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Regular Crew
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Naperville, Illinois
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Looking for consumer video camera w/independent control of iris, shutter, gain
I've been having a difficult time finding a consumer video camera that lets you manually control exposure properly. I used to have a Panasonic PV-GS120 that let me do control the iris, shutter, and gain independently. I purchased this about 5 years ago for less than $500, it's ridiculous that many of today's consumer video cameras don't allow this. If anyone has any suggested consumer camcorders that are out, announced, or rumored, I'd greatly appreciate hearing from them.
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New Boot
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Gothenburg Sweden
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Check out the new Sanyo HD2000! Most Sanyo cams have what you ask for and their latest looks really promising:
Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000 Camcorder Review - Sanyo Not AVCHD container but mp4. The h264 video stream is similar, though. |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: OC, CA
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I'm really interested in this camcorder, everthing about it is fine with me, except for a fatal flaw: poor image stabilization. That alone will probably take it off my list. See the camcorderinfo review,very nice!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Port Charlotte, Florida
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I own 5 Panasonic HDC-HS100's
Panasonic | HDC-HS100 60GB HDD/SD Hybrid High | HDC-HS100K | B&H I love these cameras. Has all the manual controls you are looking for. I think there is now a HDC-HS300 now. Look for that since that is the updated version. |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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I agree that things have gone backwards from my Hi8 days when the Sony single chip 801 had truly independent controls with a button layout almost exactly like my FX1!!! Ron Evans |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: ny, ny
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I have the Sanyo FH1 which is the horizontal version of the HD2000. I can independently set the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. I believe ISO is the equivalent of gain.
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