I've just tested Sanyo HD1 in the shop with my 4Gb memory card and it seems to be fine. The standard mode is as good as on my older model, while HD is incredibly sharp. I could not play HD files on my computer as it is not fast enough so when I converted the video files from HD to a smaller resolution, the video was OK, not perfectly smooth when moving camera quickly, but what can one expect from MPG4? The sound was really good despite the background noise, and the fact that this camera has an external microphone input makes it fantastic. Focusing in low light condition was slow. Image quality is just as before, not perfect when 100% zoomed in, too much granular noise for my taste, but fine when image resized to a slightly lower resolution good enough for web.
The camera is slightly bigger than previous models and it does not look as a toy any more. Bottom line: an excellent pocket camera for making Internet TV, spontaneous interviews and recording holiday journeys I, personally, like it.
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Christian @ Mar 22nd 2006 6:04PM
I've just tested Sanyo HD1 in the shop with my 4Gb memory card and it seems to be fine. The standard mode is as good as on my older model, while HD is incredibly sharp. I could not play HD files on my computer as it is not fast enough so when I converted the video files from HD to a smaller resolution, the video was OK, not perfectly smooth when moving camera quickly, but what can one expect from MPG4? The sound was really good despite the background noise, and the fact that this camera has an external microphone input makes it fantastic.
Focusing in low light condition was slow. Image quality is just as before, not perfect when 100% zoomed in, too much granular noise for my taste, but fine when image resized to a slightly lower resolution good enough for web.
The camera is slightly bigger than previous models and it does not look as a toy any more.
Bottom line: an excellent pocket camera for making Internet TV, spontaneous interviews and recording holiday journeys I, personally, like it.