Sanyo HD1000 camcorder

[Bernt 0]

Anyone using this one as skydive cam? Any problems?
http://www.sanyo-dsc.com/english/products/vpc_hd1000/index.html

[DSE 5]

it's a great camera for taking vid that won't be seen anywhere but the web.
Please use the search feature?

[Bernt 0]

Can you say a bit more about what makes you think so?

This cam has gotten fairly decent reviews over at Steves-digicam.com forum (considering the cam as a consumer cam) http://forums.steves-digicams.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=577679&forum_id=27&highlight=sanyo+hd1000+review

What AVCHD cam would you recommend instead?
(I'm not planning on going commercial with my footage, more for re-living the fun on dark winter days...)

[parachutist 2]

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Can you say a bit more about what makes you think so?

It's been hashed already. See this thread:
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2994338;search_string=sanyo%20hd;#2994338

Search this forum for models & you'll find a lot of suggestions on what to get, what not to get, and reasons for the conclusions

[DSE 5]

If cheep is your budget, then I'd recommend the DXG. About 189,00. It's cheep, not terribly tough, but at 11Mbps, it's not as bad as I expected. Canon has a new one, Panasonic has a new model that cannot be used for skydiving. I'll post a pic why later tonight. What a POS!
Sony has several new camcorders, expect more from me on these later.

[Bernt 0]

Yup, I was a bit too fast with the searching, only searched for "HD1000" which gave no hits.

[Bernt 0]

Actually, I'm willing to spend in the range of 800-1000 euros. Some sort of flash memory is a must for me (don't want to unintentionally record on top of other footage again , and hate the rewinding and fast forward related to instant playback...)

For the AVC (I suppose it's the same as H.264?), what average encoded bit's per pixel do you consider to be ok in the skydiving environment? With the different HD modes of HD1000 the b/pix ranges from 0.19 to 0.33.

A bit off topic perhaps, but would be great with a sticky with links to skydiving video samples taken with various cameras and various resolutions, fps etc.

[JanuszPS 0]

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If cheep is your budget

This Sanyo should not be considered as a cheap option. Last time when I saw it cost about 600 Euros.

Why did I hope to get one decent quality memory card camera? Due to its weight and size! Not because is cheap. This is (size and weight) only the reason of not getting started with a camera. If I have a choice to have add 700g or 300g on my head, I think the second option should be considered, not only for health reason but safety as well.
But I'm looking forward for any update about dig cameras using flash memories.
Regards
JanuszPS

Back to Poland... back home.

[DSE 5]

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Actually, I'm willing to spend in the range of 800-1000 euros. Some sort of flash memory is a must for me (don't want to unintentionally record on top of other footage again , and hate the rewinding and fast forward related to instant playback...)

For the AVC (I suppose it's the same as H.264?), what average encoded bit's per pixel do you consider to be ok in the skydiving environment? With the different HD modes of HD1000 the b/pix ranges from 0.19 to 0.33.

A bit off topic perhaps, but would be great with a sticky with links to skydiving video samples taken with various cameras and various resolutions, fps etc.

you pay for the slots, I'll jump with every fixed-lens camera we have in the shop (roughly 15 different models) and I'll post the raw results.