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HDX900 Tape recording speed
Producer is shooting in Ireland with a local crew and an AJ-HDX-900.
According to Panasonic’s info – a 66 minute DVCPro tape (AJ-P66MP) gives you 33 min of HD recording. I think it’s wrong – DV50 whould give you 33 min, HD would be about 15.
Anyone know about this camera? Thanks!!
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5 Replies
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Panasonic info is correct!
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John – please clarify. Do you currently shoot with this camera, or have you edited with material from this camera?
The 50/100 numbers are making me batty.
Thanks!
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Info is confirmed by search of archives. See January ’07 reply from Rule (Boston rental house) engineer. Panasonic has unwittingly created much confusion with the labeling of their tapes, the three different speeds (25, 50 and 100) and by the two head gap widths ( 9 and 18), Suffice it to say that the tape in question is 33 minutes!
JS
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Here’s another way to look at it…the HDX 900 records in what they call DVCPRO HD EX. The tape runs at a slower speed hence the discrepancies in record time. This is the same format the 1200 and 1400 decks record in as well. It’s kind of like LP mode on your old VHS. I was a little skeptical of this at first, but have yet to notice any quality issues.
Chris B.
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Thanks John! You rock.
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