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Camera Vs Camera
Im not intirely sure the after fx forum is the space for this post, but! the forum as been nothing but nice to me so I posted here… Appologies if I did a bad thing..
Anyways, im looking to buying a HD Camera for many things, for VFX tests, for fun, maybe for some corporate video and also maybe to try shoot some stock (istock). I have about £3-4000 GBP to spend on it so I started looking into P2 Cameras, specifically the AG-HPX170… i was attracked to this because it shoots uncompressed with loads of colour info (4;2;2), which would be good for the a croma key etc… its essencially pretty close to broadcast quality, but I found that it actually shoots a lower res and upscales it to fill HD, this results in a horizonally soft-ish image, but still a very usable image, with loads of colour information…
then i saw a news post on creative cow the other day that told of the AVC-HD format, with offers video captured as Full HD 1920×1080 pixels, but does seem to shoot in a compessed MPEG thing, which im kinda worried about as ive used HDV and was a little unimpressed. those cameras, were AG-HMC150 70 and the new one 40, these cameras look to be cheaper too.
So basically my thinking is that it comes down to No Compressed High Colour date video at a lower res that gets scaled Vs Full Res HD with a compression on it.
Anybody got any advice?
PS i may have a complete missunderstanding of some of these concepts so please feel no guilt in pointing out my knowledge gaps!
Thanks
Jordan
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I have not used the AG-HPX170, but I have used the HVX200 and I have used AVC-HD. In my opinion, the AG-HPX170 is going to give you superior performance for keying/composting. So if VFX creating is your goal, go with the AG-HPX170.
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Hey
Cheers for the advice, its good to get some from someone who has used both systems… I think though, i have convinced myself to hold out for the RED Scarlet!!!
Thankyou
JC
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