I'm just wondering if any of you took your HC1 to places with exotic scenery (eg: mountain scenery, any national parks or just places outside your city with beautiful scenery) and that if you could post it because I have never seen any good scenery with any of the HC1 clips online now. (No stock HC1 footage please!)

i was like you...about month ago.. looking for all hc1 footage on the web.. ..
don't hesitate buying this camcorder....
i guarantee you won't regret it...

the low light capability is not so bad.. but you must buy wide lense or this cam is useless..

the low light capability is not so bad.. but you must buy wide lense or this cam is useless..

I have a HC1, why do you think it's useless without a wide lense? I have thought of buying one but I am not sure yet.

epeacially when you are shooting scenery or city building..wide lense is necessary...without WD lense i feel this cam is DV wide with high resolution picture..

Yeah, it doesn't go wide enough on it's own. I have a Sony VCL-HG0737Y (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=396837&is=REG&addedTroughType=search) on order.

I decided to order one to. I figure I can only get more options. :)

it's not necessary to buy VCL-HG0737Y lense...i have tested this lense and cheap one..VCL-HA06 they are both good pic quality is same .. but VCL-HA06 only cost $60 :)

It just so happens that in the following clip, among other things, there is labeled footage taken with both these lenses:

http://videosketch.myhome.cx/hdr-a1j/test/a1j-test001.wmv

IMO the VCL-HG0737 image looks sharper.

It just so happens that in the following clip, among other things, there is labeled footage taken with both these lenses:

http://videosketch.myhome.cx/hdr-a1j/test/a1j-test001.wmv

IMO the VCL-HG0737 image looks sharper.

Hi

That's pretty useful footage and very interesting to see.
I agree that with the 0.6x there was noticable distortion and softening at the edges of the shot. It's always the edges that go first.

One thing - the lens in the clip was not stated as the HG0737 but the 0752 lens which is not the same i beleive. The "HG" lens should be better yet as it's got the Hi-Grade denominator.

Do you think anywhere there is similar footage but of the HG0737?

it's not necessary to buy VCL-HG0737Y lense...i have tested this lense and cheap one..VCL-HA06 they are both good pic quality is same .. but VCL-HA06 only cost $60 :)
Is the VCL-HA06 a zoom through lense (is the whole zoom range useable). I know that the VCL-HG0737 series is zoom through.

hi I like to check what is the difference between VCL-HG0737X and the VCL-HG0737Y model ?

Hi everybody. I have the HC-1 and both a Raynox 6600HD and the Sony VCL-HG0737Y wide angle lenses. The Raynox is a .5 vs the Sony .7 wide. I love the extra width, but even when you match them at the same (say .7) the Sony lens is sharper with less chromatic aberation. The raynox is not too bad a full wide, but as soon as you start zooming it becomes fuzzy - even though it is listed as full zoom through for the HC-1. The raynox is also smaller and lighter, but we are doing HDV for the image quality, so there you have my 2 cents worth. Have a great day - PK

(No stock HC1 footage please!)
Why’s that?






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I didn’t realize this thread was this old.