We reported on a 4 camera HD-res shootout 2 weeks ago. The comparisons were between the Canon XL H1, JVC GY-HD100U, Panasonic AG-HVX200 and the Sony HVR-Z1U. They also shot with the Panasonic HDC27F Varicam and the Sony HDW-F900/3 CineAlta, for comparison. Obviously those two pro-level cameras were expected to excel, having 2/3″ CCD’s vs. the four 1/3″ CCD cameras.

One of the testers, Adam Wilt, has just posted his conclusions at DV.com. If you aren’t familiar with Adam Wilt, then you must be new here. Mr. Wilt is a self-professed video geek with a long pedigree of practical and technical experience in the video industry. He has reviewed cameras and new tech and written technical articles on the subjects for many years. If you haven’t already pored over his website, then you should.

On with the show…
After setting up the equipment, the testers only had 5 hours in which to test everything. As a result, much of the results are fairly subjective, it would have been impossible to thoroughly compare each camera “honestly” feature by feature in that short amount of time. And as Adam explained in the article, the Canon was at a disadvantage, with no experienced operator to optimize it’s shooting settings. Because of the subjective nature of the tests, a summary here would be worthless. You’ll be better off to read the whole review yourself with no bias from my POV. Oh, and DV.com wants you to login too. Just a heads up…

(Via DVGuru)