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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Photography
List Price: $699.99
Buy Used: $349.00
You Save: $350.99 (50%)
New (4) from $718.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Media: Electronics
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.2
Maximum Focal Length: 63
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 7.1 x 5.4
MPN: VPC-HD1A
Model: VPC-HD1A
UPC: 086483063794
EAN: 0086483063794
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Portable yet need improvement on dim condition January 16, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
After vigorous research and investigation, I decided on this camera because of portability with quality. Bigger cameras may provide better HD picture quality but I believe you may lose lots of opportunities since the camera is not in your pocket.
I used 4GB SD card to take about 1 hour of HD video. With two 2GB SD cards, I am pretty much covered in most occasions. With recent purchase of an 80GB portable hard drive that I can dump SD card to, I don't have to worry about running out of storage.
Battery life is also reasonable: I didn't measure the actual hours but I used all three SD cards with one charge.
Flash is also relatively powerful, but like other digital camera the built-in flash is not effective once it passes 10 ft or further.
Ergonomical design is the best of all like-kind portable video camera. I can control the button with one hand without too much worry about dropping the camera.
High Definition quality is not as nearly good as bulky ones such as Sony HDR-HC1, but much better than average among the same level of pocket size cameras. With a little adjustment on ISO, you will capture better images that you want. However, ISO 400 presents noticeable grain. 5 MP still camera image is not as good as my Canon digital camera but is good enough to print and share with friends and family.
Overall, I finally settled down with my seemingly endless research and enjoy this camera.
Small size with minor trade-offs November 8, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have owned the HD1a for about a week, and I have overall been very pleased! The small size and flexibility of a good camcorder and digital camera with flash in one makes me bring it with me more often. Recording in the S-HD mode, I get about 28 minutes of widescreen 720p on a 2GB SD card. The buttons and menus seem very logical-- I would recommend as a general use device. A few shortcomings: (1) image seems a little "grainy" in low light conditions--using all the Auto settings (2)USB cable adapter is very small-- I hope I don't lose it! (3) I have not figured a way to quickly toggle the date on/off the images with one button, just using menus. Also, when playing the HD files on my PC, they are jerky, but I guess my PC is too slow (Intel P4 3Ghz, 512MB)-- it still burns fine to a DVD (480p) with included software-- which is also easy to use.
 Perfect for me, just had to learn to set it up..... December 2, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was looking for a nice camera to record videos and take pictures of my daughters. I'm upgrading for a Panasonic D-Snap 1.2MPix, so anything above that would had been perfect for me. I was really impacted when I saw my first recorded video in my 30in LCD TV....absolutely HD in Widescreen. My wife was amazed to see the kids on the TV with that resolution.
At the beginning I was taking pictures inside home with low ligth. The pictures were not so good, but since this camera lets you play around with the shooter speed, the white balance, the focus and many other settings, I was able to take near perfect pictures under this and any other type of light.
Pictures in natural light are absolutely perfect as long as you know how to adjust the settings accordingly. Let's put it this way, if you expect to take perfect videos and pictures with the AUTO mode in everything, then this camera is not for you. Take an hour or so to learn how to adjust the settings and you'll have a very very decent HD camera with an amazing 5MPix still camera, all in one.
Just keep in mind that you'll have to buy a 2GB SD card at least to get 40 minutes of HD video...
 Poor performance/quality in low light November 22, 2006
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this thinking that wow I get HD quality and decent still pictures all in one compact size device. When I received it, I was happy with the size it is really very small and feels good also.
However, was terribly disappointed with the video quality especially in low light conditions. I knew that low light is not great based on other reviews but it was so bad that in side a decently lit room at night the quality was very grainy.
I give two starts because:
1. Still camera very very good. - you get 10x optical zoom which is great.
2. Video Recording during day light out doors was decent
3. Size and feel are great
Downsides:
1. Very poor quality when recording indoors
2. Very poor quality when recording in low light
 Handy Little Camera February 13, 2007
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I got this camera because it was the deal of the day and was $480. I'm not much a videographer. But it is a very nice little camera, takes decent photos, and sharp videos. It's compact so you don't need to leave it behind. Who knows, maybe you'll catch the next Rodney King video. My only real complaint is that it outputs in MP4 format and the software that is included with the camera is pretty pathetic.
But for something this size and quality, you'd have to spend a lot more.
I don't even think that the low light performance is as bad as some people are making it out to be. I've shot several vids of my parrots inside and they came out quite nice.
Pleased with this camera...
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