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  Panasonic vs sony vs canon – which camera to buy?

  Posted by Jana Machatova on March 7, 2012 at 11:07 am

  Hello there,

  I am planning to buy an HD camera in near future and since I am not a videographer, I’d like to hear your advice. I am a news producer-turned-video editor and want to start filming as well. I did quite a lot of research about camcorders and chose a few models that I think will fit my criteria but would like to have my choices confirmed by professionals.

  I am planning to use the camera mainly for shooting 1. weddings and other events, and 2.news features.

  The camera needs to be:
  under 2000 GBP (ideally including memory cards)
  full HD
  with professional audio
  lightweight
  good low light performance
  FCP workflow friendly codec
  good resolution LCD screen

  I have been looking at Canon XF100, Canon XA10, Sony HXR-NX70U NXCAM Compact Camcorder, Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 HD camcorder and Panasonic AG-HMC150.

  So, the question is which one of these is the best..? I favour the Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2, also because I purchased the Calibrated mxf which enables me to edit in FCP with the mxf files straight from the p2 cards.

  Also heard the AVCHD codec is not FCP friendly – any ideas on the workflow there?

  The other thing is that from what I heard some of the sony cameras have a weird positioning of manual control buttons, so that would also be a factor.

  I have two options – or to buy a second hand Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 Canon XF100 or to buy one of the other, cheaper models, but brand new.

  Very intrigued by the Canon XA10 – but not sure it meets my requirements.

  I don’t understand much about sensors on the models I chose, so maybe you have any advice on that as well.

  Any insights will be greatly appreciated.

  I’m cross-posting this on Sony and Panasonic forum.

  Thanks a lot!

  Best,
  Jana Machatova

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