Looks really good John...from camera work to editing.
I'm curious to know specifically what you had to change in your way of shooting, because of the camera.
The in-car camera really doesn't fit ;)

The big thing is the rolling shutter. Shooting close to trees and doing a quick pan is not a good thing. The trees look slanted. Also if a flash bulb goes off it does not fill the frame. Only parts of it (and in odd shapes).

Focus is another thing. Doing interviews can be a hassle. On the small LCD it might look in focus, but on the big screen it is not.

The dynamic range of the camera also is better. I seem to be able to get shots that I never could with my PD170.

Baby horses! You can't go wrong with cute animals. That's a nice postcard sort of video with good composition. Did you use any camera filtration or post processing?

Yes, you must reduce volume for loud sources.

Colorado clips
 

3 clips of my stay on NW Colorado, Near Meeker. Clip 2 are some elk we got into, I don't hunt them anymore but still get the shakes when we have elk all around, especially when the bulls are bugling. Clip 3 is of the the White River. I have 4 hours of tape I'm editing. Done with HVR V1


http://www.hughmobley.com/clips.html

Redid clips to the following to see if they will load faster:

http://www.hughmobley.com/white%20river.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/snell.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/river/html
http://www.hughmobley.com/elk/html

couldn't get any to load....

It takes a few minutes, they aren't that big either. but they will load

I'm going to redo them into a smaller file, I can get them to load with Firefox, but not IE.

Colorado Clips
 

I re did all clips: they should load without too much delay, small wmv clips

http://www.hughmobley.com/snell.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/elk.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/white.html
http://www.hughmobley.com/butterfly.html

Nice Video! Do you have any full size files to view and evaluate (1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720)? I would really like to see how well the camera and extenders did on this video. Thanks.

Nice job... might want to consider turning down color setting, looks a bit over-saturated. You also might want to consider an HC7 or Canon HV20 as your new in-car camera.

sorry i did not spot your reply till now,no filtration or post production.

Hvr V1 Clips
 

These clips are formatted for youtube and should load fairly quickly

Clip 1 is around a lodge we stayed at in Colorado http://www.hughmobley.com/clip1.html

Clip 2 is the Queen Anne cottage at the LA Arboretum http://www.hughmobley.com/clip2.html

Clip 3 is are hike to 10,000' to video some elk, http://www.hughmobley.com/clip3.html

Clip 4 is the White River in Colorado
http://www.hughmobley.com/clip4.html

HVR V1 Clips
 

Around Newport beach on a very hot November day. Trying a Raynox 7062 HD WA lens. Morning sun gave me a few spots

Clip 1 is you tube setting 352x240 QT 1 mb 24mb clip http://www.hughmobley.com/beach%20QT.html

Clip2 is 640x480 QT 3mb 74 mb clip
http://www.hughmobley.com/beach%20640QT.html

With which software you did the deinterlacing and wmv converting?
Also, the dimension of your video is 1280x720. Can you set the 1440 pixel height of the 4:3 cmos directly to 720? Or have u made these changes in post production?
Looks pretty good - i'm searching for a semi-pro hd cam myself...