I just bought Canon HV30 (Amazon, Review) recently for my baby. Before buying HV30, I was agonizing over the selection between HV30 and Canon HF10 (Amazon, Review) (although I know that HF100 is better than HF10 from money point of view since the internal 16GB flash drive of HF10 does not justify the price difference, I do like the black paint job of HF10 and HV30).
Comparison of HV30 vs. HF10
So why I chose HV30 over HF10? The following is my comparison.
| Features | HV30 | HF10 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | MSRP price is $999 in US and ¥10580.00 (about $1514) in China | MSRP price is $1099 in US and ¥14080.00 (about $2014) in China | The price difference in China is quite significant, which is true even for street price. |
| Performance | 1/2.7 in. sensor | 1/3.2 in. sensor | According to the review, HV30 has slightly better performance over HF10 thanks to larger sensor, however the gain seems to be marginal for most cases. |
| Functionalities | Viewfinder, Zebra, Peaking | ||
| Accessories | Standard accessory shoe | Canon proprietary accessory shoe | |
| Backup | Tapes are cheap for backup | Additional backup is needed since SDHC cards are expensive and will be reused. | |
| Community | A mature community (looking at hv20.com for example) | Situation will improve | |
| Form Factor | 88x82x138 mm (3.5x3.2x5.4 in.), 535 g (1.2 lb.) | 73x64x129 mm (2.9x2.5x5.1 in.), 380 g (13.4 oz) | HF10 is small and light, which is ideal for traveling. Normally the camcorder which you takes out often is the most useful one. |
| Media | Tape | SDHC card + internal Flash | Flash card is really convenient: just like small DCs. No hassles for rewinding and no worry for overriding. |
| Zoom | 10x optical zoom | 12x optical zoom | |
| Noise | Tape noise can be heard in silent environment | No such noise since flash card is used. |
Accessories
What I have:
- Battery and charger: compatible ones
- Camera bag: Lowepro Edit 120+
- CPL filter: Kenko 43mm
- HDMI cable
- IEEE 1394 cable: Belkin 4-pin to 4-pin
- Lens cap
- miniSD: Transcend 2G. Not sure whether 4G could be used (the manual only states that up to 2G has been tested).
- Tape: Panasonic AY-DVM63PQ
- UV filter: Kenko MC-UV 43mm
For future purchase:
- 35mm adapter
- Close-up lens: +1/+2/+4
- Mic: Canon DM-50, or combination of Rode Videomic and stereo mic. Maybe XLR adapters with XLR Mics?
- Neutral density filters: ND2/4/8
- Shoulder strap
- Steadicam Merlin
- Telephoto lens: Canon TL-H43 (any black version?)
- Tripod and fluid head: Manfrotto 190XPROB (tripod) + 701RC2 (fluid head) + MBAG70 (bag)
- Video light: Canon VL-3
- Wide angle lens: Canon WD-H43 (any black version?)
- Wrist strap
Final Words
After over 1 month's usage of HV30, I'm pretty satisfied with it. There is a lot of things for me to learn: how to shoot, how to edit, just to name a few. But all the efforts are worthy when you view the video clips produced from it.
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1 comments:
If you have not held this wide angle converter in your hands, you need to be aware of the weight - it is VERY heavy, weighing roughly the same as the entire camcorder (including battery and tape). Putting this big hunk of glass at the front makes it an entirely different camcorder - twice as heavy and very unbalanced with all that weight hanging off the front. It is pretty big also, adding 3-4 inches at the front, but the weight and balance were the killers for me.
I wanted to like it, as this camcorder really could use a wider field (I am tired of backing up so much). It also looks very high quality (and if glass weight = quality, it must be great) but I never even tested it out because to me the camcorder becomes a different (and unusable) device with this on it. If you don't mind the weight (perhaps you only use it on a tripod, where the size and weight don't matter), give it a try, but I wanted to warn you first - heavy and unbalanced make for bad handheld shooting.
cdr vierge
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