Frank Hill
September 10th, 2005, 12:16 PM
So I've been wanting to get a decent video camera for several years. When I first seen the GL1 I knew that was the camera I wanted but I also knew that canon was about to release the GL2. I decided to hold off on my purchase to see what rating the GL2 got and maybe pick up GL1 seeing how the price SHOULD have been lower.
3 years pass and GL1s are still selling at a decent rate and so are the GL2s. So I start looking at other options and come across the HDR-HC1. this camera looks promising some claim the image from the CMOS chip is better than that of a 3CCD camera plus its HD... I mean com’on HD! ;)
I’ve read a ton of reviews including a great one at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HCR-HC1-Review.htm and have done my homework.
They also carry this camera at futureshop and a friend of mine works there. This means I can get the camera at cost wich I figure should be about $2000 Canadian.
So what’s stopping me? I want to use this camera for action shots, specifically snowboarding. So were looking at a ton of white glare lost of action and even some follow cam shots. From what I hear the HDR-HC1 isn’t so great for action shots. so im worried about the camera not being able to keep up and causing ghosting & artifacts as well as dropped frames.
Does anyone have any experience or know of anyone that has used the HDR-HC1 in an action environment? am I just better of getting the GL2?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
3 years pass and GL1s are still selling at a decent rate and so are the GL2s. So I start looking at other options and come across the HDR-HC1. this camera looks promising some claim the image from the CMOS chip is better than that of a 3CCD camera plus its HD... I mean com’on HD! ;)
I’ve read a ton of reviews including a great one at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HCR-HC1-Review.htm and have done my homework.
They also carry this camera at futureshop and a friend of mine works there. This means I can get the camera at cost wich I figure should be about $2000 Canadian.
So what’s stopping me? I want to use this camera for action shots, specifically snowboarding. So were looking at a ton of white glare lost of action and even some follow cam shots. From what I hear the HDR-HC1 isn’t so great for action shots. so im worried about the camera not being able to keep up and causing ghosting & artifacts as well as dropped frames.
Does anyone have any experience or know of anyone that has used the HDR-HC1 in an action environment? am I just better of getting the GL2?
any help would be greatly appreciated.