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Customer Reviews
Best camera out there
Hello, I bought my Sony HDR-FX1 about a month ago from amazon.com and let me just say that this camera is amazing. The resolution, when on a computer is 1920x1080. That right there is enough to sell the camera! Its great for me because i work with CG and CMI, the higher the resolution, the more accurate you can be. This is also great for blue/greenscreening as the high resolution, and the amazing color. There are several different modes to shoot in (all are customizable) you will mostly want to make sure you shoot in Cinemaframe30 or Cinemaframe24 because it will look just like film. You can also adjust how much color is allowed in, standard it is at "0" but you can up the color so much that its more vibrant then most movies. The new willy wonka movie has broad, powerful colors and this camera can easily achieve that. I would talk more about this camera but im out of time (great DOF). So dont get stuck in the Canon Xl2 fad where you pay 3,000 more dollars for a crappier camera.
It IS true WideScreen!
I feel the need to correct the reviewer below because he states that this camcorder does not record in true widescreen and that mini-DV CAN record in true 16:9. Well the latter is sometimes true with high-end cameras but not the consumer selection. The latter almost always use digital cropping to achieve 16:9 and that loses you resolution. Here's a review quote about the HDR-FX1 (and the reviewer is referring to non amateur units in the first sentence):
'Most camcorders shoot in 16:9 mode using anamorphic processing of the imager output; that is, vertical compression of the 4:3 image. The FX1 is the first consumer camcorder with 3 CCD imagers that have a physical 16:9 aspect ratio. In other words, the image is captured natively in 16:9 aspect ratio (without black bands) - this explains why the LCD display is also 16:9.'
As I own this camera and I'm very pleased with it and as it can ONLY be used in HD mode in true 16:9 I felt the need to speak up.
In conclusion: worth every cent!
amazing editing software IS out for this camera
Every great camera needs great editing software. I am sure most people already know, but ALL of Apple's editing programs support the HDV format of this camera natively, WITHOUT the need to purchase any additional video cards.
This is true for Apple's Final Cut Pro HD, Final Cut Express HD and even for iMovie HD!
High definition video from this camera can be edited even on an iBook with the new iMovie HD right out of the box. This is what I call truely amazing!
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