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Model
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| Panasonic HDC-SD600 | Sony HDR-SR1 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic 
| Sony 
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| Name | HDC-SD600 | HDR-SR1 |
| European name ? | HDC-SD600 | HDR-SR1E |
| US name ? | HDC-SD600 | HDRSR1 |
| lowest US price | 949 $ | 874 $ |
| On the market since | June 2010 | October 2006 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Panasonic | link to Sony |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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| test picture 1200 Lux | |  |
| Test image 12 lux auto-mode | |  |
Video
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| Video formats ? | AVCHD
| AVCHD
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| Recording Medium | SDHC card SDXC card
| Built-in hard disk
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p
| AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i MPEG2 720 x756/50i
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60p
| AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i
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| Max Bitrate ? | 28 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| MPEG2 MPEG4
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| on-board memory ? | | 30 GB |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Leica
| Carl Zeiss
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| Optical Zoom ? | 12 x | 10 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 35 mm | 41,3 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 46 mm | 30 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optically and electronically
| electronical
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| ND Filter ? | No
| No
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| Exchangable optics ? | No
| No
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| Image Sensor |
| Number of sensors ? | 3 | 1 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/4,1 inch | 1/3 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 2530000 Pixel | 1434000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CMOS
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto manual presets WB-Shift
| auto manual presets
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| Focus ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 1/8.000 | 1/425 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/25 | 1/3 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto
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| Infrared recording ? | No
| Yes
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| Expanded Focus ? | No
| Yes
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| Peaking ? | Yes
| No
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| Signal Processing |
| Zebra ? | 100% | Off 70% 100%
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| Histogram ? | Yes
| No
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| adjustable sharpness ? | Yes
| No
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| Adjustable color ? | Yes
| No
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| Cinegamma ? | Yes
| No
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| Black Strech ? | No
| No
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| Knee ? | No
| No
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| Colorbars ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Shot Transition ? | No
| No
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| Custom Presets ? | No
| No
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| Set Time Code ? | No
| No
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Configuration
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| Connections |
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FBAS ? synonymous: RCA, composite | Out
| Out
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YC ? synonymous: S-Video | No
| via accessories
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out mini
| 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 ? | No
| Mini-jack
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| Headphones ? | No
| 3.5 mm mini-jack
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| Lanc ? | No
| Yes
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| Time-code interface ? | No
| No
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| Genlock ? | No
| No
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| Accessory shoe ? | No
| AI
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 325 g | 660 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 385 g | 740 g |
| Battery type | Panasonic VW-VBG 130
| Sony NP-FM50
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| Battery capacity | 1250 mAh | 1180 mAh |
| Charger ? | external
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
| Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 62 mm | 78 mm |
| Width | 66 mm | 84 mm |
| Depth | 126 mm | 165 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 5 | 10 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | No
| Yes
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| Color Viewfinder ? | - | Color
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| Viewfinder format ? | - | 16:9 |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | | 123200 Pixel |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 2,7 Inch | 3,5 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 230400 Pixel | 211200 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | Yes
| Yes
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
| Rocker Zoom ring multi-assigned
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| Manual Focus ? | Menu
| bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | Menu
| bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | No
| No
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| ND Filter ? | No
| No
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| Exp Lock ? | No
| No
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| Gain ? | No
| No
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| White balance ? | No
| No
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| Push AF ? | No
| No
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| Audio Levels ? | No
| No
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Custom Keys ? synonymous: User buttons | No
| No
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Audio
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| Audio Formats ? | Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
| AC-3 Dolby Digital 5.1 640 kbit max.
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal
| Stereo internal Mini-jack external
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
| auto
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| Audio levels ? | Screen
| No
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | SDHC card SDXC card
| Memory Stick Duo
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | 2100000 Pixel | |
| Resolutions ? | 1920x1080 4000 x 3000 - Max
| 2304x1728 2304x1296 1600x1200 |
| Standard ? | JPEG Exif 2.2
| JPEG Exif 2.2
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| Flash ? | Yes
| Yes
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Misc.
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| Specials | optional 1080p50 recording with 28 Mbit/s | &"Smooth Slow Record" slow motion mode: 3 seconds are recorded with 200 half frames/sec., resulting in a 4-fold slow motion.However, the recording is without sound and in poorer image quality. |
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 ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Resolution ? | Very good | Sufficient |
| Color performance ? | Very good | Sufficient |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | Satisfactory |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Wide Angle ? | Good | Sufficient |
| Configuration / image ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Configuration / sound ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Handling ? | Good | Sufficient |
| Portability ? | Excellent | Very good |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Optics ? | Good | Good |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Good |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 384 | 274 |
| Pros | + Sharpness and colour at the upper AVCHD limit + Many manual controls + 1080p50
| HDMI out + good Display
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| Cons | - setting focus manually is a little complicated - low resolution display
| - bad color resolution - SD-quality only average
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| Conclusion | Costing 200 Euro less, the SD600 lacks a lot compared to the SD707 (viewfinder, lens ring, accessory shoe, mic and headphone jacks).Also the display is smaller and setting the focus manually is harder without a lens ring.But still, it is an interesting camera for those filming in automatic mode. | For a AVCHD model the Sony HDR-SR1 offers only average brightness resolution, the color resolution is beneath SD-level.Occasionally significant (colored) moirees can be seen on fine details.The subjective image impression is good to satisfactory, which is partly due to the good dynamics behavior with little noise and few smear-effects.Color-wise the SR1 is pleasantly coherent.The wide angle is very limited for indoors, but on the other hand there are only few lens errors.in low-light situations the SR1 is satisfactory. |
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