Panasonic HDC-HS20 Camcorder Raw AVCHD Sample July 15, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, AVCHD, Media, Movies, News, Pictures, Resources, Reviews, Tech, Troubleshooting , 2commentsPanasonic HDC-HS20 – Retail Price $749.95
Panasonic HDC-HS20 is priced as low as $609.95 at Amazon.com (July 15th, 2009).
Panasonic HDC-HS20 is priced as low as $618.06 at Buy.com (July 14th, 2009).
Check out the sample video from Panasonic HDC-HS20 below.
ISO of the raw AVCHD files is also available here.
Panasonic HDC-HS20 features:
- 1920×1080 HD video recording
- 80GB HDD & SD Card Hybrid
- 16x Optical Zoom with O.I.S.
- LEICA DICOMAR Lens
- iA Mode with AF Tracking & Touch Screen
I do not like Hard Drive based camcorders for personal reasons. The Hard Drive capacity is getting bigger and bigger; I am having hard time archiving the raw AVCHD files. Panasonic HDC-HS20 also uses SDHC card as recording media. I’d get Panasonic HDC-SD20 instead of Panasonic HDC-HS20, but that’s just me. Having to own and use numbers of Panasonic and Canon AVCHD Camcorders, I’d now go with Canon Vixia HV40 HDV and Canon Vixia HFS100. The 1/6-inch MOS image sensor is a bit small to produce crisp and vibrant video. Compared to Canon Vixia HFS100 and Sony HDR-XR520V, Panasonic HDC-HS20 is way outclassed. But considering the price, it is a much better choice for those who are looking for an HD camcorder at a lower price.
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“If you buy Panasonic HDC-HS20, I can buy this Canon Vixia HV40 HDV Camcorder” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.
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AVCHD Camcorders: 3 New Raw Samples. July 13, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, AVCHD, Media, Movies, News, Resources, Reviews, Tech , add a commentThree disk images from three AVCHD camcorders are being uploaded to the server. The links will be posted with more info on the camcorders respectively.
The AVCHD camcorders are:
Please check back for the links to the disk images.
Anything Goes: June 24th, 2009 Edition. June 24, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, Comedian, Comedy, Entertainment, Humor, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, Music, News, Resources, Security, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, TV, Vista, Windows , add a commentI had quite a crazy morning with Outlook and Exchange Server. Then I went to the Apple Store to get a 15-inch MacBook Pro Battery replaced. It only has 70 full-charge-cycles and it lasts about 5 minutes of charge.
Bunch of letters and numbers and punctuations from the series of tubes:
- Unimaginable Horror In Tehran Today (ThreatsWatch.org) | Video is from CNN. Contain graphics picture.
- Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware (ZDNet) | Twitter users have been victims of account-hijacking for quite sometimes now. This is not the first time certainly won’t be the last for a foreseeable future. Obviously this is the same trojan aimed at Mac and Windows users. It is way too obvious that ActiveX plugin on Mac OS X is a trojan. Please be careful no matter what operating system you’re using.
- SPINAL TAP: ‘Back From The Dead’ First-Week Sales Revealed (Blabbermouth.net) | It sold 10,000 copies on its first week of release. Buy this CD from Amazon.com! (read disclaimer at the end of this post.) It is better than majority of music released this year so far.
- Panasonic Begins To Lock Out 3d-Party Camera Batteries (SlashDot) | Printer manufacturers have tried doing something similar. Then again there are a lot of poor quality third party batteries being sold.
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If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.
“If you buy Spinal Tap: Back From The Dead CD, I can buy this Canon Vixia HV40 HDV Camcorder” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.
Carlos Alazraqui: RENO 911!, His Dog, “Let The Right One In” DVD, and Rooting Against The Lakers. April 20, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, AVCHD, Comedian, Comedy, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Movies, News, Rants, Resources, Tech, TV , add a commentCarlos Alazraqui sends another video updates. As many have found out, Carlos did not return to RENO 911! Season Six along with Wendi McLendon-Covey and Mary Birdsong.
Official Site | MySpace | YouTube
Carlos also talks about the passing of his beloved Dog Jacky O, his favorite vampire movie, some stand-up dates and rooting against the Lakers.
Recorded using Panasonic HDC-SD100 High Definition AVCHD Camcorder.
“Let The Right One In” DVD | Blu-Ray
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“If you buy these DVD’s and Book, I can buy a something cool” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.
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Panasonic HDC-SD100: Raw AVCHD Sample February 8, 2009
Posted by very in : Announcement, Applications, Apps, AVCHD, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Leopard, Mac OS X, Media, Movies, News, Resources, Reviews, Tech , add a commentPanasonic HDC-SD100 is the third Panasonic AVCHD Camcorder that I use. The first one is Panasonic HDC-SD5 and followed by Panasonic HDC-SD9.
I am really impressed with the video quality of HDC-SD5 while I have mixed results with HDC-SD9. It is possible that I have a defective unit, and I did send it back to Panasonic for evaluation and repair. Unfortunately nothing has changed since.
My HDC-SD9 unit has a really poor low light performance even compared to the HDC-SD5 unit. I am hoping that HDC-SD100 would perform better than HDC-SD9 under the same lighting.
I tested Panasonic HDC-SD100 in-store, and recorded two videos on two different settings. The first one is recorded in 24p Digital Cinema Mode while the other is recorded in 60i mode. You can download the disk images below. Both disk images are in .iso format and zipped/compressed to save some disk space and bandwidth.
- Panasonic HDC-SD100 Raw AVCHD disk image recorded in 24p mode (58.9MB)
- Panasonic HDC-SD100 Raw AVCHD disk image recorded in 60i mode (58.0MB)
As of the date of this posting, iMovie ’09 will not import 24p AVCHD video from the camcorder or the disk.
I will be posting more videos recorded using Panasonic HDC-SD100 and some of the Raw AVCHD files.
