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HVX and Varicam compatibility
I’m wondering if shooting with HVX200 to film a few pick-up shots for my movie is a good idea. I shot with Varicam in DVCPRO HD 720p24 mode and I am editing in DVCPRO HD 720p24 FCP timeline. I used firewire compression to import my Varicam footage. Cannot budget for the Varicam again seeing as I am a student. Will the HVX footage work in my timeline? I’m hoping to back up this shot in case I ever do an offline edit of the whole film in Native HD.
Is this a bad solution? If so I’ll have to shoot on DVX regardless of the format change. Also, is the HD acheived only with the P2 cards?
Can anyone please offer their advice? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks, Rob
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Panasonic touts the HVX as being an ideal B-cam for the VariCam, so it would seem suitable for your intended purpose; certainly more suitable than a DVX would be.
And HD can be recorded on the cards, or through the firewire port to any DVCPROHD-capable recording device (such as FCP, Avid or Canopus editing systems, a FireStore, or the HD1200A DVCPRO-HD tape deck).
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Hi,
If the shots you are going to pick up are close-ups, mid shot cut-aways and the like, should cut in nicely. If you forgot that big establishings shot, go rent a VariCam.
Hope that helps you,
Jan
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Here is a little test I did shot with my HVX for a VariCam production.
They wanted to see the 60fps while destroying a monitor.
I think it will work. We will do some more shutter speed
testing before the big monitor destruction.
Setting were 24pN, 60 fps, Shutter was normal.
Cine-D, Matrix Normal, Detail -1, Coring +3
Ped was -1 everything else normal.https://web.mac.com/motionzonehd/iWeb/Site%202/Welcome.html
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I am working on a History Channel show that was primarily shot with the Varicam. When it came time to shoot the re-creations, we needed a B and possible C camera, to get as much out of the footage as we could. The History Channel was very skeptical about us using the footage from this camera, and wanted to see tests before they OKed it. We were lucky enough to be able to shoot test footage with this camera before it was officially released and intercut it with Varicam footage.
It passed QC with flying colors. But it also helps that we had a great DP and post workflow.
So now I am working with the footage and it works fine. The HVX footage is slightly softer, but chalk that up to the stock lens on it as opposed to the $15,000 Fujinon on the Vari.
You can read about my experience with this footage at http://www.LFHD.net.
Shane
Alokut Productions
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Thats cool. I have been playing with post processing HVX clips in After Effects 7.
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[Shane Ross] “The HVX footage is slightly softer, but chalk that up to the stock lens on it as opposed to the $15,000 Fujinon on the Vari.”
It would be very interesting to see how Fujinon’s Th16x5.5BRMU would work with hvx. Lenses price is about $600. Maybe this guy will test it as soon as he gets his hands on a hvx:
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The HVX-200’s lens isn’t interchangable. What they put on there is what you get. Just like the DVX-100.
Shane
Alokut Productions
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Toke’s point was that the FX1’s lens wasn’t interchangeable either, but Matteo sliced the lens off his FX1 and mounted a broadcast lens anyway… 🙂
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What platform are you working on? Did you import the mxf files straight into AE7? If so how? What codecs have to be installed for it to work?
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