Makoto Schoppert

As an owner of both the HV30 and XH-A1 myself, I have to say that I am impressed with both. However, the XH-A1 does have the advantage when it comes to low level lighting, and also the XLR input jacks is nice too. Also, the XH-A1 can shoot in 24F mode, where as the HV30 can't really. The HV30 has a 24F Cinemode, but on tape, it's still 60i, and needs to be pulled down. The price for the XH-A1 is worth it in my opinion.