Its good to see Canon introduce the CMOS chip as some say that the CCDs have reached their technological limit. Even though its a pricey camera for playback purposes it is a good route to go if users using the bigger cameras.

Chad

Canon was brilliant in allowing the cam to playback the 24f and 30f. Sony should have taken this lead with the M15 and M25, IMO, but they didn't. This cam will be one of the next on my rack for that reason.

Yea, Canon was brilliant with this consumer offering. I expect a few camera geeks to be dis-assembling the camera for the cmos and electronics front-end. The native mode of the CMOS should be great interest for robotics,(low-end).

Canon is just getting better and better!! I wonder what the "fit" of this CMOS footage and the new HDV offering is gonna be like? Sorry to ask such a philistine question. I just know I'm going be SPOTted for even suggesting this . .but?

I didn't think it would be very long before a true 1920 x 1080 sensor showed up. And at the low end, at that.

Maybe it does 1920 x 1080? The Canon web site description says

"The CMOS image sensors in Canon's EOS Series Digital SLR cameras result in outstanding digital photographs. In the HV10, the CMOS sensor reproduces high-resolution images at 1920 x 1080 resolution with full HD information in video images."

I think it also calls this True HD? The number of pixels on the sensor seem to be enough to capture 1920 x 1080.

I doubt it actually writes a 1920x1080 vision stream, would involve a higher data rate or higher compression than the HDV spec permits so I'd imagine there'd be all sorts of issues handling the footage. I suspect the extra pixels are there for stills.

To answer Grazies question. Hard to say these days until there's footage available however you do loose a lot of what the more expensive Canons have to offer and it is a very small imager. Still as a crash cam or as a camera for scouting I can see serious use for it and no doubt they'll sell a few just for use as a VCR.

Bob.