Camera and Camcorder AVCHD Video

While you want to go out traveling, do you want to take high quality pictures and videos? For the camcorders with advanced configuration, the model size is quite large comparing to the small camera which is light and shoot video and picture with lower quality. Sony Alpha NEX-5 comes out as the smallest HD camera, which is lightweight with AVCHD video.
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Sony and Panasonic are the camcorder manufacturers offering high quality and attractive consumer-level camcorders like Sony HDR-CX550 and Panasonic HDC-TM700. If you are looking for a new full HD camcorder, the two models with similar pricing are difficult to choose. Read The Full Story

The HDC-HS60 is part of Panasonic’s new crop of mid-range camcorders for 2010. It boasts a 1/4.1-inch CMOS sensor, 25x optical zoom lens, and 120GB internal hard drive. The camcorder impressed us with its strong performance, but we expect a lot of good competition in the mid-range camcorder market this year.The HDC-HS60 will be available later this year for $699.95. The HS60 is part of a series from Panasonic that includes the HDC-SD60 and the HDC-TM55. The Panasonic HDC-HS60 uses the same AVCHD compliant compression system as last year’s HD models from Panasonic. This compression system, which uses the MPEG4-AVC/H.264 codec is a standard in the consumer camcorder industry for high definition camcorders. We must point out that the HDC-HS60 tops out with a bitrate of 17Mbps for recording video. The maximum bitrate AVCHD can handle is 24Mbps, and all of the other major manufacturers offer this recording bitrate—including Sony, who implemented a 24Mbps bitrate on its new camcorders in 2010. We’re somewhat surprised that Panasonic did not make the jump to 24Mbps this year, although the company does offer a 24Mbps bitrate on some of its professional camcorders. The HDC-HS60 has four quality settings for recording video, but it does not have any options for recording in standard definition.

Now All the non-tape media have the advantage of speedy transfer from camcorder to a computer via USB. But After shooting plenty of happy and momerable footages, how will you make deal with these video files?Following is the detailed guide on how to make these video files playable on Mac and editable on Final Cut Express 4 (FCE4). Read The Full Story

While HD camcorders will record video in interlaced mode for direct playback on HDTV, you will notice interlacing lines on computer playback after transferring HD videos from camcorder to computer hard drive. To enjoy the HD videos at 1920×1080, you will need to deinterlace 1080i to 1080p. Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac is the first-class Mac video filter to remove interlacing artifacts on HD videos.

Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac does not only deinterlace 1080i to 1080p, but also converts MTS/M2TS to MOV for QuickTime Player with H.264 codec. If you have any interlacing problem with your videos from camcorders like Panasonic HDC-SD5, HDC-HS250, HDC-TM700, Sony HDR-CX350, Sony NEX-5, Canon HF S10 or other camcorders, you may follow the steps below to deinterlace 1080i HD video for playback on Mac Snow Leopard. Here I take Panasonic HDC-SD5 as an example. Read The Full Story

Sony added two more members to its line of ultracompact Bloggie camcorders with the release of the MHS-TS20 and MHS-TS10. The new Bloggies have the surname “Touch” because of the addition of a 3-inch touchscreen, which is the primary new feature on these models. In addition to the new touch-sensitive LCDs, the new Bloggies offer Full HD 1080p HD recording, built-in USB connectors, HDMI outputs, and 12.8-megapixel CMOS sensors. You can expect to see the Bloggie Touch models hitting the shelves in October of this year.
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While you consider uploading video on web, just make sure the server or the service provider you share the videos is stable. If you have your own site, there will be no problem with the videos on your own server. But for the video sharing websites, it is recommended to use YouTube rather than the small sharing site like MotionBox. Recently MotionBox was acquired by Snapfish, and the video sharing service is currently unavailable.If you have camcorders like Sony HDR-SR11 and would like to share on web, just go to websites like YouTube, even though the AVCHD format is not supported. You can use Aunsoft Video Converter as the perfect Sony camcorder video converter to make videos supported by YouTube.
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While you have limited space on computer, do you want to compress and shrink the files you stored? One of my friends used Panasonic HDC-SD5 to shoot videos, and placed the video footage on MacBook. The video footage from SD5 is 1920×1080 in .mts format which occupies a lot of space. To shrink Panasonic AVCHD files with high quality, it is recommended to use Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as AVCHD compressor.

The Mac AVCHD compressor does not only convert videos to smaller size, but also enables you to change the video resolution, bit rate, making your computer play MTS files properly. If you have any AVCHD camcorders like Panasonic TM700, Panasonic HDC-SD60, Canon HF20, Sony CX350, you may follow the guide below to shrink MTS/M2TS to lower dimension with smaller size. Read The Full Story

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The Panasonic HDC-TM700 uses three CMOS sensors, which is what Panasonic has been implementing for quite some time on its flagship models. The three sensors are each 1/4.1 inches in size, and they give the camcorder a total pixel count of around 9.15 megapixels. New on the TM700 is the inclusion of a 1080/50p recording option—a feature that is not available on any consumer camcorders from Sony, Canon, JVC, or Samsung. (Sanyo is the only other manufacturer to make camcorders with a native 50p feature.) Panasonic also put a larger lens on the HDC-TM700 compared to last year’s models. You can really see the difference with this new lens, as the HDC-TM700’s wide angle measured a whopping 59 degrees in our wide angle test. Read The Full Story