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models compared on this page: Panasonic HDC-HS60 and JVC GZ-HD40

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Panasonic HDC-HS60JVC GZ-HD40
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Manufacturer Panasonic Information about Panasonic

JVC About JVC

Name HDC-HS60GZ-HD40
European name ?HDC-HS60GZ-HD40
US name ?HDC-HS60GZ-HD40
lowest US price 645 $ 
On the market since February 2010 August 2008
Manufacturers URL link to Panasoniclink to JVC
Test preview

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slashCAM rating ?Good
Good
test picture 1200 Lux
Test image 12 lux auto-mode
Video

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Video formats ? AVCHD
AVCHD
MPEG2-TS
Recording Medium Built-in hard disk
SDHC card
Built-in hard disk
microSD/microSDHC
video resolutions EU ?AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i
MPEG2 1920x1080 50i
MPEG2 1440 x1080/50i
video resolutions US ?AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i
HDV 1440 x 1080/60i
AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i
MPEG2 1920 x 1080/60i
Max Bitrate ?17 Mbit/s17 Mbit/s
Compression format ? MPEG4
MPEG2
MPEG4
on-board memory ?120 GB120 GB
Optics
Optics Manufacturer ?Panasonic
JVC HD
Optical Zoom ?25x x10 x
Wide Angle 16:9 ?35,7 mm43,6 mm
Filter diameter ?- mm43 mm
Image Stabilization ?optically and electronically
electronical
ND Filter ?No
No
Exchangable optics ?No
No
Image Sensor
Number of sensors ?11
Size of image sensor ?1/4,1 inch1/3 inch
image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ?2110000 Pixel 2 Pixel
Image Sensor Type ? CMOS
CMOS
Controls
White Balance ?auto
manual
presets
auto
manual
presets
Focus ?auto
manual
auto
manual
Minimum shutter time ?1/8.0001/4000
Maximum shutter time ?1/251/2
Apperture control ?auto
manual
auto
manual
Infrared recording ?No
No
Expanded Focus ?No
No
Peaking ?Yes
Yes
Signal Processing
Zebra ?No
 Off
70%
100%
Histogram ?No
No
adjustable sharpness ?Yes
Yes
Adjustable color ?Yes
No
Cinegamma ?Yes
No
Black Strech ?No
No
Knee ?No
No
Colorbars ?No
No
Misc.
Shot Transition ?No
No
Custom Presets ?No
No
Set Time Code ?No
No
Configuration

Connections
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FBAS ?
synonymous: RCA, composite		 Out
Out
YC ?
synonymous: S-Video		No
 
YUV ?
synonymous: Component Signal		 Out
Out
HDMI ?Out mini
 Out
DV / HDV (FireWire) ?
synonymous: ILink / IEEE-1394		- Out
USB ?USB 2.0
USB 2.0
Microphone / Audio input ?No
Mini-jack
Headphones ?No
Mini-jack
Lanc ?No
No
Time-code interface ?No
No
Genlock ?No
No
Accessory shoe ?No
 Standard
HD-SDI ?No
No
Misc.
Weight (without battery) 258 g 
Weight (with battery)  450 g
Battery type Panasonic VW-VBK 180
 
Battery capacity 1790 mAh 
Charger ?internal
internal
Remote control No
Yes
Size
Height 52 mm73 mm
Width 66 mm68 mm
Depth 112 mm123 mm
Relative Size ?36
Viewfinder
Viewfinder available ?No
No
Color Viewfinder ?-  
Viewfinder format ?-  
Viewfinder pixels ?  
Display
Display available ?Yes
Yes
Color display ?Color
Color
Display size 2,7 Inch2,8 Inch
Display format ?16:916:9
Display pixels ?230400 Pixel 207000 Pixel
Touch Screen ?Yes
No
External controls
Manual Zoom ?Rocker
Rocker
Manual Focus ?Menu
Menu
Manual Aperture ?Menu
Menu
Focus switcher ?No
No
ND Filter ?No
No
Exp Lock ?No
No
Gain ?No
 
White balance ?No
No
Push AF ?No
No
Audio Levels ?No
No
Custom Keys ?
synonymous: User buttons		No
No
Audio

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Audio Formats ?Dolby AC-3 Digital 2 channel 48 KHz
MPEG-1 Layer2
Microphone ?Stereo internal
Mini-jack external
Audio Control ?auto
manual
auto
manual
Audio levels ?Screen
Screen
Still

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Recording Medium ?SD Card
hard drive
SDHC card
microSD
hard drive
Medium included ?No
No
Effective pixels ?  
Resolutions ?2592 x1944-max
1920x1080
1440x1080
640x480
2432 x 1368
Standard ?JPEG Exif 2.2
JPEG Exif 2.2
Flash ?Yes
No
Misc.

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Specials compatible with SDXC cards-included: dockingstation with USB,AV-Out, component outt and FireWire
-maximum bitrate 17 MPbps AVCHD, 27 Mbps MPEG-2 TS
Product Shots

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Test results

Test pictures
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chrominance resolution
lens distortion
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noise / internal microphone
test picture 1200 Lux
Test image 12 lux auto-mode ?
Test image 12 lux optimized ?  
slashCAM rating
Lowlight ?SatisfactoryGood
Resolution ?GoodSatisfactory
Color performance ?GoodVery good
subj.Picture impression ?GoodVery good
Optical Zoom ?GoodSufficient
Wide Angle ?GoodPoor
Configuration / image ?SatisfactoryGood
Configuration / sound ?SufficientSatisfactory
Handling ?GoodSufficient
Portability ? Excellent Very good
Photo function ?SatisfactorySufficient
Optics ?GoodGood
Dynamics ?GoodGood
Conclusion slashCAM
slashCAM rating ?Good
Good
Total score ?
(maximal 570)		358342
Pros + manual controls for shutter and aperture
+ factory setting adjustable
+ Many manual controls
+ two formats (AVCHD and MPEG2)
+ good image and lowlight quality
Cons - no microphone and headphone jacks
- no accessory shoe
- no filter thread
- display resolution only average
- the controls are hard to getting used to
- formats are not arbitrarily mixable
Conclusion The options for manual control surpass those of competing models.Hardly any lens distorsion, good sharpness and wide angle in combination with acceptable low-light capabilities: that is a novelty in this price region.However, there is zero connectivity in terms of microphones etc.The possibility to record both HD-consumer formats is a good thing, but some details are missing (the formats can not be combined at playback, no backup-tape, no HDV-recording on SD cards).Nice to see that with this introduction of CMOS sensors JVC closed the gap of lagging behind in picture qualityMany important parameters can be adjusted manually, which is great, but the operation requires a little too much patience and practice.If JVC would have included the rich manual controls of the HD7 this cam would have been a real winner for every ambitioned movie maker.
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