Sanyo VPC-FH1A Full HD Video and 8 MP Digital Photos (Black) | 
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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $272.00
You Save: $227.99 (46%)
New (15) Used (3) Refurbished (1) from $256.99
Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 49
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 59.5
Minimum Focal Length: 5.95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.1 x 2.3 x 4.1
MPN: VPC-FH1aBK
Model: VPC-FH1aBK
UPC: 086483075049
EAN: 0086483075049
ASIN: B002Q4VC9G
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Capture Full 1080p HD video (60fps) and up to 8-megapixel still photos | | • | 16x advanced zoom for video; 10x optical zoom for photos | | • | Face Chaser technology (can detect up to 12 faces for photos and videos) | | • | Built-in still photo flash; High-Speed Sequential Shooting (12fps) | | • | Compatible with iFrame video format |
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Product Description
The Sanyo Xacti FH1 is truly the benchmark in high definition, offering 1920 x 1080 pixels, and 60 fields per second to record crystal clear and smooth motion for videos. This highly advanced dual camera not only offers the regular 1080i format, recording at 60 frames per second, but with the Sanyo proprietary CMOS engine, recording is possible in 1080p format - this means recording at a full 60 frames per second. With this higher frame rate capturing ability, videos look more professional, and offer smoother, higher quality images.
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 the best camera i've tried September 3, 2010
xacti lover
I tried a Sony, a Canon, and this Sanyo. The Sanyo is FAR AND AWAY the best camera of the three. It is simple to use and takes amazing video.
taking still images August 31, 2010
skal
Sanyo VPC-FH1A Full HD Video and 8 MP Digital Photos (Black)
I bought this camera and it shoots pretty videos. But im unable to take still images. When i press the photo button, it seems it focuses and if i remain pressing it, the image in the LCD screen goes off and on. So i think that the photo is taken. but no images when i run the slideshow. In video mode, i keep clicking the photo button but no images.
I returned the first one thinking something is faulty. Iam not able to take pics using the second one too. Is it something iam doing wrong. Can somebody shed some light.
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I figured out what was the issue. You need to press a bit harder after the camera focuses to take the photo.
Happy with the purchase and Amazon service
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I love the camera. August 31, 2010
Jon
This may sound like a commercial, but I love the camera. It has replaced my Sony DCR-DVD610, which is a few years old. It is really small, just under the size of a soda can. The battery life is pretty amazing for my needs. I recorded a high school football game over the weekend, and it made it through the entire game in full HD 30fps.
It can get 201 minutes of voice memos
196 mins on 640x480
174 mins on 720p
156 mins on 1080p (30fps)
119 mins on 1080p (60fps)
I like all the situations I use it in,
-Low light concert like places([...])
-Football games ([...])
-Around the yard ([...])
-Filming my pets ([...])
-Time-lapsing the sky ([...])
All i have for public view. Those are the [...] links.
Little Sanyo delivers August 24, 2010
nick berezenko
For the price, this compact little Sanyo really delivered. Sure it's not the best at autofocus or metering difficult spotlit subjects. (I don't know if higher-priced camcorders actually are much better at it--but suspect they are.) But overall, the camera has a nice big lens. delivers excellent, sharp crisp images, and is simple and easy to operate. I bought it used, but it came looking brand new, with all the accessories and cords and manuals and literature still sealed. I believed I got a great bargain and am most happy with Amazon and the seller, Wharehouse Deals, Inc.
 Trade-offs and compromises: choose carefully August 15, 2010
sbnoble
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This camera is full of trade-offs: great features which are often crippled by poor implementation. I very nearly returned it, but ultimately it is getting the job done: taking pictures and videos of my 2 year-old and newborn for online viewing by friends and family. Consider very carefully how you plan to use this camera before buying.
The big plus is its low-light performance. It may be one of the only inexpensive HD camera's on the market which takes decent pictures under indoor lighting. If you plan to take videos indoors or at night, you'll find that you have very little choice even at twice the price.
Other pluses: acceptable performance as a still camera, a good flash, a remote control, a 37mm threaded lens for adapters and filters, and manual controls for just about everything.
The big minus is a complete lack of image stabilization. Electronic image stabilization is listed as a feature, and there is a setting to turn it on and off. But if it does anything at all, turning stabilization on just makes the picture more jittery. If you don't have a steady hand or plan to do a lot of zooming, this is NOT the camera for you. If you are thinking about using stabilization software, be warned: the CMOS sensor uses a "rolling-shutter" (google it) which is incompatible with software stabilization and makes fast pans look distorted.
Other minuses: the record/pause and still-photo buttons are at the top of the camera-back requiring a long thumb to reach. If you have small hands, you will not be able to operate the camera one-handed. Given the lack of image stabilization, this is will be a deal-breaker for some. I will have to buy a second still camera for my wife. The still-photo quality is poor in all modes except the 8 megapixel 4:3 size, where it is surprisingly good. But in that mode the display is vertically cropped until you press the photo button, making it difficult to line up shots. The face-tracking feature does not work: it often chooses chairs over people. The multi-point auto-focus is easily confused. The automatic white-balance is easily confused and seems to switch abruptly between presets instead of performing true, continuous adjustments. The short-cut controls are limited to only few oddly-chosen features. Many of the short-cut controls require secondary input (like adjusting the exposure up and down) which then conflict with other short-cuts making it impossible to adjust the settings more than once.
If your main goal is to produce online video for friends and family, then the video quality is very good: better than what you can get on cameras that cost twice as much. For computer displays you do NOT want any interlacing and 60 fps is a waste, so the availability of a 30p settings is critical. Many cameras do not have that. The video quality at this camera's 1080/60p setting is not noticeably better than at its 720/30p setting. If you are planning to shoot sports or other fast motion, this is probably not the camera for you: the rolling-shutter CMOS chip causes severe distortion with fast-motion or pans.
The viewing angle is a bit narrow if you need to get close to your subjects, such as in a small room. But it is not nearly as bad as many consumer-grade camcorders. (The 37mm lens front is threaded, so you can attach a wide-angle adapter. Those can be purchased online for as little as $40, though the cheap ones produce a lot of lens-flares.)
On the whole, the camera has a huge list of features, many of which you won't find on other camera's at this price point. But many of those features are crippled by poor design, requiring work-arounds and compromises. I suspect that a great many of the camera's problems could be fixed with a firmware update, especially the lack of image stabilization. But as far as I know there hasn't been one yet and there may never be one.
I spent many hours trying to find a camera that could take decent indoor video suitable for online viewing and was really shocked at how few choices there were for under $500. This is pretty much it at the moment, so if that's what you need, and you don't have small hands, then this camera may work for you. But if you are looking at that huge list of features and thinking "how can they do all that for so cheap?", the answer is: they didn't. You can make it work, but you have to work at it.
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