I have the Japanese version of the HDC-SD1 - which will be released here in the U.S. in March. Wow, great camera. I usually shoot with a Panasonic P2 and this camera, for its size and cost, rocks. Importing to Final Cut is a chore since Apple doesn't have AVCHD import capacity yet, however the camera has an HDMI connector and the Blackmagic card ($295) on the Mac works perfectly. You can import the footage as DVCPRO HD and go from there. Looks much better than the HDV footage I've shot. Great product for the money! When 720P AVCHD camera's come out, this will be the ultimate format (for a while).
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I have the Japanese version of the HDC-SD1 - which will be released here in the U.S. in March. Wow, great camera. I usually shoot with a Panasonic P2 and this camera, for its size and cost, rocks. Importing to Final Cut is a chore since Apple doesn't have AVCHD import capacity yet, however the camera has an HDMI connector and the Blackmagic card ($295) on the Mac works perfectly. You can import the footage as DVCPRO HD and go from there. Looks much better than the HDV footage I've shot. Great product for the money! When 720P AVCHD camera's come out, this will be the ultimate format (for a while).
Apparently, from Pana's site, this unit also has 3 audio record choices: agc, no agc with clip prevention, and no agc...completely manual.