what do you guys think abt this Hybrid Media Cameras? can record nice HD video. and can shoot like a digital camera as well ....

any Hybrid Media Cameras owners here? can share?

good video, crappy IQ.

come on now - at least u shud give a link of a review or something to back your statement or maybe u have tried one??

btw is this camera actually available here - last month i was in KL - i cannot find a single camera shop carry the latest xacti video cam, i think now up to C6 variants, n a few camera shops still carry a C2??

i got most of the info from users feedback in the steve forum
http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_forum.php?id=27

i thought latest is SANYO Xacti HD1a now. and end of the match 2007 will come out SANYO Xacti HD2 which got 7.1 MegaPixel. HD1 only got 5.0MegaPixel~

MP isnt the main point, people are looking for HD2 becoz it the OIS.

where to buy, have never seen anyshop carry them？

xacti is sold cheap at lelong.com.my now....

poison ! poison !

i'm planning to get the sports model.

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This post has been edited by greyPJ: Dec 23 2007, 02:48 PM

i think the main purpose for ppl to get this is for video shooting, actually i'm quite interested too by looking at its ability to record an hour 640x480 30fps quality movie with 1GB SD, plus the size is so portable for u to bring along. btw, here is the its successor CG65's review (using better H.264 AAC video compression which is 25% smaller size as compare to CG6 with MPEG4 AVC)

i bought tz1 mainly for video.
damn i check cd65 video, the quality is so nice, can auto focus, but cost rm450 more. thanks for the link. i think i should get this instead.

Canon TX-1, 7.1 MP, 10x optical zoom, HD 16:9 video, Stainless Steel casing, not cheap lol

This post has been edited by itanium: May 26 2007, 10:18 PM

the RSP is rm1,799, the drawback is it records movie in MJPEG format, so only ~15min recording time with 2GB SD which seems to me it defeats the purpose as a camorder

btw, sanyo's reviews are quite good:
Xacti CG6
Xacti HD1a

the Canon was not meant to be a dedicated camcoder, its called a hybrid.

actually Xacti series is a hybrid too with 6MP effective pixel count, it is just that canon is not willing to pay more on the video compression (frm what i read-lar).

btw, is Panasonic SDR-S10 in our market yet?

SDR-S10 doesnt have OIS?? i google no indication that it has OIS, if no OIS then its useless, the best video quality is crap if its shaky.

i just realized that CG65 also doesnt have OIS, the video is very clear, but shaky, really not worth the price.

tz1 is still the best value for money.

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Added on May 27, 2007, 10:57 amtx1, video quality is top-notch in good daylight, but very bad in indoor, worst than average camera.

beside the big filesize, grainy video in not-so-low light is another prob, crazy price tag too.

This post has been edited by greyPJ: May 27 2007, 10:57 AM

LOL you said it all in your post, no more comments

plan to get CG65 for casual use, let me be the guinea pig

CG65 Review#1 (with video clip samples)
CG65 Review#2 (in chinese)

i already dl all the samples by Caelum last nite when you posted the link to the reviews.

seriously, OIS is a must-have feature in video, especially at x10 zoom, for still pic can still do without OIS, but not video.

after i use lumix fx01 to take video, i really like the OIS, so big diff, no matter how i shake the camera, the video is very stable, unlike video without OIS,
see this sample: Cat, indoor TV-SHQ

it is shaking quite badly, make me dizzy, you dont get this kind of shake at all with OIS.

plus the price is not cheap, rm1200, if it has OIS CG65 is perfect, x10zoom, stereo.