Barry Green at DVXUser just conducted another camera shootout. The stated reason was to dispell certain rumors that the JVC HD100 performs MUCH better when the action is fast-paced. The rumor itself claimed that when shooting action, the HVX200 became a SD cam.
You can review the screenshots of the Vegas strip. To quote Barry himself, the shootout proved:
A) the HVX is every bit as high-def as the HD100, whether shots are moving or not, and any claim to the contrary is simply and easily demonstratable to be a falsehood.
B) the HVX is clearly, obviously higher color sampling, which should dispel the 4:2:2 vs. 4:2:0 controversy.
C) I could detect no veracity to the notion that there are “overexposure artifacts” in the HVX when in 1080 mode; something that was not part of the initial claim but I figured hey, this was a good chance to see whether there was truth to that rumor or not.
So if you want interchangeable lenses or a shoulder cam, get the HD100, otherwise – HVX200!
This particular test of Barry’s was not particularly well done for a variety of reasons. Virtually no other side by side test seems to match the results Barry, a paid Panasonic consultant, seems to get.
Here are two better comparisons:
http://www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?articleId=189500064
http://www.bluesky-web.com/HDVHVX.htm
My conclusion after personally testing both side by side – if you don’t need 60P or P2 get an HD-100.
Yeah yeah, all your fucking fixed positions. Joel, noob, the HD100 is a heap of shit, stop being loyal to a dead manufacturer of lame gear.
Hey, calm down, you seem really biased towards Panasonic. Don’t be insulted that a test by someone who wasn’t being paid ruled in the other party’s favor. Let’s calmly face it, the HVX200 has 650,000 pixel CCD’s, and thus cannot reproduce equal detail to a camera with 1.3 million pixel CCD’s like the HD100.