![]() Beneath it on the camera body is the power on/off button plus terminals for connecting USB, component A/V and HDMI cables. It rotates through 180 degrees to face forward or 90 degrees to point down for over-the-head shooting. The flip-out monitor, which covers the left hand side, is large (three inches diagonal) but relatively low resolution (only 230,000 pixels). Below the joystick is a DC-in terminal for charging the battery via the supplied adaptor, which can also be used to power the camera for extended shoots or playback. In the lower left corner is a joystick with a central Set button for adjusting camera settings and toggling between recordings on the card in playback mode. This switches the display into playback mode. To play back a recorded image or clip, simply press the REC/PLAY button between them. Pressing the Photo button on the left records a still picture, while pressing the Video button on the right starts and stops a video clip recording. Rear view of the VPC-FH1 with the monitor opened for use. A clip-on cap protects the lens and a tether is provided for attaching it to the grip strap on the right side of the body so it won’t be mislaid. It has a lens at the front, with a narrow electronic flash tube below it. Like most camcorders, the FH1’s body is shaped like a rectangular box with rounded corners. In the hand, the FH1 feels solid and, although they are few in number, key controls are conveniently placed to make them easy to operate. Overall finish is good and all components fit together snugly. The black body of the VPC-FH1 is made from plastic with shiny silver accents. You need to add at least $70 for a Class 6 8GB SDHC card if you want optimal performance for recording video clips or continuous stills capture. And while swapping cards is quick and easy, making sure you have enough memory to cover an event requires prior planning. A typical buyer may wish to record, say, a two-hour concert or a party that spans five hours or more. Quality may also be compromised to achieve small enough file sizes to support the long recording times users often require. However, depending on the manufacturer’s approach, both image and video data may be highly compressed. ![]() ![]() In addition, both still images and video clips can be recorded without having to switch media and the system supports variable bit-rate recording, enabling high-quality video clips to be captured. They provide quick random access to images and video clips stored anywhere on the card. This makes them ideal ‘take everywhere’ cameras for recording everyday events with the double advantage if being able to record high-resolution stills and video clips.įast memory cards also support faster searching facilities than you get with tape, disk or HDD cameras. Memory cards take up much less space, allowing camera bodies to be significantly smaller. Recording to memory cards provides some real advantages over tape and optical disk technologies. Announced at the end of January with the similarly-featured VPC-HD2000, the FH1 has the traditional camcorder form factor and ergonomics while the HD2000 sports a pistol grip. With its 8-megapixel sensor and 10x optical zoom lens, it’s usable for shooting stills but it also supports Full HD video recording with a stereo soundtrack. Sanyo dubs its VPC-FH1 a ‘Dual Camera’ because it fulfils two purposes. ![]()
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