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2.0 stars
"If looking for a progressive camcorder this is not it!"
Pros: Nice finish
Cons: Frame rates 30P and 24P (P stands for progressive) are converted to 60i interlaced according to Canon's own support.
Summary: The bottom line is Canon should not hide this information (interlaced camcorder) from potential buyers on page 121 of their manual, in small print.
All video shows strong signs of interlacing.
The dynamic range is below average.
Manual focusing impossible to use with a joystick.
Your review makes the same mistake, mentions progressive 30P and 24P modes when both formats are converted by the camera to interlaced 60i right before recording.
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So what? I see no downside in quality. If you have very special needs, spend the $$ and get a pro camera.
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A reply for the reply of Quansai : it's probably your TV and BD player that are 1080p, not your AVCHD recordings... It's upconversion at playing time.
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Personally, I hate the progressive encoding.
It mainly exists because some like their movies to look like "cinema", and because computers work better with the progressive.
On a TV I cannot see the advantage of using the progressive encoding, because the interlaced looks a thousand times better.
With progressive encoding, the shapes are not precise, and there are millions of ugly little squares on the screen...
Anyway, I verified myself that a very good way of making films in progressive format is to convert all your films in 720p before you edit them. Of course it's not 1080p. But, for the internet it's really excellent. -
Sorry Dominic, but you are mistaken. I have been able to play back my AVCHD files recorded onto the hard drive of my HF10 and they play at 1080p. I spoke to a Canon rep and she told me it is embedded into the file and can be extracted with the right blu-ray player or PC or Mac software. I take all my videos at 1080p and I am able to watch them at 1080p as well.
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