Canon HV30 Sample Footage

[jaegersing]

Just shot these Formula 1 cars with my new HV30. For such a low budget camcorder, the image quality is pretty wonderful. Canon allows you to control nearly everything affecting the picture quality which is very different approach from the Sony budget HD cams.

http://www.vimeo.com/770502

[sgmlyfilmsociety]

wow.. nice colors.
how much did you get it for?
I'm also thinking of getting the hv30 too.

[munwei]

Hi guys,

Could you PM me where you got/are getting the HV30? And the price as well?

I have a DV cam and am considering an upgrade.

Rgds,

MW

[engr]

MArket price about SGD2k. Worth the $$.!!! I think the street price wun defer too much... hang on for a while and see it go South. Prob about 1.8k finally in my opinion.

[richardg]

Originally Posted by jaegersing Just shot these Formula 1 cars with my new HV30. For such a low budget camcorder, the image quality is pretty wonderful. Canon allows you to control nearly everything affecting the picture quality which is very different approach from the Sony budget HD cams. http://www.vimeo.com/770502

have a Canon MV1, love it.. still working fine!

[jaegersing]

Originally Posted by sgmlyfilmsociety I'm also thinking of getting the hv30 too.

From the other thread, I thought you are trying to decide between EX1 and HVX202?

[sgmlyfilmsociety]

Originally Posted by jaegersing From the other thread, I thought you are trying to decide between EX1 and HVX202?

the hv20 is for my personal use.
the ex1 or the hv202 is for my bosses production company..

[jaegersing]

Ah ok. You decided what to buy yet? If you need to use the camera handheld I would not recommend the EX1, it's very unbalanced sideways.

[sgmlyfilmsociety]

Originally Posted by jaegersing Ah ok. You decided what to buy yet? If you need to use the camera handheld I would not recommend the EX1, it's very unbalanced sideways.

so ur saying get the hvx202 is better?
but i've read other forums saying the ex1 is better in terms of quality and their sxs card are more stable than the p2 cards.
but wat you mean by unbalanced sideways?

[jaegersing]

Originally Posted by sgmlyfilmsociety so ur saying get the hvx202 is better? but i've read other forums saying the ex1 is better in terms of quality and their sxs card are more stable than the p2 cards. but wat you mean by unbalanced sideways?

No, I've never used the HVX. I believe the EX1 is much much sharper though, because the HVX sensor is lower resolution and then upsampled in 2 dimensions. I was just saying that the EX1 is very badly designed when it comes to handheld useage. For nearly everything else it is very impressive.

If you are seriously interested in these cams you should be able to get a hands-on demo of both of them and try for yourself.

[sgmlyfilmsociety]

Originally Posted by jaegersing No, I've never used the HVX. I believe the EX1 is much much sharper though, because the HVX sensor is lower resolution and then upsampled in 2 dimensions. I was just saying that the EX1 is very badly designed when it comes to handheld useage. For nearly everything else it is very impressive. If you are seriously interested in these cams you should be able to get a hands-on demo of both of them and try for yourself.

ok thanks for the info.
will try them out.