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AG-HPX500 Pricing A\nnounced and New 16gb P2 Cards
Panasonic has released new pricing for the AG-HPX500 camera – $14K list! Shipping in May and 16gb cards in May as well. Do a Google search for more info.
AG-HPX500 2/3″ shoulder-mount P2-based HD camcorder.
The re-announced P2-only camcorder takes interchangeable lenses and offers 11 variable frame rates from 11 to 60 fps. The new camcorder is aggressively priced at US$14,000 including viewfinder. The sensor is a new version of the sensor in the SDX900 using spacial offset to derive HD resolutions: 1080 at 60i, 50i, 30p, 25p and 24p; 720 at 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p and 24p. The camcorder supports DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO (25) and regular DV25.
The camcorder has eight gamma modes, chromatic-aberration compensation functions. Audio input is via four XLR connectors. The AG-HPX500 is expected to ship in May, shortly after NAB 2007.
Bigger P2 Cards
By May Panasonic expect to have a 16 GB P2 card available, with the promise of 32 GB by the end of 2007. The 16 GB cards were originally expected in 2006. The larger cards will work immediately in the HPX500 and the HVX200 but other shipping P2 products will need free software upgrades to handle the higher capacity cards. Unfortunately the AJ-HPX2000 won’t be upgradeable until August! When it’s finally upgraded it will be able to record up to 80 minutes of full-frame-rate DVCPRO HD onto its five P2 slots. Using the AVC-Intra codec record time can be doubled, or quality improved for the same record times.
The AVC-Intra codec is currently not supported by any major NLE so won’t be that useful until Avid, Apple and Adobe build in support for the new format. AVC-Intra is an H.264-based intra-frame codec unlike the consumer-level AVCHD which uses a long-GOP format like HDV. Intra-frame codecs must compress the entirety of the image into each frame, making each frame more compressed than most long-GOP encoding, but they provide easier editing in post production.
Pricing on the new, larger cards is not currently available.
Peter Corbett
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thanks for the info!
-Noah
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It’s surprising they are announcing so many products ahead of NAB. Must be the new way.
Peter
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Some more info on 16gb pricing over at Broadcast and Cable.
https://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6416317.html
It seems pricing for 16gb cards may be around the same as 8gb’s when they were launched.
Peter
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
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You might also want to double check the information re the HVX and 16gb cards. My advice from Panasonic is that the HVX will require a firmware update to use the 16gb card. I was told that this would have to be done by Panasonic, but maybe not.
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[pom_boarder] “You might also want to double check the information re the HVX and 16gb cards. My advice from Panasonic is that the HVX will require a firmware update to use the 16gb card. I was told that this would have to be done by Panasonic, but maybe not.”
Not according to a press release from Panasonic on Feb 13.
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Hi,
Actually the HVX200 will need a firmware upgrade, but it should be as straitforward as downloading the executable file to an SD card. Putting the SD card in the camera and having the camera do the upgrade.
Sorry for any confusion.
Best,
Jan
Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
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[Jan Crittenden Livingston] “Actually the HVX200 will need a firmware upgrade, but it should be as straitforward as downloading the executable file to an SD card. Putting the SD card in the camera and having the camera do the upgrade.
Sorry for any confusion.
Best,
Jan”
Take Joe Facchini out the back and give him a good spanking, Jan!
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There’s already been one firmware upgrade released for the HVX. It’s a painless procedure; just download it, copy it to the SD card in the appropriate directory, and your HVX will recognize it and add a new “update” command to your P2 menu.
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Where can we download the firmware update?
Thanks,
Chris
Austin, TX
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