera.

http://www.vimeo.com/4457066

http://www.vimeo.com/4331092

http://www.vimeo.com/4461469

The turtle one looks pretty good, but the skate and bobyboarding vids reveal some serious problems with compression and artifacting, as shown in the screencaps attached:
 
It is possible to capture 1080p60 4:2:2 via HDMI or component from HD2000/FH1?
 
I think i'd still choose a Canon VIXIA camera over one of these.

At least until it supports 24p natively.

These days i feel that ANY camera over the $500 mark needs to have at LEAST the "big three" frame rates (60, 30, 24)

amazing how far we've come. Remember when everyone was FLIPPING OUT over the DVX because there was FINALLY a sub-$10,000 camera that shot at 24fps?

Now we demand it on handicams. What a great time to be a filmmaker.



I have an Aiptek 1080p camera that I can put in my pocket. I use it as a kind of sketch pad and a crash cam mounted on my son's mountain bike helmet. It costs under $150 bucks and records about 45 minutes on an 8 gig sd card. Maybe a little compression going on! It is extremely covert as well. No permits required.
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I've actually been looking at Aiptek. I want a cheap "video story board" cam. and the Mino FlipHD looked cool. But from what i understand the Aiptek has audio-in and can record from other devices (DVD players, VHS, TV), Which would make it an awesome little creative tool in and of itself.

How long have you had yours for? how durable is it?
 
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