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Model
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| JVC GC-PX10 | Panasonic HDC-HS100 |
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| Manufacturer | JVC 
| Panasonic 
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| Name | GC-PX10 | HDC-HS100 |
| European name ? | GC-PX10 | HDC-HS100EG |
| US name ? | GC-PX10 | HDC-HS100 |
| lowest US price | (899) $ | 1060 $ |
| On the market since | October 2011 | September 2008 |
| Manufacturers URL | link to JVC | link to Panasonic |
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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
| Built-in hard disk SDHC card
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| video resolutions EU ? | AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50p AVCHD 1280 x 720/50p
| AVCHD 1440 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/50i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/25p
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| video resolutions US ? | AVCHD 1280 x 720/60p AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60p
| AVCHD 1920 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1920 x 1080/24p AVCHD 1440 x 1080/60i AVCHD 1440 x 1080/24p
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| Max Bitrate ? | 36 Mbit/s | 17 Mbit/s |
| Compression format ? | MPEG4
| MPEG4
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| on-board memory ? | 32 GB | 60 GB |
| Optics |
| Optics Manufacturer ? | Konica Minolta
| Leica
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| Optical Zoom ? | 10 x | 12 x |
| Wide Angle 16:9 ? | 42,9 mm | 42 mm |
| Filter diameter ? | 46 mm | 37 mm |
| Image Stabilization ? | optically and electronically
| 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 ? | 1 | 3 |
| Size of image sensor ? | 1/2,33 inch | 1/6 inch |
| image sensor effective pixel count 16:9 ? | 12700000 Pixel | 520000 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 ? | 1/4000 | 1/8.000 |
| Maximum shutter time ? | 1/4 | 1/25 |
| Apperture control ? | auto manual
| auto manual
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| Infrared recording ? | No
| No
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| Expanded Focus ? | No
| Yes
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| Peaking ? | Yes
| No
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| Signal Processing |
| Zebra ? | 70% 100% | Off 100%
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| Histogram ? | No
| Yes
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| adjustable sharpness ? | No
| Yes
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| Adjustable color ? | No
| Yes
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| Cinegamma ? | No
| 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
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YUV ? synonymous: Component Signal | No
| Out
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| HDMI ? | Out
| 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
| Yes
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| Headphones ? | also AV-output
| 3.5 mm mini-jack
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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
| Standard
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| HD-SDI ? | No
| No
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| Misc. |
| Weight (without battery) | | 420 g |
| Weight (with battery) | 520 g | 482 g |
| Battery type | JVC BNVF815U
| Panasonic VW-VBG130-K
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| Battery capacity | 1460 mAh | |
| Charger ? | internal
| external
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| Remote control | No
| Yes
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| Size |
| Height | 122 mm | 74 mm |
| Width | 131 mm | 138 mm |
| Depth | 67 mm | 76 mm |
| Relative Size ? | 10 | 7 |
| Viewfinder |
| Viewfinder available ? | No
| Yes
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| Color Viewfinder ? | - | Color
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| Viewfinder format ? | - | 16:9 |
| Viewfinder pixels ? | | 183000 Pixel |
| Display |
| Display available ? | Yes
| Yes
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| Color display ? | Color
| Color
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| Display size | 3,0 Inch | 2,7 Inch |
| Display format ? | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Display pixels ? | 230000 Pixel | 300000 Pixel |
| Touch Screen ? | Yes
| No
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| External controls |
| Manual Zoom ? | | Rocker Zoom ring multi-assigned
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| Manual Focus ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| Ring bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Manual Aperture ? | bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
| bi-functional focus or aperture wheel
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| Focus switcher ? | No
| 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 | 1 | 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
| Mini-jack external 5.1 Internal
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| Audio Control ? | auto 5 steps
| auto manual
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| Audio levels ? | Screen
| Viewfinder Screen
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Still
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| Recording Medium ? | built-in flash memory SDHC card SDXC card
| SD Card hard drive
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| Medium included ? | No
| No
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| Effective pixels ? | 12000000 Pixel | |
| Resolutions ? | 4000 x 3000 - Max
| 1920x1080 |
| 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 | Automatic recordingShort 4K takes possible as 25p image sequences | -Quick Power : ready to record in 1,9 seconds
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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 image 12 lux auto-mode ? | | |
| Test image 12 lux optimized ? | | |
| slashCAM rating |
| Lowlight ? | Good | Satisfactory |
| Resolution ? | Excellent | Satisfactory |
| Color performance ? | Good | Good |
| subj.Picture impression ? | Good | Good |
| Optical Zoom ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Wide Angle ? | Sufficient | Sufficient |
| Configuration / image ? | Satisfactory | Good |
| Configuration / sound ? | Sufficient | Satisfactory |
| Handling ? | Good | Good |
| Portability ? | Very good | Excellent |
| Photo function ? | Good | Sufficient |
| Optics ? | Good | Good |
| Dynamics ? | Good | Good |
| Conclusion slashCAM |
| slashCAM rating ? | Good
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Total score ? (maximal 570) | 348 | 336 |
| Pros | + Very sharp
| -lens-ring with lots of manual functions
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| Cons | - Colorful factory settings cannot be modified
| -average sharpness -menu-structure and menu-handling
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| Conclusion | 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. | This is going in the right direction.More manual control is what is missing with most of the current AVCHD cams.And this is exactly what Panasonic is delivering.Thanks to histogramm, zebra, luma display and expanded focus manual control is better than on any other camera below 1000 Euros.The somewhat below average sharpness of the camera is something one can live with, but there are also one or two other minor things on this camera which could have been solved better.But definitely one of the most interesting newcomers 2008 |
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