Canon HG10 or Sony SR7/SR8?
I can’t review camcorder, a lot of site are doing it in a professional way. Like always I propose You some links that You can use to gain a loooooot of time.
Video Playback
Attention:
you must deinterlace video to have the best experience! I use Elecard Converter Studio to view them (free for viewing, use De interlacing:option best for speed),
You have to deinterlace because computer monitor are not interlaced!
1080i30(60 fields) or 720p60 or 1080p30 have the same raw data rate, while 1080p60 has twice more data!
I’ve tried
- Videolan: crash with AVCHD version 0.8.6c)
- Power dvd ultra mixed quality output result, some freeze.
- Sony Vegas 8.0 Platinum edition with no success, image not great at all or with artifacts
- CoreAVC is the best software decoder out there, install it and any windows application must be able to play AVCHD or H264 (for $8)
Sony SR7 SR8
Reviews
- Camcorderinfo Sony HDR-SR7 First Impressions Review
- CNET Sony SR8 review
- Great review in japanese, automatic translation to English
- MagazineVideo SR8 review
Judge Yourself by looking at video samples
Judge Yourself by looking at video samples- http://www.magazine-video.com/tests/20070621165508.m2ts in a train, seing another train moving through the (dirty) windows
- http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d…08/ez_shock.mpg Someone riding a bycycle, good for benchmarking optical stabilzation
- http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d…08/ezsm_60i.mpg Japanese country side, animals, and river
- http://rapidshare.com/files/4662009…Bridge_m2ts.rar Jacques Cartier Bridge with a total duration of 1 minute, the weather was very cloudy and quite gray. by protoncio
- Indoor clip.http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HBPIVJLZ
- Here is a daylight clip. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PPYY9GCH 15Mbps (HD XP) in daylight.
- Sorry it’s a little wobbly. I have to put the tripod on a box and the box is soft. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NNHNS2DQ
- Lowest quality HD capture in daylight. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RX6QQ4AJ
- HD XP capture of indoor right by the window (1 foot away from the window). It’s around 10am and sunny outside. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X4L2SXTZ
- Night video http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K5T0752Y
- Candle light video http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7WUQ56XU
- Outdoor video (closer shots) Sorry no tripod http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCAQTO4X
Canon HG10
Reviews
Judge Yourself by looking at video samples
Finding source of video samples
Vuze has some video as well
http://www.vuze.com/search?q=avchd
Side by side table
The best way to compare characteristics is to look at them side by side, below are site that allow this. Ive choose to compare Panasonic SD5, Sony SR7/SR8 and Canon HG10
- www.camcorder-test.com matrix
- Magazine video side by side table The only site proposing low light pictures side by side, worth the visit
Thread from users
- The "Official" Sony HDR-SR7/SR8 Owner’s Thread
- SlashCam.de in german, comparing HG10 with Sony SR7/8
Best Forums
- CamcorderInfo message board
- DVI AVCHD Format Discussion
- AV Science Forum Camcorders
