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Model
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| Panasonic HDC-HS300 | Canon HV10 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic 
| Canon 
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| Name | HDC-HS300 | HV10 |
| European name ? | HDC-HS300EG | HV10 |
| US name ? | HDC-HS300K | HV10 |
| lowest US price | 950 $ | 1100 $ |
| On the market since | March 2009 | October 2006 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Panasonic | link to Canon |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| test picture 12 Lux | | |
Video
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| Video formats ? | AVCHD
| MiniDV HDV
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| Recording Medium | SDHC card
| MiniDV/HDV-Cassette
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p AVCHD 1440 x 1080/25p
| HDV 1440 x 1080/50i MiniDV 720 x 576/50i
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1440 x 1080/24p
| HDV 1440 x 1080/60i MiniDV 720 x 480/60i
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| Max Bitrate ? | 17 Mbit/s | 25 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| DV MPEG2
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| on-board memory ? | 120 GB | |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Leica
| Canon
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| Optical Zoom ? | 12 x | 10 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 45 mm | 43,6 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 43 mm | 37 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optical
| optical
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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 inch | 1/2,7 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 2070000 Pixel | 2070000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CMOS
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto manual
| auto manual presets
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| Focus ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 8.000 | 2.000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/25 | 1/3 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto manual AE-Shift
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| Infrared recording ? | No
| No
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| Expanded Focus ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Peaking ? | No
| Yes
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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
| Yes
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| Adjustable color ? | Yes
| Yes
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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
| In Out
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YC ? synonymous: S-Video | No
| No
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out mini
| No
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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
| No
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| Headphones ? | 3.5 mm mini-jack
| No
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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
| No
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 385 g | 440 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 445 g | 500 g |
| Battery type | PAnasonic VW-VBG070
| Canon BP-310
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| Battery capacity | 1250 mAh | 850 mAh |
| Charger ? | internal external
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
| Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 70 mm | 56 mm |
| Width | 72 mm | 104 mm |
| Depth | 141 mm | 106 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 7 | 6 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color Viewfinder ? | Color
| Color
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| Viewfinder format ? | 16:9 | 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 | 2,7 Inch | 2,7 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 230400 Pixel | 210000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | Yes
| No
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker Zoom ring multi-assigned
| Rocker
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| Manual Focus ? | Menu bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| Wheel bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | Menu bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | Yes
| Yes
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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 ? | AC-3 Dolby Digital 5.1 640 kbit max.
| MiniDV: 2x48kHz 16bit PCM HDV: 2x48kHz 16bit MPEG 1
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal Mini-jack external
| Stereo internal
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
| auto
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| Audio levels ? | Viewfinder Screen display
| No
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | SDHC card
| MiniSD
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | 2100000 Pixel | 2760000 Pixel |
| Resolutions ? | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 1440x1080 848x480 640x480 2048 x 1536 |
| 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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Product Shots
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Test results
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| Test pictures |
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| chrominance resolution | | |
| lens distortion | | |
| test small ISO image | | |
| noise / internal microphone | | |
| test picture 1200 Lux | | |
| test picture 12 Lux | | |
| slashCAM rating |
| Lowlight ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Resolution ? | Very good | Excellent |
| Color performance ? | Very good | Very good |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | Very good |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | Poor |
| Configuration / image ? | Very good | Satisfactory |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | Poor |
| Handling ? | Good | Sufficient |
| Portability ? | Excellent | Excellent |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Optics ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Satisfactory
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 372 | 326 |
| Pros | + Sharpness and colour at the upper AVCHD limit + Many manual controls
| + Excellent resolution in brightness and color + Very small + Many manual functions + 25 FPS-mode
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| Cons | - No wide angle
| - Optics only average, small wide-angle - No microphone jack - unergonomic design
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| Conclusion | Finally camcorder in the 1000 Euro range which allows for a manual control of iris, shutter and gain (not by joystick) while indicating meaningful parameters in the display. Add to that a focus ring and useful helpers as focus zoom, zebra and histogram.Since it also offers a flawless (and even adjustable) image quality, the Panasonic SD300 can almost be recommended without any hesitation.It only leaves you wanting more external controls, a display with higher resolution and, above all, a wide angle lens.Also the low light performance is only average. | The Canon HV10 has an CMOS with excellent resolution, which almost uses the HDV possibilities of brightness and color resolution to the full.The lens shows very little distorsion, but offers only a small wide angle, and throughout the focal range slight chromatic aberrations can be seen.Under lowlight conditions the HV10 performs - as expected with a camcorder in this price range - average, a better configuration rating is hinderd by lacking audio-I/O options |
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