XH A1S or AC 90

[Noa Put]

Here you can see the main differences:

HD camcorder reviews/tests and comparison of Panasonic AG-AC90 and Panasonic AG-HMC151 Best values highlighted sorted by score

[Matthew Chambers]

Yeah sorry what features is the AC90 lacking

[Roger Van Duyn]

Originally Posted by Matthew Chambers

Ill be shooting along side two HMC151's from time to time what functionality is it lacking apart from the ND filters. Thanks

If you can find a used HMC151 for a good price, you can save some money. Plus, it would make matching up with the other cameras less of a hassle.

[Steve Struthers]

Originally Posted by Noa Put

Here you can see the main differences:

HD camcorder reviews/tests and comparison of Panasonic AG-AC90 and Panasonic AG-HMC151 Best values highlighted sorted by score

For my money, the AC90 would be the camera to get over the HMC150/151. I say this because save for the three 1/3" image sensor chips that the 150/151 has (and correspondingly better chroma resolution),
the AC90 pretty well beats the other camera in just about every aspect. Plus, the AC90 has much newer technology, and a better image stabilization system.

[Chris Harding]

The AC-90 does have ND filters ..they are simply built into the camera and deploy automatically when the iris starts closing around the F4/F5.6 mark as small chip sensors tend to break up the image at F8 and smaller.

The only real use of manually controlled ND filters on a small chip camera is to control DOF which would be a non issue with the tiny 1/4.7" chips in the AC-90 ... Although the Panasonics with auto ND's actually show the iris value as F11 it's actually only F5.6 with a switched in ND of say 1/4...it's just more convenient to show the display as a F stop rather than say "F5.6+1/4ND"

Chris