New Panasonic HPX 3000

[Adam Smith]

Sounds to me to be a kickass camera… I’d love to get one but I seem to be a good $70-100k short. =P

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Video Photographer / Avid Editor / Final Cut Neophyte

[Russell Lasson]

It’s the best camera that Panasonic had made so far. It’s their first camera to use full 1080p CCDs. Combine that with AVC-Intra, which is 10-bit, full 1920×1080 (as compared to DVCPROHD which is 8-bit 1280×1080) and it promises to be a great camera!

-Russ

[Matt Gerard]

We took the dive on the 2000, and haven’t looked back yet (except for those monster CCD’s in the 3000). I love it, have had it for only 3 months. Workflow and archiving takes a little getting used to, but I think we have gotten that worked out.

Matt

[Harold Ferguson]

I also purchased the HPX2000. Received it in May, The camera is wonder full. I Have HVX200 also, since Jan 2006. My transition was easy. You can find help here
Mule ferguson

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I like both Pana 2000 and 3000..they are very vell built and pictures are great..they also have fantastic VF.
Just one little complaint:Why is LCD flip screen so bad?? It is much worse then flip on Z1 or even HVX-200.

[Flhdtv]

Adam,

I just purchased the HPX 3000 last month. Just completed production on a 30 minute dramatic/training program and the results out of the box were pretty impressive. Although we did not use AVC-Intra (at that time FCP did not fully support it); the DVCPro codec coupled with the full raster 1080 image was a notch above the Varicam. I have been a Varicam owner since 2002 and also have the Panasonic 900.
Workflow is the big issue but I believe that once clients understand the process it will become much easier to transition into the P2 world. I was able to ingest over 9 hours of raw footage into our FCP suite in less than 6 hours.
The camera’s dynamic range is remarkable and I feel that I have not even begun to tap the full resources of the 3000.

Bill
http://www.floridafilmvideo.com