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It can be crystal clear. I got this camera at a great price too so it has been worth every penny so far. It fits good in the hand. The footage is rarely shaky compared to other cameras.
I would recommend this camera to anyone looking to spend around $500-$800. pretty cool. The 24 fps is really cool everything you shoot has the ability to look like a film. This is my first camcorder I have ever owned and I love being creative with the HV20. When I first noticed the quality when I plugged the camcorder into an HD TV I was amazed.we all were. It captures great detail. The zoom is nice mostly smooth.
I wanted a camera to make short films and so far I have had great success. Great HD camera. Outside footage definitely looks the best. Very easy menu to customize your settings.
It shoots fine, I have a 35mm DOP adapter on it, with some Canon EF lenses on it, plus a mattebox. A bit out of date, but still a decent camcorder. It's really fun to shoot with.
You can get some great images with this camera if you know what you're doing.Oh, and 24p. [.]. Get one now. I'm going to keep this short because there are several longer reviews that you can read.Basically, if you want to get into some cheap indy filmmaking, or just want a good home movie camera, this is the one. Yes, it's got its flaws, but with some good accessories, you'll be golden.So get this, a Rode VideoMic, a new battery, maybe a lens hood, The DV Rebel's Guide, and you'll be all set. It shoots in 24p.
My opinion is that if you can grab a reasonably priced HV20 on the used market, you won't be unhappy. Further more, while I understand that hard drive recording can be useful, I actually prefer tape, as I can grab inexpensive 3 packs (right here on amazon) and never have to worry about running out. I know that these are no longer on the open market, so my review is simply to explain why I think these are an excellent value on the used market.Bottom line is this - while they keep adding features and improving paper specs, I haven't seen any need to upgrade from my HV20. The feature set is excellent and picture quality is as good as any I've seen on a pro-sumer HD camera. I like to keep my archives available as well (as opposed to re-recording over everything and depending on my computer versions) and don't want to have to worry about dumping to another drive before taking new footage.Frankly, I know that everyone wants the latest and greatest - which this was, not so long ago.
If anyone has ideas to solve, please post. But it doesn't help the motor noise problem. After 2 years with my HV20, I'm splurging on a new SDHC flash drive camera, because of all the HV20 motor noise, which ruins my video sound recordings. I love Canon & my HD video camcorder, and I bought all accessories from Day 1 including the DM-100 directional microphone. It may even be worse with the DM-100, I can't quite tell.
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