When will we hit 200,000 clips?

It has a telemacro function for focusing on small objects.
It does nightvision but it doesn't work well in complete darkness, better at twilight.
It has 24 cine look
The buttons for the functions are all on the touch screen, because it is small.

Also it shoots 1440X1080 and its interlaced. If I were buying a camera now I would probably get 1920X1080 progressive. However I have uhhh,,,, Modified my camera. (Dangerous) to expand its abilities. lol

The HVR A1U has actually been used in movies......as a crash cam :(
Hollywood considers my camera dispensible, lol they ductape it to a helmut for very quick shots. where it is likely to be broken. They use it because it is small.

1920X1080 progressive is what I do now, and that's what I like to do. Will the HV30 do that? Or the one you have? I'm not real sure about this but do you need to have the same footage your combining? If I had cam footage and CG but one was interlaced and one was progressive would it be an issue? I know it can be converted and all that, I would really rather just have the same thing.

The HVR-A1U is an awsome camera if you get into the depth of all the things it can do. I have done some pretty trick stuff with it. Yes it is interlaced in 1080 (60i) and yes it does shoot at 1440x1080 - but the quality is clean and crisp. But you need to really understand how to work the thing manually to get the best results. There is stuff on this cam that I am still figuring out. I have a few different lenses (conversions) for it as well. The upside is it does come with dual SLR connections (microphone) which is great if you are doing any type of production work where you need sound. The only thing I at first didn't like was it didn't have a descent low lux. But I figured ways around that as well.. I have done some pretty detailed night shots without lighting and not in infra-red. - It is a very flexible cam for the price. No doubt.

when its 1440X1080 You are supposed to convert it to 1920X1080. (because its squeezed)... which is easy to do in AE just change the composition settings.

My camera naturally shoots interlaced, and really you aren't supposed to make CG interlaced because CG is always formed progressively.

Actually I can make my camera shoot 1920X1440 progressive with a computer, interesting huh? except it's a little distroted.

I would advise that you get a camera that shoots 1920X1080 progressive.
I think scott uses an hv30, he also has a review of the Sanyo VPC-FH1 on his website. Which looks pretty cool, I havent seen footage from the sanyo but it looks cool.

I dont like that about the HVR A1U, it does have problems in low light.

Yeah when I got it the reviews said it was good in low light ... *sigh*

Where is Scott when you need him, so does the hv30 shoot progressive 1920x1080? I'm not being lazy I looked online some and I see some thing about it that makes me think yes, but I hate to guess. An one of you probably just knows without having to look or owns it.

It's very small huh, looks like a regular camcorder to me.

not sure .
SCOTT!!! Where are you!

How much are you willing to spend Bryan?

Well the spending part is still a ways off. The less the better right now just to get started. The thing I don't get about the camera stuff is when I do a search the same equipment comes up at way different prices. I got one back saying HV30 $329.00 http://www.ontimedigital.com/products.asp?product_id=10648&from_search=10648&gclid=CJSM9dfD0pgCFQMQswodSlsn2A

Then another saying a grand.

No matter what I feel like if it's 1,000 or 5,000 it has to be the right equipment or it's worth nothing. If I need to wait and spend 5 to really get into it and be able to do exactly what I want to do then so be it. Does not sound like it though it sounds like there are some great options all coming in at allot less then 3

I AM HERE! Got Bryans PM. The HV30 is native interlaced, but can do progressive, but I assume it is 'in camera conversion' from interlaced to progressive. The camera records to 1440x1080 resolution HDV. There is a trick to get a HDMI capture card and stream out to that and record at 1920x1080, and I'm not sure how the progressive would play into that.

All footage is then scalled from 1440x1080 1.33 pixel ratio to 1920x1080 1:1 pixel ratio.

Brian, its progressive
I use the HV20 and shot AVCHD native , I think the HV30 is pretty much the same You can find info http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-HV30-Camcorder-Review-34401/Performance.htm

The HV20 does a pretty good job for me until I can save up enough to run with all the big boys

Kim