| Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 |
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Exceptional HD video quality... 80dB dynamic range, though top 10dB brings the automatic gain control into play. Generally this is not noticable, but on dynamic, shrill sounds, clicks can be heard. Recording a musical instrument like a recorder shows this up particularly well. |
Canon EOS 5D mkII
Canon EOS 5D mkIII
Nikon D800 |
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5D mkII 80dB dynamic range. Use Magic Lantern for better performance - see below for details.
5D mkIII has 6dB more dynamic range as does the Nikon D800. Use minimum gain setting on 5D2 and 3, use input level setting 3 with Nikon D800. This camera adapter is common to all these models. |
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Canon Camera running Magic Lantern
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Magic lantern firmware improves the available dynamic range on all supported Canon Cameras, we suspect that the hardware is common across them all, but so far we've tested the 550D, 5D2 and 60D running Magic Lantern and they perform the same. 90dB dynamic range!
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Canon EOS 60D
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80dB dynamic range. Use Magic Lantern for better performance |
| Sony HDR FX1E |
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Once THE HDV camcorder to have, with smooth motorised zoom and line-level audio inputs it offers outstanding audio quality, though now beaten for image quality by the top DSLRs. |
| Sony VX1000 |
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The classic DV camcorder - agc-free gives good audio quality with adapter. |
