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Model
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| Canon HF M41 | JVC GC-PX10 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Canon 
| JVC 
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| Name | HF M41 | GC-PX10 |
| European name ? | Legria HF M41 | GC-PX10 |
| US name ? | VIXIA HF M41 | GC-PX10 |
| lowest US price | (799) $ | (899) $ |
| On the market since | March 2011 | October 2011 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Canon | link to JVC |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Good
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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 built-in flash memory SDXC card
| SDHC card built-in flash memory SDXC card
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
| AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50p AVCHD 1280 x 720/50p
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i
| AVCHD 1280 x 720/60p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60p
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| Max Bitrate ? | 24 Mbit/s | 36 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| MPEG4
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| on-board memory ? | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Canon
| Konica Minolta
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 10 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 43,6 mm | 42,9 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 43 mm | 46 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optically and electronically
| optically and electronically
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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 ? | 1 | 1 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/3 inch | 1/2,33 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 2000000 Pixel | 12700000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CMOS
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto manual presets
| auto manual presets
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| Focus ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 1/2.000 | 1/4000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/6 | 1/4 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Infrared recording ? | No
| No
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| Expanded Focus ? | Yes
| No
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| Peaking ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Signal Processing |
| Zebra ? | No
| 70% 100% |
| Histogram ? | No
| 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
| No
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | Out
| No
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| HDMI ? | Out mini
| Out
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DV / HDV (FireWire) ? synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394 | - | - |
| USB ? | USB 2.0
| USB 2.0
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| Microphone / Audio input ? | Mini-jack
| Mini-jack
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| Headphones ? | also AV-output
| also AV-output
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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 ? | Advanced Mini
| Standard
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | 360 g | |
| Weight (with battery) | 400 g | 520 g |
| Battery type | Canon BP-808
| JVC BNVF815U
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| Battery capacity | 850 mAh | 1460 mAh |
| Charger ? | internal
| internal
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| Remote control | Yes
| No
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| Size |
| Height | 74 mm | 122 mm |
| Width | 71 mm | 131 mm |
| Depth | 137 mm | 67 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 7 | 10 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | Yes
| No
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| Color Viewfinder ? | Color
| - |
| Viewfinder format ? | 16:9 | - |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | 260000 Pixel | |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 3,0 Inch | 3,0 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 230000 Pixel | 230000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | Yes
| Yes
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
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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
| 1 |
Audio
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| Audio Formats ? | Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
| Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal Mini-jack external
| Stereo internal
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
| auto 5 steps
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| Audio levels ? | Viewfinder Screen
| Screen
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | built-in flash memory SDHC card SDXC card
| built-in flash memory SDHC card SDXC card
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | | 12000000 Pixel |
| Resolutions ? | 1920x1080 | 4000 x 3000 - Max
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| Standard ? | JPEG Exif 2.2
| JPEG Exif 2.2
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| Flash ? | | Yes
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Misc.
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| Specials | Cinema-style filterStory CreatorTouch Decoration | Automatic recordingShort 4K takes possible as 25p image sequences |
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 ? | Very good | Good |
| Resolution ? | Very good | Excellent |
| Color performance ? | Very good | Good |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | Good |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | Sufficient |
| Configuration / image ? | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | Sufficient |
| Handling ? | Good | Good |
| Portability ? | Very good | Very good |
| Photo function ? | Sufficient | Good |
| Optics ? | Good | Good |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Good |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | Good
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 362 | 348 |
| Pros | + Manual control over image characteristics + Good low-light characteristics
| + Very sharp
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| Cons | - No Zebra - (Too) little external controls
| - Colorful factory settings cannot be modified
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| Conclusion | In terms of sharpness, the new camcorders are finally on par again with the generation preceeding its predecessors.The good low light performance and the - for many users - sufficient manual features certainly make the RF M-series interesting for price-sensitive buyers.However, has to live with the small wide-angle, a low-resolution display, missing features such as zebra or histogram as well as the automatics. | In terms of sharpness the camera operates at the resolution limit and the available manual control should also be sufficient for many ambitious filmmakers.In addition there are nice innovations such as the short 4K-recording or the automatic recording.Unfortunately the low-light performance is not quite on par with the competition and the partially extreme factory color settings can´t be modified in manual mode. |
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