I sold my HX5V - looking for alternatives

[wii]

Nice camera, but I just couldn't live with the terrible sound when filming movies, I use my camera a lot for live concert videos and it's just not good for that. So I'm looking into alternatives, I have the following on my list:

Panasonic TZ10
Canon SX210
Casio EX-FH100
Nikon S8000
Samsung HZ35W

I think it will be the Panasonic, unless you have some other ideas?

 

[KevD]

A lot of U-Tube video's and user feedback on these forums suggests the SX210 has excellent sound quality on video (excellent for a compact at least)?

 

[ron2000]

You would be hardpushed to find a HX5V comparable spec camera.

If video is your main concern I'll suggest ZS7/TZ10.
Accept nothing other than AVCHD video.

IMO HX5V video is as good as, if not better than, ZS7.

 

[Tom Hoots]

My experiences:

Panasonic TZ10 - color cast.
Canon SX210 - mushy, mushy long end of the zoom.
Casio EX-FH100 - no experience.
Nikon S8000 - no experience.
Samsung HZ35W - I wasn't happy with an HZ30W at all.

I think it will be the Panasonic....

I wouldn't put up with the color cast.

unless you have some other ideas?

Sony HX5V.

Tom Hoots
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[wii]

Yeah, the video of the HX5V is good, but only in good light, in dim light the Panasonic does it better, that compared with the much better sound may do it for me, picture quality is about the same. Of course the Sony has the twilight handheld which is nice, but seriously, I've only used it for fun, when taking pictures of humans in the dark, I choose to use the flash anyway. The panorama is fun too, but it's not very practical to print out, so what the Sony does better are just for fun, in my opinion.

 

[vickylou]

What about the Samsung W2000/TL350 when it is released at the end of the month, It has 1080p video and you can shoot stills whilst using the video. I am deciding between this the Hx5 and TZ10.

 

[Brad99]

I saw a Casio EX-FH100 video of the same street subject compared with Sony HX5/Panasonic TZ10 and it had the best sound quality of the three. It can't zoom during video though. Stills quality looks OK.

 

[Red G8R]

Nice camera, but I just couldn't live with the terrible sound when filming movies, I use my camera a lot for live concert videos and it's just not good for that. So I'm looking into alternatives, I have the following on my list:

Panasonic TZ10
Canon SX210
Casio EX-FH100
Nikon S8000
Samsung HZ35W

I think it will be the Panasonic, unless you have some other ideas?

Get a Panasonic videocam.
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Peter
Ontario, Canada

 

[DanK♂ FP6900]

I played for a month with HX5 and even got the most use of it during my vacation in Japan. While it's great for up close pictures of people, I find for everything else it's just ok. I want images to pop without much post processing and with HX5 I find that images are too bland for my taste. On top of that I had to always set custom white balance for indoor pictures to avoid them being too yellow. It's a P&S camera, but required a lot of work to get the best shots. So, I just ordered TZ10... Yes, I will be loosing, 10 fps at full resolution which I found extremely useful, but I can live with that. Panorama mode or HHT results were ok as well and I wouldn't miss that.

 

[Sactojim]

Have been pleasantly surprised with the video (720) on my H20. With the smaller size of this camera, it easily fits into my pocket. Not certain any of these p&s/bridge cameras will come close to high quality as a dedicated video camera though.

 

[wii]

Where did you see this comparison?

I saw a Casio EX-FH100 video of the same street subject compared with Sony HX5/Panasonic TZ10 and it had the best sound quality of the three. It can't zoom during video though. Stills quality looks OK.

 

[E R A 2 0 0 0]

couldn't live with the terrible sound when filming movies, I use my camera a lot for live concert videos

I would recomend the Sony TX7 with its stereo mic, it has very good sound, no problem zooming, but it's only 100mm (equiv.) lens, you had to be near the front seats

Ok, according to Sony specs, it would be 112mm in 6:9 video mode, and 136mm in 4:3
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E R A
Keep Shooting!

 

[wii]

I need it for images too.

Get a Panasonic videocam.
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Peter
Ontario, Canada

 

[wii]

Terrible sound on the TX7 also I'm afraid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDOD0x7LTuo&hd=1

couldn't live with the terrible sound when filming movies, I use my camera a lot for live concert videos

I would recomend the Sony TX7 with its stereo mic, it has very good sound, no problem zooming, but it's only 100mm (equiv.) lens, you had to be near the front seats

Ok, according to Sony specs, it would be 112mm in 6:9 video mode, and 136mm in 4:3
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E R A
Keep Shooting!

 

[Brad99]

Can't remember, I had a search but couldn't find it again.

 

[Marti58]

Panasonic ... the plus that you can alter settings ....the so called green cast can be avoided by correcting the settings standard/natural/vivid also you can correct the whitebalance in some settings towards blue or red.

Sony lacks such controls among a few other parameter options.

i could name a few things which are not to great features ( image quality wise ) in Sony but i dont wanna be called a basher.
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[DanK♂ FP6900]

http://picasaweb.google.com/108437990373525194489/PanasonicZS7VsSonyHX5VComparison#

 

[Jinwons]

Your finding is interesting to me. I also felt that HX5V is adding a bit yellow tone to green objects even in outside such as grass, trees after looking at samples images by owners. How easy is adjusting white balance or color mode? Also is HTT mode usable for moving objects, people? If not, it's restricted to stationary scenes I think.

 

[KevD]

Be careful when comparing images from different cameras, reason being that some camera's (particularly Canon) can often show oversaturated colors such as greens (something I've observed myself with my Canon powershot), wheres from my experience so far with my HX5 is that it actually reproduces very accuratly the colors on outdoor photos. What I'm getting at is, just because the greens say may look nicer on a photo from another camera, it doesn't mean that camera has taken a better / more accurate photo of the scene. This then opens up the debate on whether or not a camera should reporduce the scene as witnessed by the human eye, or whether a camera should embelish that scene with colours that aren't necesserily evident in real life, my thoughts are the former?

Regarding yellow cast when using the HX5 indoors with the flash, this is clearly not the HX5 strengths, but I've found performing a manual white balance one time and using that setting does a reasonable job of clearing that up, it would obviously be better still to perform manual white balance every time but that's not what we buy point and shoot camera's for.

 

[T. L. Rutter]

Somebody on this forum had taken pictures with both Panasonic ZS7 and Sony HX5 and did a comparison. I downloaded the images and in some the HX5 was flat.

Sooooo, I simply went into Picassa and increased the shadows a tad and now the pictures compare to that of the ZS7.

And I feel that a lot of people who buy p&s cameras are often discouraged because they don't want to take the few moments to touch-up the pictures.

Frankly, I would prefer if all my pictures came out brilliant and no edits, but as you said, it's reproducing what is more accurate.

Now, the keyword with the original poster is that he does not want to do any edits... but if he would use a program like Picasa3, I think he'll see how fun and easy it is and the results will astound you.

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