Kooler than the iPhone?

[Walter Biscardi]

Panasonic’s new 1080p camera is what I’m looking forward to.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Nathan Shuppert]

Walter–can you post a link or share some info about this camera?

[Walter Biscardi]

[nshuppert] “Walter–can you post a link or share some info about this camera?”

LINK

Was talking to my Panasonic rep yesterday and he said the image is “to die for.” As soon as he gets his demo unit, we’ll be trying it out.

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[Eric Jurgenson]

Wish I had that kind of money. For the P2 cards, I mean.

[Jerry Hofmann]

I don’t understand why everyone thinks these cards are so pricey that it puts the format out of their budget. I understand they are expensive, but since you don’t store any media on them on a permanent basis, I just don’t understand it. It’s sort of like buying a disk drive or a lifetime supply of tape… I’ve not heard of any failures with these cards either, so just don’t get the attitude that they are too expensive.

Furthermore, every shoot should have a laptop on it in any event. Finding the mistakes made by doing rough cuts on the set is incredibly valuable… How tough is it to transfer the files?

Jerry

[Paul Nevison]

and with P2, still no elegant back up solution!!

looked at the flowchart on the EX brochure, backing up to XDCAM HD disk seems like a good option, particularly when coupled with the low cost xdcam USB reader/recorder.

and if the workflow of passing the rendering to pro res works out…seems like a compelling option for our work anyway.

I just can’t get excited about P2…..but whatever works for your project i guess.

[Walter Biscardi]

[paulos] ”
and with P2, still no elegant back up solution!!”

Blu Ray Disc, external harddrives, whatever you want to use. All tapeless formats don’t really have an elegant backup solution. You really have to create your own workflow.

Personally I like the Log and Transfer option now in FCP and I have seen that used very nicely for a recent HD travel series shot entirely with the HVX-200 and P2 cards. The P2 workflow was outstanding and they are simply archiving to BluRay discs.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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[Eric Jurgenson]

The backup workflow for the PMW-EX1 is one of it’s nicest features. First of all, it uses ExpressCard memory, which is twice as fast as P2 for downloads, is less than half the cost, and plugs into current laptop card slots.

Second, you can copy the files directly to an XDCAM HD disk in the field (They use the same file format) with the PDW-U1 portable drive unit, and these disks will play in XDCAM HD decks. Sony has announced that they will soon be coming out with a newer version of the drive unit with integrated ExpressCard slots for one button field transfer to $30./disk media with an estimated 100 year lifespan. No laptop needed!

[Marco Solorio]

I do like what I’ve been seeing so far with the EX1. I’m still a little unclear on true specs though. It says it scans at 1920×1080, full progressive, but what is the true pixel dimension of the sensors themselves? Sometimes the manufacturers are a little fuzzy with regard to verbiage in this area.

If it’s full raster 1920×1080, progressive, it should give the HVX200 a run for the money even though the EX1 looks like it will cost more.

And I *really* like the ExpressCard concept. I’m surprised they didn’t use 16 Sony MemoryStick slots, LOL.

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[Marco Solorio]

Did they tell you what the estimated street price will be on the body? Looks like a nice camera for sure.

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