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Model
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| JVC GZ-HM400 | Canon HV40 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | JVC 
| Canon
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| Name | GZ-HM400 | HV40 |
| European name ? | GZ-HM400E | Legria HV40 |
| US name ? | GZ-HM400 | VIXIA HV40 |
| lowest US price | 559 $ | 585 $ |
| On the market since | September 2009 | April 2009 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to JVC | link to Canon |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | not yet tested |
| test picture 1200 Lux | |  |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode | | |
Video
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| Video formats ? | AVCHD
| MiniDV
HDV
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| Recording Medium | SDHC card
built-in flash memory
| MiniDV/HDV-Cassette
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
| HDV 1440 x 1080/50i
MiniDV 720 x 576/50i
MiniDV 720 x 576/25F
HDV 1440 x 1080/25p
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i
| HDV 1440 x 1080/60i
HDV 1440 x 1080/24p
HDV 1440 x 1080/30p
MiniDV 720 x 480/60i
720 MiniDV x480/24p
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| Max Bitrate ? | 24 Mbit/s | 25 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| DV
MPEG2
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| on-board memory ? | 32 GB | |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Konica Minolta
| Canon
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 10 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 48 mm | 43,6 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 46 mm | 43 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optical
| optical
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| ND Filter ? | No
| Yes
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| Exchangable optics ? | No
| No
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| Image Sensor |
| Number of sensors ? | 1 | 1 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/2,33 inch | 1/2,7 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | | 2070000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CMOS
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto
manual
presets
| auto
presets
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| Focus ? | | auto
manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 1/4000 | 1/2.000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Apperture control ? | auto
manual
| auto
manual
AE-Shift
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| Infrared recording ? | No
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| Expanded Focus ? | No
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| Peaking ? | Yes
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| Signal Processing |
| Zebra ? | Off
70%
100%
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| Histogram ? | No
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| adjustable sharpness ? | Yes
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| Adjustable color ? | No
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| Cinegamma ? | No
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| Black Strech ? | No
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| Knee ? | No
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| Colorbars ? | No
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| Misc. |
| Shot Transition ? | No
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| Custom Presets ? | No
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| Set Time Code ? | No
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Configuration
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| Connections |
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FBAS ?
synonymous: RCA, composite | Out
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YC ?
synonymous: S-Video | No
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YUV ?
synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out
| Out
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DV / HDV (FireWire) ?
synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394 | - | In
Out
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| USB ? | USB 2.0
| USB 2.0
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| Microphone / Audio input ? | Mini-jack
| Mini-jack
Cinch
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| Headphones ? | Mini-jack
| Mini-jack
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| Lanc ? | No
| No
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| Time-code interface ? | No
| No
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| Genlock ? | No
| No
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| Accessory shoe ? | Standard
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 400 g | 535 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 485 g | |
| Battery type | JVC BNVF815U
| Canon BP-2L13
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| Battery capacity | 1460 mAh | |
| Charger ? | internal
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 67 mm | 82 mm |
| Width | 72 mm | 88 mm |
| Depth | 135 mm | 138 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 6 | 9 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | No
| Yes
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| Color Viewfinder ? | - | Color
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| Viewfinder format ? | - | 16:9 |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | | 123000 Pixel |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 2,8 Inch | 2,7 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | | 211000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | No
| No
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
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| Manual Focus ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | No
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| ND Filter ? | No
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| Exp Lock ? | No
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| Gain ? | No
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| White balance ? | No
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| Push AF ? | No
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| Audio Levels ? | No
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Custom Keys ?
synonymous: User buttons | 1 | 1 |
Audio
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| Audio Formats ? | Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
| MiniDV: 2x48kHz 16bit PCM
MiniDV: 4x32kHz 12bit PCM
HDV: 2x48kHz 16bit MPEG 1
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal
Mini-jack external
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| Audio Control ? | auto
manual
| manual
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| Audio levels ? | Screen
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | SDHC card
| MiniSD
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| Medium included ? | No
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| Effective pixels ? | 1037000 Pixel | |
| Resolutions ? | 3456 x 2592 max
| 1920x1080
1440x1080
848x480
640x480
2048 x 1536 |
| Standard ? | JPEG Exif 2.2
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| Flash ? | Yes
| Yes
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Misc.
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Product Shots
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Test results
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| Test pictures |
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| luminance resolution | | |
| chrominance resolution | | |
| lens distortion | | |
| test small ISO image | | |
| noise / internal microphone | | |
| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode ? | | |
| Test image 12 lux optimized ? | | |
| slashCAM rating |
| Lowlight ? | Satisfactory | |
| Resolution ? | Good | |
| Color performance ? | Very good | |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Good | |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | |
| Configuration / image ? | Good | |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | |
| Handling ? | Good | |
| Portability ? | Very good | |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | |
| Optics ? | Good | |
| Dynamics ? | Good | |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
| not yet tested |
Total score ?
(maximal 570) | 336 | |
| Pros | + manual controls for shutter, focus and aperture
+ Custom Key
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| Cons | - manual controls are a bit slow
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| Conclusion | The GZ-HM400 got one of the sharpest images of its classToo bad you can no longer adjust the colors.The external controls will be interesting for people who like to manually adjust things and be in control.In addition to the slowness of the parameters, when filming, the user has to decide whether to use the fast white balance, focus help or custom keys.Otherwise it is back to the menu via laser touch controls | |
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