![]() ![]() Panasonic had time between its first generation AVCHD models and now to improve the motion artifacting, and it did not. Compared to the leaders in its class, specifically Canon, the camcorder is falling short of what can be achieved. Overall, the Panasonic HDC-SX5 is a decent performer. Canon looked the best, Sony placed second, and Panasonic finished third. We shot the HDC-SX7, Canon HG10, and Sony HDR-UX7 under a number of lighting conditions, and the story was always the same. Objects blur at the slightest tremble, leaving ghostly trails behind it. Of all the AVCHD camcorders we’ve seen to date, Panasonic undoubtedly has the worst motion rendering. ![]() When an object is in motion, however, you can bet the Panasonic is going to distinguish itself. The colors and sharpness are excellent in both camcorders. When shooting under the most charitable conditions for a camcorder – late afternoon sun on a simple scene with rich colors and no motion – the HDC-SX5 performed as well as the Canon HG10. In shooting out of the testing room, we found some interesting results. Both the Sony and the Panasonic showed more obvious sharpening. The Sony HDR-UX7 had slightly different results – better sharpness but more fine-grain noise. However, the HG10 appeared sharper than the HDC-SX5. But good color is a rightfully compelling reason to choose a camcorder, so keep Panasonic in mind.Ĭomparatively, the Canon HG10 produced a similar color palette. When factoring in all parts of image quality, including noise, sharpness, and motion rendering, we find ourselves preferring Canon a lot of the time. Across the breadth of consumer high definition camcorders, Panasonic seems to have no equal for color balance and accuracy. As pixels shrink, noise goes up and low light sensitivity goes down.įortunately, it did not seem to have a big impact on bright light recording. ![]() Panasonic is walking the same questionable path as Sony - packing in more pixels onto a small surface area. In doing so, individual pixels shrink. All camcorders using a three-chip set, including the new HDC-SX5, have produced great looking color in bright light. This is a reduction in surface area from the three 1/4-inch CCDs found on both of Panasonic’s first-generation AVCHD camcorders, the HDC-DX1 and HDC-SD1. Each has a 560,000 gross pixel count (520,000 effective pixels). The Panasonic HDC-SX5 is equipped with three 1/6-inch CCDs. ![]()
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