Samsung H104 / Kodak zx1 Comparison Test Footage

[TheJoesif]

These are two toataly different priced cameras obviously the Samsung is a little better in terms of audio and low light whilst you can still use it to film yourself without framing your shots terribly thanks to the flip-out screen but the zx1 works better with say a time lapse (without audio) because it can shoot well outside and captures viberant colours well with it's unfortunaly not full yet 720 HD, the cameras don't comapare well, an good comparison would be this the flip HD and the Go pro.

[lambielennox]

Kodak Zx1s FTW!!!

[DewCorps]

what was the program used at the beginning that made the pic on a tack board?

[mariotiliko1977]

I loved zx1 but every time I save videos in Kodak Media Impression the image get bad quality, do you know why? thanks.

[acrobat7788]

no camera can beat the Zx1 in the sun, but when the time comes to shoot in low light the quality gets extremely bad ,it drops from 60 F/s to 3 or 4 f/s by it self . even Kodak wrote back to someone , they told him this is not a low light camera.

but for daytime outside filming i think it's the best

[urmomsabeast1]

agreed

[CulturalMyths]

@acrobat7788 couldnt agree more..

on a sunny day the kodak zx1 kiks ass...

in low light or bit of a grey day, it gets its ass kiked.

[JahYahHa]

Did you use the same card for both the camcorders? is one a faster capturing one than the other? if you didnt

[f0xmuld3r]

Clearly the Samsung look and sounds way better...

[footandmouthdisease]

But you must keep in mind that the samsung is well over $650. The zx1 is about $100 and is the size of a cell phone

[BitsBobsThisAndThat]

What did you learn from the comparison, which did you feel was the better cam?

[BIASpotter]

does it have a audio (mic) input?

[AntonyOfilms]

What editor did use for this? The Kodak ZX1 it's better than Flip Ultra HD?

[randy5060]

which one for you is better zx1 because i am gonna get that one

[itolson]

The Zx1 is ok, there is no image stabiliser so it can be a little jerky vision on playing it back, the weather proofing is great....

its a good little camcorder and good quality for the price.

[DownBurstX]

Thanks for posting this video. Looks like you edited this on your Mac + iMovie, am I right? I have a Mac + iMovie too, but I'm wondering you got any aspect ratio problems with the 1080i record settings in iMovie. A lot of HMC-H series video's on youtube have a uncorrect aspect setting. All your video's look pretty good. So looks like 720P is working fine in iMovie 09, or not? I you have time, could you try importing a 1080i file and check the aspect is allright?

Thanks for your time

[itolson]

Get the updated version, it does import fine.

[noopa]

So overall, would you recommend this camera?

because I want a handy video camera that does the job.

[itolson]

yes i would, the gain seemed to be up very high as all of my other videos do not have the wining noise on them.

I would look to get a spare battery over time though...

[odibjo]

Is the sound on the H104 movie from the operating camera?

[itolson]

do you mean the zoom motor noise, i can hear it but the gain seems to be right up.

I will take some more footage and check as to be honest it should not be that loud for a SSD Drive.

[odibjo]

Is it the cameras sound that you can hear on the H104? sounds like an operating camera. Do you know how it is to do fotage of things in the nature?

Maybe you could post a timelaps movie too?

I think I'm gonna by this Camera. In that case, do you think it's smart to get an extra battery?

[itolson]

I would get an extra battery as it only seems to last around 1 - 1.5 hours, you have to be carful that you do not leave it in standby i.e close the lcd display when its on otherwise its in a standby state which drains the battery.

there maybe a setting to switch it off after a few minutes but I cannot find it.

[swiv2d]

Also what you think of the vid quality?

[itolson]

It very very good in good light.

its acceptable in low light.

about the same from any camcorder to be honest...

[swiv2d]

hey mate, please can you tell me what you think of the camcorder I'm thinking of getting the h105 model.

How many hours of standard definition and hd can you recored on the h104 model.

[itolson]

around 12 hours on a 16gb, I would look at the price of sd sdhc cards before getting the 105 as you can get a 16gb for £20.00 and this will give you another 12 hours...

i would get a couple of other batteries as they will run out long before the storage does.

as for the quality, i think the 1080 50i is not really worth the extra gb's stick with the 720 50p this gives alot smoother over all look and feel and on a 50" plasma you cannot tell the difference.

hope this helps.

[swiv2d]

Thanks mate, so battery life pretty bad, how many hours would you say?

[itolson]

around an hours to 1.5 hours. I have not had a chance to fully test it so i can let you know net week.

I have some bright light videos to post, but you tube does them no favours...