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. |
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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 |
Panasonic
AG-HMC150 |
| Image sensor |
Good |
1/4'' Progressive 3CCD
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Excellent |
1/3'' Progressive 3CCD
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| 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 |
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Battery/AC adapter |
Good |
Provided |
Good |
Provided |
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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 |
MTS: No native support
Convert to Intermediate codec or
Pro Res422 |
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
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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 |
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Adobe
Premiere |
MP4: codec support (XDCAM EX) No codec
conversion/
No rewrapping |
MTS: codec support (AVCHD)
No codec conversion/
No rewrapping |
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Canopus
Edius |
MP4: codec support (XDCAM EX) No codec
conversion/
No rewrapping |
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 |
AG-HMC150 |
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Image device |
1/4” 3CCD |
1/3” 3CCD |
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Spatial offset |
Diagonal |
Diagonal |
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Resolution |
900 lines |
650 lines |
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 |
AG-HMC150 |
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Recording media |
SDHC Class6
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SDHC Class4/6
SD |
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Number of slot |
2 slots |
1 slot |
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File system |
FAT32 |
FAT32(SDHC)
FAT12 or 16(SD) |
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Maximum
file size |
4GB(FAT32) |
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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