HD Video Camera: Canon Powershot TX1
http://live.pirillo.com/ - Shooting High Definition video for personal use isn’t quite mainstream yet, but it can be done with a bit an of investment. Bwana in the chat room wants a recommendation for an affordable High Definition Video Camera, between $500 and $800.
The closest thing Chris can recommend is the Canon Powershot TX1:
Imagine a tiny digital-camera that takes great still pictures and also takes movies compatible for viewing on widescreen HDTV. With Canon’s PowerShot TX1, Canon takes a futuristic wish-list and makes it a reality. This is an ELPH-sized camera with a whopping 10x optical zoom that not only captures 7.1 megapixel images, but HD movies, too! The stylish vertical design in stainless steel houses plenty of premium advancements including Optical Image Stabilizer Technology, DIGIC III Image Processor, Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction. And because you’ll want to take this compact wonder everywhere, it’s equipped with a built-in lens cover and tough new scratch-resistant, anti-reflective coating on the LCD screen. It’s virtually pocket-sized and automatic, easy to use, and all images can be stored on compact SD or MMC memory cards and easily transferred to your computer or directly to your video output. progressive-scan compatible to HDTV.
Chirs recommends staying away from the Sony HDR SR1. It shoots great quality HD video with 5.1 surround sound, but getting the video off of the camera has been a down-sampling nightmare.
Do you have any HD Video Camera recommendations?
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One of our community members, Paul, submitted:
I just got my TX1 last week from Hong Kong. Its overall quality if good (its soo small!) but the focus is a little but slow. The 720P images are great, and relativiley easy to ransfer using USB, though there are issues. My biggest issue is getting an editor to recognize the 720p files. Overall though, I like the camera and I’ll attribute some of these probs to new user syndrome.
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6 Comments
Jake Ludington
May 26th, 2007
at 9:23pm
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 is a better HD cam than the Powershot for sheer portability.
If you want quality in the under $1500 range, the Canon HV20 and Sony HDR-HC7 are both great options.
Jake Ludington
May 26th, 2007
at 9:23pm
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 is a better HD cam than the Powershot for sheer portability.
If you want quality in the under $1500 range, the Canon HV20 and Sony HDR-HC7 are both great options.
IT 6-1 hr3 - Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline - vidblogcast
June 1st, 2007
at 10:03am
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MP3 Audio (.mp3), Microsoft Video (.avi) HD Video Camera: Canon Powershot TX1 Mad Libs in Chat Rooms Zonbu Green PC [IMG]
IT 6-1 hr3 - Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline - vidblogcast
June 1st, 2007
at 10:03am
Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MP3 Audio (.mp3), Microsoft Video (.avi) HD Video Camera: Canon Powershot TX1 Mad Libs in Chat Rooms Zonbu Green PC [IMG]
Joe Ogiba
July 10th, 2007
at 4:21pm
“The Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 is a better HD cam than the Powershot for sheer portability.”
The TX1 is smaller than the Sanyo HD-2.
Michael Grimaldi
November 12th, 2007
at 3:29pm
The best hd video camera for under $2000