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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Photography
List Price: $649.99
Buy New: $589.00
You Save: $60.99 (9%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Monitor Size: 270
Optical Zoom: 10
Connectivity: S-Video
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 63
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7 x 5.3
MPN: HD1010
Model: VPC-HD1010
UPC: 086483071836
EAN: 0086483071836
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Almost great, one big flaw... September 6, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this camera as I had fallen in love with the form factor and the fact that it records on SD cards.
I am a professional camera and Steadicam operator for a prime time network TV series. I was expecting a camera that had good quality, but did not have higher expectations, knowing that it is a sub 1000 dollars camera.
It did surprise me on how well it was built, how the menus were easy, yet highly customizable.
I loved the feel in my hands, the dock, pretty much all about it, including the good (but not fantastic) picture quality, except the image stabilization.
That unfortunately, was unacceptable. I could not get a shot without jerks and shakes that were excessive when played back on my 50" plasma. Maybe if you watch it on a small tv set, it will be OK, but for me it wasn't and I had to return it. I was very sad to do so, as I really liked the Camera, maybe in the future they will figure it out...
Excellent Value, Great Picture, Easy Editing August 8, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've had the HD1010 for 2 weeks now, I have fiddled with most of the features and used it mainly for filming my kids. I am a Mac user so I can't tell you about the windows software that comes bundled with it.
This is a very good little camera, its small enough to carry in your pocket (I wear cargo shorts a lot) and it has great start up and ready to shoot times (the time it takes you flip open the screen when in sleep mode, a few seconds more when complete off.
First the bad.
To date (Aug 7, 2008) 1920 x 1080 /60 fps does not work with any software I have on my mac (imovie 08, VLC player, Visualhub video converter). Nothing, it shows a green screen or a static partial video fields with audio. I think this is a codec issue that will work it self out in later releases of the software. I emailed Sanyo tech support 2 days ago and still no reply. I am not impressed with them at all.
All other formats 1920x1080 /30, 1280x720 /60, 1280x720/30, 1280x720 /60, 640 x480 /60, 640x480 / 30, 448x336 /300 <-- yeah thats right 300 FPS!, and 320 x 240 /30 work perfectly on the mac, in quicktime and imovie.
One caveat to iMovie imports, if you use a /60 or the /300 fps resolution it will only import half the clip when importing via the camera option in imovie. A simple work around is to simply copy the movies folder from the camera to my desktop when imovie is not active, then start iMovie and choose file, import movies, and browse to that directory. It works flawlessly.
The LCD screen (maybe its just mine) does seems to favor showing a little more red than what is on your actual video.
Finally I wish Sanyo would put Optical image stabilization rather than the software voodoo they do now. The EIS can make you feel slightly sea sick at times, but is still acceptable if you have a steady hand. I am sure the Sony and Canon image stabilization are superior. Other than that, I have very few complaints about this camera.
Now what's great!
#1. MPEG4, that's it no AVCHD to deal with, I can shoot, attach USB, drag to my desktop and go, no waiting for transfers and decompression to intermediate codecs to create huge new files. Literally just shoot n edit (on a mac anyway, I have not tried on a PC, though it does come with windows vista software). If you are a big editor then this camera is perfect, in fact you don't even need to edit, you can upload the mp4s directly to whatever site you use, vimeo, youtube etc. To me simplicity is worth its weight in gold.
#2. Very good video, I am loving the video off this camera, as with any small digicamcorder it works best outside, but even inside with a bit of light its still acceptable.
Outside though it likes watching the discovery channel. I personally shoot everything 1280x720/60 and I am very happy with the resulting quality. go to vimeo.com and search for HD1010 tagged movies to see what this thing can do, also download the originals from each movie using a link on the bottom right side of the page, bang for the buck this thing does some powerful things.
#2. External Mic and headphones jacks. Yes yes it not XLR but they are there and they work.
#3. Full Cold shoe, pop on a Rode Videomic boom mic and you are ready to shoot decent interviews. The Canons HF10 and 100s have a mini cold shoe, I don't think the Sony HG 1 has any external support.
#4. Very good build quality, it looks small n cheap but it feels good in your hand. I could do without the 1980s gold trim or the sparkly stuff in the plastic though,
#5. 300 /fps, it shoots 10 second blasts at 300 fps, then converts it into a 50 second slow-mo video, very cool for slowing down stuff. Its not HD resolution but still pretty neat to watch.
#6. Nice accessories, a decent Dock and small remote come with this, keep the doc by your computer and / or your TV for easy hookups, just drop in the camera and press the button. it also comes with a soft case. No HDMI cable though, they do have an HDMI output on the dock.
To me this camera is everything I need to shoot great video of my kids and share with my family. Its small, its HD, its easy to edit on my Mac, its got a few `pro' features and its reasonably priced. If you have these requirements this camera is perfect.
 works as advertised August 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent consumer or even prosumer grade camcorder. Image quality is great and indoor light image quality is much improved over the first Sanyo HD 1 from 2 years ago. As some have complained about the image stabilization control, it is true to some degree. Walking while shooting will produce nearly as great a shaking image as not using the image stabilization. However, if your standing still and moving the camera in normal, non jarring movements, it will do a good job of stabilizing the image. This too is an improvement over the old HD 1 (which I still own), but I believe it's one area where Canon has an advantage, using optical instead of digital image stabilization. Sanyo's advantage for me is in the ergonomics of the design and the price.It comes down to what's more important to you.Finally, the free Nero editing/DVD/Blu-Ray authoring is very good for editing even 1080p HD footage. It could be more intuitive in its functions, but once you learn it, it's easy.
Brilliant camera August 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Easy to use out of the box. Handed it to a nephew and he was filming in a minute. Brilliant quality image. Practical. Beautifull little camera. Easy transfer to the PC. Now i have to learn more about video editing.
(Never get the Xacti holster for it, it's absolute rubish. The camera simply does not fit and can easily fall out. Mine did and luckily nothing happened to it. The included black cloth bag is good. I later got a camera bag with zippers. Much better.)
 Very Handy but has File Format Issues October 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent form factor, very handy to us, very good video quality, shoots well in low-light conditions. Getting to play HD files on the PC is a major pain though if you can't use the accompanying software. You need to "activate" the software but when I went to the Web site, I found that the software has a new version and the activation code didn't work for the new version.
Pros
1. Excellent form factor, very handy to use.
2. Easy to carry, small and light enough to take around.
3. Adequate batter life.
4. Shoots well even in low light, compared with other digital video cameras I have used.
Cons.
1. The supplied software was out of date. When I went to the Web site to activate the product, found that the software has a new release; could not locate new version.
2. Very painful to play HD files if you don't use the accompanying software. Took me a month of research to get to play the files on my PC (Windows).People have had issues play HD files on their computer, strongly recommend going through forums to see if you're up to the hassle.
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