Manzella Recommended: Sanyo HD2

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Ducky

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I just wanted to confirm the following before I purchase the Sanyo Xacti HD2. Was the footage of Camilo Villegas from the Masters shot using the Sanyo Xacti HD2? If so, what was the shutter speed you were using?
 

Brian Manzella

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I just wanted to confirm the following before I purchase the Sanyo Xacti HD2. Was the footage of Camilo Villegas from the Masters shot using the Sanyo Xacti HD2? If so, what was the shutter speed you were using?

Yes.

I was just on "Sports Mode."

But, you can get it up to 1 10,000ths :eek:
 

Brian Manzella

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iLink....Firewire

The Sanyo has an HDMI out of the small dock that recharges it.

The SD card captures the video in compressed quicktime in the h264 codec.

My computer "sucks" the video in very fast.

But, if you want straight out the camera capture, your best bet is the Panasonic PV-GS320.
 
Brian, I don't know if this was asked already-

V1 or c swing doesn't recomend using an HD video camera because their software doesn't work well with HD. They recomended, and I purchased a Sony mini DV camera based on the advice. The camera is sufficent, but the video is pretty grainy on my computer, and it doesn't have the shutter speed I would like. I am extremely impressed with your Master video of Phil, and I'd love to get an HD camcorder, but I'm woried about having problems with the software. Do you have any advice?
 
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Ducky

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If the analysis software (such as V1 Sports) you use does not support HD video, you can simply resize the video to the preferred size. Virtual Dub is a great program that I use to do this... and it's free!
 
A little confusing to a computer challenged guy like me, but I appreciate the info. I'm pretty sure C swing is the web sight that said HD was a bad idea. I'll remember the thread if I decide to get the HD camera. Thanks again.
 

Ducky

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The main problem with high definition video (especially 1080i/1080p) is processing power. So if you want to play back (and edit) high definition video, you'll want to make sure that you have a computer that has sufficient hardware specifications.

CSwing (and other video analysis software) should resize the video to fit into the applications windows regardless. If it doesn't, it's simply bad programming on their behalf.
 
Swing Analysis Software

What does everyone use with their camera or are you viewing video only with no analysis? Recommendations....

Thanks for the info..
 

dbl

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The main problem with high definition video (especially 1080i/1080p) is processing power. So if you want to play back (and edit) high definition video, you'll want to make sure that you have a computer that has sufficient hardware specifications.


Interesting. I saw the Sanyo did 720p, not sure about 1080p.
 
Can someone explain exactly how you can do frame-by-frame playback on this camera? I asked the sales guy and he said this was not possible. Thanks.
 

Ducky

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Interesting. I saw the Sanyo did 720p, not sure about 1080p.
I never said the Sanyo HD2 did 1080i/1080p, I was referring to the post by "PriceUnderPar". The truth is consumer camcorders are only currently doing 1080i, with 1080p currently only available in prosumer models. You're right, the Sanyo HD2 is using 720p as high definition.
 
The sales guy is mistaken

Can someone explain exactly how you can do frame-by-frame playback on this camera? I asked the sales guy and he said this was not possible. Thanks.

This camera absolutely does frame by frame. In playback mode, once the video is playing, you press the joystick to pause it, move the joystick to the right to frame advance, or to the left to frame reverse. Also, once you paused, you can zoom in on the image, which is also a nice little feature.
 

mpro

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I like my Sanyo HD quite a lot. Much better picture quality than my sony 3 chip that cost me over 2000 a few years ago.
 
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