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Sony digital video camera recorder dcr hc2611/21/2023 At 60 lux, the HC26 had an exceptionally noisy image that one could not overlook. A 1/6-inch chip is simply not large enough to gather much light. The low light performance of the DCR-HC26 was disappointing yet expected. In 16:9, the camcorder produced 335.7 lines of horizontal resolution and 205.0 lines of vertical resolution, yielding an approximate resolution of 68818.5. In 4:3, the HC26 produced 333.7 lines of horizontal resolution and 285.3 lines of vertical resolution, yielding an approximate resolution of 95204.61. The Sony DCR-HC26 was tested for its video resolution in 4:3 and 16:9 using a standard ISO 12233 resolution chart and Imatest imaging software. Panasonic’s magenta tile (upper right corner) has a more pinkish blush. The Sony tended to push the blues values further into the magenta area, making a lilac tone. Both are excessively noisy and approximately equal in saturation. The Panasonic PV-GS39, a new model at the same $350 price point, has a very similar picture to the HC26. This year’s ZR500 is expected to produce similar results. Cutting down on noise also reduced some sharpness, but overall, the ZR100 offers a preferable picture. On the plus side, the whites are marginally brighter on the HC26 than on last year’s model.īy comparison, the last year’s bottom-end Canon ZR100 produced analogous saturation, with a bit more emphasis on the greens, but did so without nearly so much noise. ![]() By this, I believe the reviewer meant that the automatic gain and color correction have been jacked up to such a degree that making the colors "pop" has taken on a far greater priority than representing the colors as they appear to the human eye. ![]() The HC26 presents what one earlier reviewer referred to as "nuclear colors" on the HC21. The colors are saturated, which may please some people who are tired of the flat tones that a Canon might produce. It shows almost no improvement over last year’s HC21, and includes all of the same flaws. ![]() The picture was exceptionally noisy, even at this bright light level. At 3000 lux, the camcorder produced tones in accordance with its bottom-of-the-barrel position in the product line. The DCR-HC26 features a 1/6" CCD with a 680K gross (340K effective) pixel count.
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