pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I just had the Xacti HD1010 delivered so thought I'd run out and do a test. I'm suitably impressed so far, and this is the level of detail to expect from my future Supra based videos Make sure to watch it in HD. I had trouble getting it to focus on the shield bug at the end, but I imagine thats just a case of me getting used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 There's also a 300fps slow motion mode. It only does 10 second clips of slow mo at a time at low resolution, but capturing burnouts and tyresmoke will look pretty cool.......here's my dog sneezing at 300fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Cracking slow mo there Gromit. That looks like a decent camera. How close were you to the fly, as it really picked up the colours brilliantly? What about sound quality? Wind-cut etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm still getting used to the way it does auto focus. In order to get close up, the best result seems to be to get the camera itself right up close to the object without using any focus. As for sound, I'll be going out later to get some footage of the supra so I'll judge it then, it does have an auto windcut option in the menu though I'm not sure how well it'll do while going down the motorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottC Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Looks mighty fine on a 50' screen. Very impressed. Think I'm due an upgrade but just can't decide what to get. Is this the one you've bought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I had trouble getting it to focus on the shield bug at the end, but I imagine thats just a case of me getting used to it. If you had stood a little further way, and then zoomed in on the bug, I reckon you would have got him even more in focus. Or zoom all the out and walk even closer edit: Nice bush btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Looks mighty fine on a 50' screen. Very impressed. Think I'm due an upgrade but just can't decide what to get. Is this the one you've bought? Yes, but get it from here http://www.camerabox.co.uk/product1.asp?ProductName=Sanyo-Xacti-VPC-HD1010&ProductID=5620 It'd look even better on your 50" screen if I was using the 1080p capability. However I wanted to see what it'd look like on the setting I'll be using day to day. Due to me using intensive editting software for my videos, 1080p is harder for the PC to work with (and makes it crash more ). The 720p mode also has a 60fps mode which I again wasn't using. For some reason, although 60fps looks smoother, it seems less visceral when filming action scenes, I think it's something to do with motion blur adding to the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm impressed with that, I've been looking at video cameras recently and specifically the Sanyo ones as I'd seen someone on here before recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Seems the HD2000 can be had for not much more, I don't know the differences. http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/Sanyo-Xacti-VPC-HD2000-HD-Camcorder-%28Black%29/mainproduct/view/28719-BK/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 The HD2000 does 1080p at 60fps, whereas the 1010 only does 30. It also does slo mo at 600fps compared to 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 There's also a 300fps slow motion mode. It only does 10 second clips of slow mo at a time at low resolution, but capturing burnouts and tyresmoke will look pretty cool.......here's my dog sneezing at 300fps That is cool . Lovely dog too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I like that, pretty slick. Does it have external mic input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottC Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Yes, but get it from here http://www.camerabox.co.uk/product1.asp?ProductName=Sanyo-Xacti-VPC-HD1010&ProductID=5620 It'd look even better on your 50" screen if I was using the 1080p capability. However I wanted to see what it'd look like on the setting I'll be using day to day. Due to me using intensive editting software for my videos, 1080p is harder for the PC to work with (and makes it crash more ). The 720p mode also has a 60fps mode which I again wasn't using. For some reason, although 60fps looks smoother, it seems less visceral when filming action scenes, I think it's something to do with motion blur adding to the effect. I'm looking for something that will work well with FCE. It would be nice to be able to film in 1080p. Do you have to render in your editor before it will play correctly and does it take a long time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Nice, must learn how to use mine, you going to fairmile saturday mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 I like that, pretty slick. Does it have external mic input? Yes I'm looking for something that will work well with FCE. It would be nice to be able to film in 1080p. Do you have to render in your editor before it will play correctly and does it take a long time? You can film direct into 1080p no problem, my problem starts when I start adding effects to videos. Obviously, the higher the resolution, the bigger the picture, the more processing power is needed. My editor is Adobe premier elements that doesn't need to render to start with, it renders afterwards when it compiles the editted compilation. It took my last pc 6 hours to render a SD 10 minute highly editted clip (the pod 2007 video). My current PC will do it no problem, but 1080p is unecessarily slow to work with when the end result is going on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Nice, must learn how to use mine, you going to fairmile saturday mate? I was, but my work warned me last minute to cover trooping the colour. I'll be at Ace Cafe though mate (try not to blow a diff this time ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Nice colours on the Fly very crisp at 720p there What mount will you use in the Supe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 What mount will you use in the Supe? My arm out the window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 My arm out the window lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottC Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Did you end up buying one of those hand held camera stabilisers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 I lost the bid for the one on ebay, but I''ll probably buy one of the hague ones for about £80, you can't really use them for convoy footage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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