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Model
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| Canon HV20 | Panasonic HDC-DX3 |
| Picture ? | | |
| Manufacturer | Canon 
| Panasonic 
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| Name | HV20 | HDC-DX3 |
| European name ? | HV20 | HDC-DX3 |
| US name ? | HV20 | HDC-DX3 |
| lowest US price | 460 $ | 2799 $ |
| On the market since | April 2007 | May 2007 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to Canon | link to Panasonic |
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Test preview
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| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | not yet tested |
| test picture 1200 Lux | |  |
| test picture 12 Lux | |  |
Video
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| Video formats ? | MiniDV HDV
| AVCHD
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| Recording Medium | MiniDV/HDV-Cassette
| MiniDVD 8cm MiniDVD-DL 8cm
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| video resolutions EU ? | HDV 1440 x 1080/50i MiniDV 720 x 576/50i MiniDV 720 x 576/25F HDV 1440 x 1080/25p
| AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
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| video resolutions US ? | HDV 1440 x 1080/60i HDV 1440 x 1080/24p HDV 1440 x 1080/30p MiniDV 720 x 480/60i MiniDV 720 x480/24p
| AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i
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| Max Bitrate ? | 25 Mbit/s | 13 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | DV MPEG2
| MPEG4
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| on-board memory ? | | |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Canon
| Leica
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 12 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 43,6 mm | 38,5 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 43 mm | 43 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optical
| optical
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| ND Filter ? | Yes
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| Exchangable optics ? | No
| No
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| Image Sensor |
| Number of sensors ? | 1 | 3 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/2,7 inch | 1/4 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 2070000 Pixel | 560000 Pixel |
| Image Sensor Type ? | CMOS
| CCD
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| Controls |
| White Balance ? | auto manual presets
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| Focus ? | auto manual
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| Minimum shutter time ? | 2.000 | 8.000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/2 | 1/50 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual AE-Shift
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| Infrared recording ? | No
| Yes
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| Expanded Focus ? | Yes
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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 ? | Yes
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| Cinegamma ? | Yes
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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 | In Out
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YC ? synonymous: S-Video | No
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | 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
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| Microphone / Audio input ? | Mini-jack
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| Headphones ? | Mini-jack
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| Lanc ? | No
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| Time-code interface ? | No
| No
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| Genlock ? | No
| No
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| Accessory shoe ? | Intelligent
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | | 680 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 535 g | 800 g |
| Battery type | Canon BP-2L13
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| Battery capacity | | |
| Charger ? | internal
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| Remote control | Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 80 mm | 92 mm |
| Width | 88 mm | 91 mm |
| Depth | 138 mm | 163 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 9 | 13 |
| 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 | 183000 Pixel |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 2,7 Inch | 3,0 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 210000 Pixel | 251000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | No
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | Rocker
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| Manual Focus ? | Wheel bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | Yes
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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 | No
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Audio
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| Audio Formats ? | MiniDV: 2x48kHz 16bit PCM HDV: 2x48kHz 16bit MPEG 1
| AC-3 Dolby Digital 5.1 640 kbit max.
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| Microphone ? | Stereo internal Mini-jack external
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| Audio Control ? | auto manual
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| Audio levels ? | No
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | MiniSD
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| Medium included ? | No
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| Effective pixels ? | 2760000 Pixel | |
| Resolutions ? | 1920x1080 1440x1080 848x480 640x480 2048 x 1536 | 1920x1080 |
| Standard ? | JPEG Exif 2.2
| JPEG Exif 2.2
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| Flash ? | 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 picture 12 Lux | |  |
| slashCAM rating |
| Lowlight ? | Satisfactory | |
| Resolution ? | Excellent | |
| Color performance ? | Very good | |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Very good | |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | |
| Wide Angle ? | Poor | |
| Configuration / image ? | Satisfactory | |
| Configuration / sound ? | Satisfactory | |
| Handling ? | Sufficient | |
| Portability ? | Very good | |
| Photo function ? | Satisfactory | |
| Optics ? | Good | |
| Dynamics ? | Good | |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
 | not yet tested |
Total score ? (maximal 570) | 348 | |
| Pros | + Excellent resolution in brightness and color + Compact + Very good price / performance ratio
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| Cons | - small wide angle - slight problems with reds - over-simplified operation
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| Conclusion | Thanks to the excellent resolution of its CMOS the Canon HV20 makes almost full use of the HDV-system in brightness as well as color.Noticeable is the high resolution in diagonals.With enough light the HV20 makes a very clean picture, only in low light there is visible image noise.The optics has very little distorsion, but offers only a small wide angle. | |
More information
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