No, like in any of these digicams, the video mode is very automatic. However, as I clearly said in the article, you still have more control over it than in other digicams. It’s all about what their *direct* competition is able to do, not what your nifty camcorder does. This digicam does not compete with camcorders. Each to its own. Don’t try to replace your HV20 with this camera, but your older digicam and its VGA video instead.

>I assume this was a “yes”.

Exposure Compensation and Exposure Locking is not what we call “manual exposure” (which usually means “full manual control”). But it’s better than nothing, and more than what any other digicam offers.

> Yes. Many of my videos shot on HV20 that were certainly
> more on the artistic side rather than “memories”,
> were shot in 60i Cinemode, which has no such controls.

Everyone knows that in normal lighning conditions the HV uses 1/60 shutter for 60i Cinemode. So, with the HV you know the “normal” value AND you can verify it at any given time with the Photo button. With this new Canon digicam you don’t know the number and, as your further reply indicates, you cannot verify it.

>> Is it the same all-in-one aperture/shutter/gain slider
>> that Sony camcorders use?

> I think that was clear from the article. I wrote Exposure Compensation
> and Exposure Locking, not “manual exposure”.

I assume this was a “yes”.

Yes. Many of my videos shot on HV20 that were certainly more on the artistic side rather than “memories”, were shot in 60i Cinemode, which has no such controls. In fact, the few controls I used for these videos are not more than what this digicam offers.

>Is it the same all-in-one aperture/shutter/gain slider that Sony camcorders use?

I think that was clear from the article. I wrote Exposure Compensation and Exposure Locking, not “manual exposure”.

>Does the camera display current settings when you press the Photo button half-way?

No, this is not the HV20.

>What is default shutter speed for 30p video: 1/30 or 1/60 or something else?

No one knows.

>Does the cam has a built-in ND filter (I don’t think so, but who knows).

Possibly no. This is a question to ask Canon, not me.

Also, you wrote that you can control exposure. Is it the same all-in-one aperture/shutter/gain slider that Sony camcorders use? Does the camera display current settings when you press the Photo button half-way? What is default shutter speed for 30p video: 1/30 or 1/60 or something else? Does the cam has a built-in ND filter (I don’t think so, but who knows).

thanks.

In low light, maybe. But in daylght, the SX200 blows it out of the water.