Generally excellent video quality and a straightforward.
Excellent color and noise results with great motion and sharpness in 60p.
Great image quality in most conditions.
Has a 700x digital zoom, which is the highest of any of the HDV camcorders we looked at.
Shoots great HD video
Excellent video quality
Extensive enthusiast features
Very good photos (both need lots of light)
Videos are sharp and vibrant
Intelligent Auto and menus are both user-friendly
Great camcorder for electronic news gathering and independent filmmaking alike
'adjustable screen brightness'
'Exmor CMOS image sensors with Exmor derived technology capture sharp, detailed images even in lower-light (1.5 LUX) situations. '
'extensive picture customization options'
'The P2 slots are hot-swappable for continuous recording and are capable of loop record, pre-record, interval, and one-shot recording.'
'The actual horizontal resolution of the HPX170 is a little disappointing, coming in at a mere 650 lines.'
'I found it difficult to judge the camcorder's focus, even with the image magnification tuned on.'
'exceedingly shallow LCD cavity'
'No video editing app supports its capture format.'
'Noisy compression'
'The manual focus is unusable, for example, as it provides no distance feedback.'
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