Comments on: New Xacti HD1010 Hands On! Not Very Revolutionary…

By: Cesar

Cesar — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:30:19 +0000

Looking for add-on lens, any store will recommend?

By: Kenneth_Medin

Kenneth_Medin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:05:29 +0000

I just tried to stabilize your testvideo to check for CMOS wobble. Yes, it’s very visible! This is true with any CMOS camera and should be concidered before buying. A CCD sensor is much better if you plan to shoot shaky video and stabilize in post. With the small HD1010 this is a real problem as you don’t want to bring a heavy tripod everywhere… The HD700 is much smaller AND has a CCD sensor. A better choice imho.

I put up a short video showing the wobble at:
http://www.vimeo.com/1155947

(I hope I haven’t stepped on anyones copyright by using a part of the published testvideo. If so contact me and I will have it taken down.)

By: MikeSilva

MikeSilva — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:22:32 +0000

I would like to see a firmware update to the HD1000 model to be able to choose 1080p@30fps (at least it would be a better choice for low motion movies, and it should demand the same or even less processing power from hardware)

About the steady-shot and focus problems, this are the 2 remaining problems I would expect any improvement from next firmware update (the most reasonable approach with original HD1000 hardware).

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:28:26 +0000

Is the SDHC capacity limited to 8gb?

By: Burlz

Burlz — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:51:21 +0000

So do us poor unfortunate HD1000 owners get at least a partial firmware upgrade, pre
ideally to achieve the improved bitrate and remove all those bugs they’ve found?

By: hal2k

hal2k — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:49:34 +0000

I had a chance to try out the HD1000 a month or so back. I own a CG-65 (have used it for several student projects) and really appreciated the HD1000′s ergonomics. It’s low-light performance is pretty good. The bandwidth for capture for the HD1010 has been increased, but still does not approach Canon’s HF100 17MB/S. Still — having tried a HF100 (excellent camera btw) I would go with the HD1010. Sanyo pioneered the flash-based camcorder market, and their experience in UI design really shows.

By: gb

gb — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:47:31 +0000

can you post HD versions in 30, 60 and 300FPS? I’d like to see the difference between the 3 resolutions, especially that 300FPS.. insane!

By: haarec

haarec — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:11:13 +0000

Thank you for the sample. The image is better than in previous version of this camera. The sample is opening in 1280×720 window. It seems this is 720p upscaled, is it?
Anyway good progresive 720 is better than interlaced 1080 as far as movement is concerned. I hope someone finaly develope 1080/60p for reasonable price. Casio?

By: The_don

The_don — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:31:53 +0000

How does the high speed footage look?

I got a Sony HD3 in the past and was excited by it’s 300fps mode, but it makes everything slightly blurry and out of focus.