The Panasonic HDC-SD9 continues the Panasonic line of AVCHD camcorders relying on SD cards for video storage. The most notable change between the previous model, Panasonic HDC-SD5, is the addition of a 24p shooting mode, which presumably is in response to the popularity of the Canon HV20, which was first to market with 24p HD […]
In addition to announcing the HV30 upgrade to the Canon HV20, Canon announced 2 new high definition camcorders that record to flash drives. The VIXIA HF10 has an onboard flash drive and support for recording to SD cards. The HF100 includes no internal drive and records to SD cards. One key new feature of both […]
In addition to adding 1920×1080 recording over the original features of the HV20, the new Canon HV30 also supports all the accessories of the HV20 including the all important wide angle lens attachments like the WD-43. Picture above shows that the HV30 has the exact same body as the HV20 with a different finish.
“What is HAD CCD? My Sony Handycam camcorder says it has an Advanced HAD CCD, but I’m not sure what that means.”
CCDs are one of the two common imaging chips found in camcorders (along with CMOS sensors). HAD CCD is a Sony specific product called a Hole-Accumulation Diode Charged Coupled Device. Sony claims their various […]
There seems to be a race on to produce the smallest, cheapest high definition camcorder. I’m a big fan of portable, but I also like quality imaging, which is often not associated with either cheap or small in the digital video world. Aiptek did a decent job in producing an affordable HD camcorder in […]