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Buying an HVX-200–What do I need for HD?
Hello all,
I’m in the process of buying an HVX200 because of its versatility and ability to shoot 720pHD. But, one thing that I get confused about (especially seeing all these capture card ads left and right) is, would I need to obtain some similar capture card to extract the HD footage or just a card reader and/or camera to dump all the footage?
I’ve read the specs on Panasonics site and run though some of these forums, but really just wanted a quick answer on, if I buy this camera for it’s HD capabilites, would I require any extra hardware/peripherals?
Thanks for your time. I’m really impressed with this camera, but what to make sure I get everything in order.
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To record HD all you need is either P2 cards or a Firestore FS 100 720P@24P gives you 40 minutes on a single 16 GB card. Firestore offers great record lengths but caution needs to be used if you go with the firestore. To transfer footage to your computer you need nothing else. It becomes a workflow issue, there is no wear and tear on the camera if used since there are no moving parts. In the field if you need to be dumping cards and reusing them then you need something else or if you just never want to tie up the camera for this.
Old Mac Powerbooks have a slot for the card, newer MacBookPros you need an adapter. Panasonic makes P2 “decks” but they are pretty expensive. Hope this is a good start.
If you post your normal shot scenario it would be able to give better advice.
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