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HVX200 versus V1U
I edit on FCP and am considering buying a low end HD camera for an upcoming high end industrial project. Of course, I would hope to use it for some of my other clients including cable and regional PBS after this initial use. Since I already own a 100a, my thinking was to go with an HVX200.
However, when I called up the two discount houses I most often do business with, they both advised me to buy a V1U instead.
If I go strickly by cost and reduction of hassle, their advice seems to make sense. Getting P2 cards from the camera into your FCP and on a reliable long term storage system seems awkward and uninviting.
Features of both cameras seem similar in most cases with one notable difference, the capture rates. the HVX200 has the 720 settings option which the U1V does not. It seems cable channels lean toward that as acceptable (and only that setting).
Is that an important enough difference to make me sway towards the HVX200? Are there other considerations about the interface with FCP or the ability to come up with a product that I should consider? Are there opinions about which way to go – the HVX200 or the U1V?
Thanks. I need all the input I can get. I’m no wiz when it comes to technical matters. -
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1) The 200’s tapeless workflow for HD is a world apart from shooting and capturing tape. If you don’t see the big benefits of tapeless capture and ingest, stay with tape. Or get the Sony and shoot to hard drive.
This forum and the P2 forum have had detailed discussions on tape vs. P2 cost and storage, do a search.2) The 200 has variable frame rates when using 720 modes, a full range of over- and under-cranking.
3) With Panasonic’s DVCPROHD format, 1 frame is 1 frame, not a group of frames like HDV.
(However, you could always convert HDV footage to intra-frame upon capture.)These are the three unique aspects about the 200 that made it something of a revolutionary tool, not just another prosumer/low-end HD camera.
If networks preferring a 720 master is your main issue: you don’t need to be shooting in it, as long as you deliver in it.
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This seems to relate to a question I have: I have a V1U already (which I quite like) and bought Sony’s HVR-DR60 hard disk recording unit to go along with it, but I can’t get it to register in the Log and Transfer window of my Final Cut Studio 2. Both Apple and Sony tech support tell me that the hard disk isn’t supported. Has anyone had success using the HVR-DR60 with Final Cut Studio 2?
I’m running Mac OS 10.4.2 on a 2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon.
Thanks!
andrea -
You can not compare the U1V with the HVX20 (HDV vs DVCProHD). If you can, wait for the SONY XDCam EX. Will be released in a couple of months. You can have a look in the “Sony Cinealta” forum here in the Cow. When you will see the SONY PMW-EX1, you will want to have one.
Cheers,
rafael -
Hi Andrea,
I have the same equipment as you with the same problem.
I will need to return my HDD units.
Please read the READ REVIEWS tab on this link.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/461819-REG/Sony_HVRDR60_HVRDR60_Hard_Disk_Recording.html
Hope it helps.Best,
Shawn
http://www.veejon.com
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