But is a HPX3700 Varicam “shovel ready?” for making money?

[Jeff Regan]

Jennifer,

The HPX2700 does not have a 1080X1920 full raster chip set, it is a native 720X1280 chip set, like the Varicam 27F/H, HDX900, HPX2000. To get a full raster CCD camera, you would need to buy an HPX3000 or 3700.

Jeff Regan
Shooting Star Video
http://www.ssv.com

[Jennifer Isenhart]

Wow. I didn’t know that. Thanks. We’d better look again at that spec sheet.

Jennifer Isenhart
Wide Eye Productions

[Jennifer Isenhart]

Jeff, here it is. Right from the Panasonic website. 1280×720 CCDs. That’s crazy. Why wouldn’t they put 1920×1080 chips in that camera?

Does anyone know what the deal is with 1080 23.98p being pulled down over 59.94i? It has P2 cards. Why can’t it record native? Is that a DVCPro HD codec limitation?

SPECIFICATIONS

2/3″ CCD: 1280×720 (1M pixels per CCD)

Recording Formats:
# 720/59.94p, 720/60p
# 720/50P, 29.97pN, 25pN, 24PN, 23.98pN
# 1080/59.94i, 50i, 29.97pN, 25pN,
# 1080/24PN, 23.98pN
Note: In DVCPRO HD 1080 23.98p is pulled down over 59.94i (native recording is not possible)

Standard Codecs: AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, DVCPRO HD

Jennifer Isenhart
Wide Eye Productions

[John Cummings]

Jennifer-

Philip Bloom’s stuff got me interested…but this one opening shot probably sealed the deal for me:

Canon EOS 5d markII from Florian Foest on Vimeo.

I agree, it’s not for everyone.
But for the right client, the right budget and the right project, it’s definitely a contender to a Varicam…or any other camera out there.

Edit- And I suspect the folks at Panasonic know this as well…

Cheers-

J Cummings
Cameralogic/Chicago
cameralogic.tv
HDX-900/HDW-730S/DXC-D50

[Jeff Regan]

3)2/3″ 1080X1920 CCD’s would reqire a lot of power and possibly overheat in a one-piece camcorder form factor at 720/60p. Were that not the case, Panasonic would have come out with a single P2 Varicam, not both a 2700 and 3700, the latter of which is limited to 1080/30p as its highest frame rate and no 720p.

I’m happy that native frame rates are available in 1080/24p and 30p with AVC Intra. I don’t know why that’s not the case with DVCPRO HD.

Jeff Regan
Shooting Star Video
http://www.ssv.com