/// HD Camcorder Comparison

Picture ?

Manufacturer

Panasonic

JVC

Name

AG-HPX301E

GY-HD100

European name ?

AG-HPX301E

GY-HD100

US name ?

AG-HPX300

GY-HD100

lowest US price

5895 $

5699 $

On the market since

March 2009

November 2005

Manufacturers URL

Test preview

slashCAM rating ?

Very good

not yet tested

test picture 1200 Lux

Test image 12 lux auto-mode

Video

Video formats ?

MiniDV
DVCAM
DVC PRO 25
DVC PRO 50
DVC PRO HD
AVC-Intra

ProHD

Recording Medium

P2 card

MiniDV/HDV-Cassette

video resolutions EU ?

MiniDV 720 x 576/50i
DVCAM 720 x 576/50i
DVCAM 720 x 480/60i
DVC PRO 25,576 / 50i
DVC PRO 50,576 / 50i
DVC PRO HD 720/25p
DVC PRO HD 720/50p
DVCPROHD 1080/25p
DVCPROHD 1080/50i
DVCPROHD 1080/24p
DVCPROHD 1080/30p
AVC-Intra 1920 x 1080/12p - 60i
DVCPRO HD 1440 x 1080i

ProHD 720/25p

video resolutions US ?

MiniDV 720 x 576/50i
DVCAM 720 x 576/50i
DVCAM 720 x 480/60i
DVC PRO 25,576 / 50i
DVC PRO 50,576 / 50i
DVC PRO HD 720/25p
DVC PRO HD 720/50p
MiniDV 720 x 576/60i
DVCPROHD 1080/25p
DVCPROHD 1080/50i
DVCPROHD 1080/24p
DVCPROHD 1080/30p
1080 DVCPRO 24p - 60i
DVCPRO HD 720 24p - 60i
DVCPRO HD 24p 1080 - 60i
AVC-Intra 1920 x 1080/12p - 60i
DVCPRO HD 1440 x 1080i

ProHD 720p24
ProHD 720p30

Max Bitrate ?

100 Mbit/s

19 Mbit/s

Compression format ?

DV
DVC PRO HD-proprietary
AVC-Intra

MPEG2

on-board memory ?

Optics

Optics Manufacturer ?

Fujinon

Optical Zoom ?

17 x

16 x

Wide Angle 16:9 ?

32,5 mm

Filter diameter ?

82 mm

Image Stabilization ?

None

ND Filter ?

Exchangable optics ?

Yes

Image Sensor

Number of sensors ?

Size of image sensor ?

1/3 inch

image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ?

2200000 Pixel

930000 Pixel

Image Sensor Type ?

CMOS

CCD

Controls

White Balance ?

auto
manual
presets
WB-Shift

auto
manual
presets

Focus ?

manual

Minimum shutter time ?

1/2.000

1/10.000

Maximum shutter time ?

1/6

Apperture control ?

auto
manual
AE-Shift

auto
manual

Infrared recording ?

Expanded Focus ?

Yes

Peaking ?

Yes

Signal Processing

Zebra ?

50-105%

60-100%

Histogram ?

adjustable sharpness ?

Yes

Adjustable color ?

Yes

Cinegamma ?

Yes

Black Strech ?

Yes

Knee ?

Yes

Colorbars ?

Yes

Misc.

Shot Transition ?

Custom Presets ?

Yes

Set Time Code ?

Yes

Configuration

Connections

FBAS ?
synonymous: RCA, composite

Out

YC ?
synonymous: S-Video

YUV ?
synonymous: Component Signal

Out

HDMI ?

DV / HDV (FireWire) ?
synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394

In
Out

Out

USB ?

USB 2.0

Microphone / Audio input ?

XLR

Headphones ?

3.5 mm mini-jack

Mini-jack

Lanc ?

Time-code interface ?

In
Out

Genlock ?

Accessory shoe ?

1/4

HD-SDI ?

Out

Misc.

Weight (without battery)

4200 g

3200 g

Weight (with battery)

5900 g

3300 g

Battery type

Anton Bauer Gold Mount

JVC V428U

Battery capacity

2800 mAh

Charger ?

external

External, double

Remote control

Size

Height

246 mm

235 mm

Width

251 mm

232 mm

Depth

549 mm

481 mm

Relative Size ?

338

262

Viewfinder

Viewfinder available ?

Yes

Color Viewfinder ?

Color

Viewfinder format ?

16:9

Viewfinder pixels ?

1226000 Pixel

250000 Pixel

Display

Display available ?

Yes

Color display ?

Color

Display size

3,2 Inch

3,5 Inch

Display format ?

16:9

Display pixels ?

921000 Pixel

230000 Pixel

Touch Screen ?

External controls

Manual Zoom ?

Rocker
Ring

Manual Focus ?

Ring

Manual Aperture ?

Ring

Focus switcher ?

Yes

ND Filter ?

Yes

Exp Lock ?

Yes

Gain ?

Yes

White balance ?

Yes

Push AF ?

Audio Levels ?

Yes

Custom Keys ?
synonymous: User buttons

Audio

Audio Formats ?

DVC PRO 4x48kHz 16bit PCM

HDV: 2x48kHz 16bit MPEG 1

Microphone ?

external XLR

external XLR
Mono internal

Audio Control ?

auto
manual

Audio levels ?

Viewfinder
Screen

Still

Recording Medium ?

Medium included ?

Effective pixels ?

Resolutions ?

Standard ?

Flash ?

Misc.

Specials

Two USB modes (host and device),Two HD-SDI outputs,Waveform MonitorVectorscope

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Test results

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