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Testing the Canon HV30 for Youtube Video
Published by Matthew Jeppsen March 24th, 2008 in Cameras, Formats, Research, ReviewsCanon’s new HV30, the update to the revered HV20, is the only camera in this price range to offer three major framerate modes: 60i, 30P, and 24P. Canon has suggested that the 30P mode is ideal for online video creators, since most online video is cut to 15 frames per second and that allows the encoder to simply remove every other frame, resulting in better quality video. Or so goes the theory. Camcorderinfo recently tested this assumption with Youtube, and has provided side-by-side examples of their test footage so you can compare it in realtime. Check it out.
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Matt,
first of all thank you for all your help in the past with my questions on the EX1. I’m a current owner of the EX1 and also Canon’s HV10. I love my HV10 because of it’s sheer portability even though it doesn’t have any external jacks for audio. I never quite took to the HV20 because of the plasticky look even though this camera got rave reviews. The EX1 on the other hand had so many, many great advantages over the competition (in that price range) but the squewing and strobing just didn’t sit well with me. Still I loved all your reviews on that camera and have found many uses for it.
So now here we have the Canon HV30. I know nothing about it yet. My question is this. If there was one camera that you would pick over all the others, be it the EX1, or the Panasonic HVX200,or the Canon XLHI, or the Canon HV30 or any brand that I have not mentioned here that is less than $8000 that is good for making action movies or music videos, which is the one that you like best?. Please help cause I really need your opinion on this one.
My buddies and me are new to video and your website has helped us SO MUCH already that we are very greatfull for any advice you give us.
Thank you again
Any of those cameras you listed could be used for “Action Movies” and “Music Videos,” though as you already know you’d have to avoid specific situations that show rolling shutter-related issues (for the EX1 and HV30). But the bottom line is that any of those cameras is a capable performer, and could be used (and has been used) to make incredible visuals.
Throwing the HV30 (or HV20) into the mix is a bit odd however…it lacks the manual controls that all those other cameras offer. That’s not to say it can’t be used, but that it’s a bit harder to control. See this article: http://www.freshdv.com/2007/06/tips-and-tricks-for-manually-controlling-the-canon-hv20.html
Unless you are willing to work around those issues for budget reasons, I wouldn’t personally use the HV30 as a primary camera. It’s a specialty cam in my opinion…use it as a crash cam, or at times when space is an issue. It’s also not a great performer in low light (neither is the HVX-200 for that matter).
As you requested it…my advice to you is to stop searching for “the next best” camera and instead concentrate on making something amazing with what you already have. Good luck!
-Matt Jeppsen