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| B | means they are good, with some standout features. |
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Nice Sharpness
(limando - 6/14/07)I bought the HD1A 2 weeks ago and fell in love with it.
We're not really ready for Full HD yet, because of the big file sizes and computer-power you need for editing and storing your videos. So here comes a camcorder with some amazing possibilities for its small size.
The videos of the HD1A are clearly brillant if you have good light and don't move the camera too fast. The SD cards make recording very efficient without the fear of breaking a hard disk or hearing annoying sounds from the tape or dvd. So sound is really not bad, in stereo, but maybe you will have to edit the sound in a movie program if you're recording a concert or nature or something more "fragile".
The size of the HD1A is great. You can take it with you anywhere... For extended mobile use you might want to consider buying some additional sd cards - 4 GB ones are perfect. Also the battery only lasts for about an hour, maybe you'll need a second one for holidays or so.
Cool feature: you can delete videoclips quickly to make free space for better clips.
Watch out: It's sad, but the promised 60frames per second slowmotion feature only works with the lower resolution (although quite nice), and not with HD720.
All in all... a really great camcorder for the people who like HD720-quality movies and don't want to spend thousands on a full-hd-camcorder and on a new computer for editing the videos.
