JVC GY-HM100 VS Panasonic
AG-HMC150
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Note:AG-HMC150 (for
U.S.A.), AG-HMC151 (for Europe), AG-HMC152 (for Asia) AG-HMC153
(for China), AG-HMC154 (for Middle East) and AG-HMC155 (for Japan)
are same series. |
JVC GY-HM100 |
AG-HMC150/ 151/ 152/ 153 /154
/155 |
Product Code: GYHM100 |
Product Code :
AGHMC150 Shown with
optional external Microphone
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JVC GY-HM100 VS
Panasonic AG-HMC150 Comparison
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JVC GY-HM100
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Panasonic AG-HMC150
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Image
sensor |
Good |
1/4'' Progressive
3CCD |
Excellent |
1/3'' Progressive
3CCD |
Weight
(Operating) |
Excellent |
1.4kg |
Good |
2.0kg |
Lens |
Good |
10x,
3.7-37mm |
Excellent |
13x,
3.9-51mm |
Zoom
ring |
Available |
Available(switchable with
focusing) |
Good |
Available |
Focus
ring |
Available |
Available(switchable with
focusing) |
Good |
Available |
Auto
focus |
Available |
Available |
Available |
Available |
OIS |
Excellent |
Available |
Excellent |
Available |
ND
filter |
Good |
1/10 |
Excellent |
1/4,
1/32,1/64 |
Viewfinder |
Good |
0.44'' LCD 235,000
pixels |
Good |
0.44'' LCD 235,000
pixels |
LCD
display |
Good |
2.8'' LCD 16:9
210,000 |
Good |
3.5'' LCD 4:3
210,000 pixels |
Video
compression format |
Good |
MPEG-2 |
Fair |
AVCHD |
HD
recording format |
Excellent |
1920x1080i
35Mbps
1440x1080i 25Mbps
1280x720p 35/19Mbps |
Good |
1920x1080i
21/17/13Mbps
1440x1080i 6Mbps
1280x720p 21Mbps |
24p |
Excellent |
1080p24/720p24 |
Excellent |
1080p24/720p24 |
File
format |
Excellent |
mov/mp4 |
Fair |
mts |
SD
recording |
Not
available |
Not
available |
Not
available |
Not
available |
Recording media |
Excellent |
SDHC
card |
Excellent |
SDHC/SD
card |
Number
of card slot |
Excellent |
2 |
Fair |
1 |
Audio
recording system |
Good |
2ch
PCM |
Good |
2ch Dolby
AC3 |
Digital
output |
Good |
HDMI |
Good |
HDMI |
Battery/AC
adapter |
Good |
Provided |
Good |
Provided |
NLE
Workflow with Apple/Avid
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JVC GY-HM100 |
Panasonic AG-HMC150 |
Apple
FCP |
MOV: native support
No codec conversion/
No rewrapping
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MTS: No native support
Convert to Intermediate codec or
Pro Res422
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Avid
Media Composer |
MP4: codec support (XDCAM EX) No
codec conversion/
No rewrapping |
MTS: No native support
Convert to DVCPROHD codec by
optional Main Concept transcoder |
With regard to the compatibility with the most
popular Apple FCP, AVCHD codec should be converted to Apple
Intermediate codes or ProRes422.
When converted to Apple Intermediate
codec,
the picture quality will be deteriorated
significantly due to multiple decode/re-encode
processes.
While converted to ProRes422, the picture quality
may be maintained. But, due to its compression
format,
the file size will be increased about 7 times and it
will take so much time to be transcoded.
On the other hand, Avid Media Composer has not
supported AVCHD codec yet.
To ingest files to Media Composer, AVCHD should be converted to
DVCPROHD by the optional Main Concept
plug-in.
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NLE Workflow with
Adobe/Canopus |
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JVC GY-HM100 |
Panasonic AG-HMC150 |
Adobe
Premiere
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MP4: codec support (XDCAM EX) No codec
conversion/
No rewrapping
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MTS: codec support (AVCHD)
No codec conversion/
No rewrapping
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Canopus
Edius
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MP4: codec support (XDCAM EX) No codec
conversion/
No rewrapping
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MTS: codec support
No codec conversion/
No rewrapping
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Data continuity over maximum file
size |
Continuous |
Few frames data drop
between files
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Adobe Premiere and Canopus Edius are supporting the
native AVCHD codec.
With these NLE system, first file and next file
recorded by GY-HM100 are continuous even after automatic
separation. (Automatic file separation is due to the specifications
of file system (FAT) for both GY-HM100 and
AG-HMC150)
But, few frames might be dropped between files
recorded by AG-HMC150.
Therefore, continuous recording without pause over
the maximum file size for AG-HMC150 is useless even with these NLE
system supporting AVCHD codec natively
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Resolution |
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GY-HM100
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AG-HMC150
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Image device
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1/4” 3CCD
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1/3” 3CCD
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Spatial offset
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Diagonal
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Diagonal
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Resolution
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900 lines
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650 lines
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While both cameras employee the same spatial offset
technology,
AG-HMC150 resolution is significantly decreased due
to less pixels (960x540 pixels)
count.
GY-HM100 looks more crisp even with smaller chip
set.
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Recording media
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GY-HM100
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AG-HMC150
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Recording media
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SDHC Class6
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SDHC Class4/6
SD
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Number of slot
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2 slots
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1 slot
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File system |
FAT32
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FAT32(SDHC)
FAT12 or 16(SD)
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Maximum
file size
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4GB(FAT32)
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4GB(FAT32)
32MB(FAT12)/2GB(FAT16)
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SD card can be used for AG-HMC150. But, the maximum
recording time by SD card is very limited (about 22 minutes for 2GB
card at 21Mbps) due to the card file capacity (up to
2GB).
One card slot limitation for AG-HMC150 will worry
camera operators about the replacement timing of cards. But,
GY-HM100 is affordable for the replacement, being able to hot-swap
out the first card while still shooting to the
second.
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