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However, the Canon HF10 is clearly sharper. In the lab testing, the Sony HDR-SR12 and Canon HF10 produce very similar color palettes. When blowing up the frame grabs, we saw blocky chunks of pixels across the image in the HC9, while in the SR12 it was typically localized to areas of high contrast and detail. Overall, the image seems to have less compression artifacting than the HC9, as well. However, the full 1920 x 1080 output, versus the 1440 x 1080 output of HDV, makes for smoother curves with the SR12. Looking at the resolution trumpets on the chart up close, the HC9 seems to produce more in-camera sharpening that helps define the edges.

By comparison, the HDR-HC9, the HDV cousin, auto exposes more brightly under identical conditions, and boosts the saturation a little higher. The color performance was even and vivid, without too much oversaturating. Under these more or less ideal conditions, the Sony SR12 looks quite good.

We shot a DSC Labs Chroma DuMonde color chart at an even 3000 lux. First, we took the HDR-SR12 in the lab for standardized testing.

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