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.

5 Responses to “Sanyo VPC-FH1A Full HD Video and 8 MP Digital Photos (Black)”

1. M. ALYAHRI says:

   June 8, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Sometimes you get what you pay for, other times you really don’t get what you pay for. In this case you really get what you really pay for!!! That is +300USD for a 1080p camcorder in the year 2010. I mean c’mon how realistic you think this offer really is? 300USD can get you an xbox3600 or a PS3, but not a piece of equipement that will recored your precious moments in 1080p.

   The camcorder really underperforms in all aspects, except maybe for image stabilization, which is why i’m giving it 1 star. The picture quality of the video is extremely poor, I really recommend anyone who is intending to record and watch his clips on a 1080p TV to not buy this product.

   Auto focus is terribly slow, it is so slow that sometimes the camcorder will stop forcusing when you’re zooming in for an indefinite amount of time ( or maybe for 1 hour which is the life of the included battery) you need to zoom out and zoom in again to get the camcorder to remember that it’s time to autofocus!!

   In a desperate attempt to make me change my opinion about the value of this product, I tried lowering the video capture resolution to 1280×720@30 (can you believe 1280×70@60 is not available!!!), the picture quality remained poor and I thought that I needed to lower the resolution of the camcorder even further to get a decent sharp image.

   Saving the best for last, get ready for this because it’s important…… This camera can’t do 1080p@60p,, it’s either 1080i@60p or 1080p@60i, I really can’t tell which is which, but defiantly this camcorder can’t do full HD @ 60 fps progressive!!!! horizontal lines were clearly visible in that mode. I really dispite this camcorder and I’m thinking about giving it to someone who’s clueless about the difference between SD and HD, because i think those are the audience who will give this product a 4 or 5 stars.
2. A. Yeh says:

   June 8, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Digital image stabilization was basically useless. Video is VERY shaky when zoomed in. The digital “stabilizer” caused screen tearing trying to stabilize the video. Attempting to process the shaky video in 1920×1080 is tedious and very time consuming even with a Core i7

   The auto-focus on the camera does not focus quickly enough. Zooming in too quickly (with the camera’s own zoom control!) causes blurry video. If you change the object of focus it doesn’t focus quickly enough. What’s the auto focus for again?

   Menu design is very bare bones

   Very noisy low light, not sure why it is so highly reviewed. Low light video so noisy it was comparable to my standard-def miniDV cam videos

   Amazon took a restocking fee for returning it. If it was <$200 I probably would have kept it.
3. Artichoke Sap says:

   June 2, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Pros:

   * Small, fits well in hand

   * Controls easy to reach and use

   * Good battery life

   * Close viewfinder to “sleep,” wakes quickly upon reopening

   * Uses standard (and cheap!) SD cards for recording

   * Decent zoom range; gentle use of the zoom toggle allows for very gradual zooming if desired. Also, the digital zoom can be disabled, and even if on, zooming in stops at the limit of optical zoom, so you have to make a manual decision to let go of the zoom slider and depress it again to choose (foolishly) to engage the digital zoom.

   Cons:

   * Autofocus is fairly poor, especially when zooming indoors (say, a recital performance)

   * Manual focus has too few discrete steps to be useful, especially with the fairly narrow depth of field

   * Low-light performance, on any setting, is only okay. Blacks will clearly have speckled noise.

   * Super-slo-mo is ludicriously low-res, making it worthless. Not even “gimmick”-worthy.

   * Electronic Image Stabilization isn’t up to snuff at extreme zoom.

   * “1080p” performance is laughable. Technically, it produces 1920×1080 pixel frames, but the compression is so high that artifacts are clearly visible and/or the image seems blurry. 1080i performance is even worse; don’t move the camera, or the interlacing artifacts will ruin your scene. Both modes might be suitable for tripod-mounted shots of slowly moving imagery, like recording a speech.

   I bought this for $330, and wish I had gotten the $300 price. It’s a good performance for the price, and compact with an impressive optical zoom, and about as good low-light performance as you’re going to get in a compact camcorder. It’s weakest feature by far is in the autofocus algorithms, which are terrible, losing a perfectly good focus at times, and taking a frustratingly long time to obtain focus, even moreso after a rapid zoom.
4. P-Square says:

   May 31, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Pros:

   1. Excellent photos(useful as a digital camera)

   2. Good value for the money( $329 – dollar three two nine)

   Cons:

   1. Poor auto-focus.

   2. Very poor image stabilization.

   If I zoom an object or a person > 25ft, the image shakes and anything over 50ft, it shakes and jerks really hard.

   Optical zoom works alright but the digital zoom is worthless.

   3. Does not work well with low-level lights – videos taken under florescent lights come out to be grainy and they are not very clear(its not crispy). This may have to do more with my settings than with the camera

   4. Not compatible with SDXC cards(this is not a deal-breaker though)
5. Will In Nashville says:

   May 25, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Pros: Easy to use right out of the box with the quick start instructions and well positioned buttons for shooting stills and video in HD quality.

   Battery life actually appears to be better than what is claimed.

   Has an actual “Flash” for low light pics….almost impossible to find at this price!

   Old or new camera users should be able to navigate the basic features.

   Cons: Hard to figure out how to use some of the features in the “sales pitch videos” on here at Amazon.com!

   No “easy upload to the web” feature some cameras have.