Sony EX1 versus the Panasonic HVX200

[Craig Seeman]

https://pairofhands.net/Ex1%20vs%20HVX%20Shootout.html

[Wayne Dupuis]

Thank you. Appreciate it.

[Wayne Dupuis]

Pair of hands is showing us
Untreated footage? That’s like asking someone to look at my E3’s undeveloped raw files, and expecting them to make a decision based on whether they have the time to download 175 meg file, and do the homework on it.
Oh wait a minute; it’s exactly like that.
Thanks again.

[Billy Marchese]

I have found the EX to produce a great image until you move the camera- 1 out of every 15 frames is a full image. We used the EX as a B-cam (900R) a-cam) and set it up in 1080 24P HQ mode. When we projected the cut, all the images that had a pan or tilt employed in the shot had some distortion which upon closer inspection seems to be small dissolves in between each frame. (The EX-3 has the same issue as well.) We in turn had to dump the shots that had camera movement as they were unacceptable.

The bottom line- The EX is a great image-producing still camera- The compression that takes place in the camera to the cards is too great to give you a respectable image in the end. I would wait until Sony addresses this issue before you purchase one.

cheers

[Michael Palmer]

Bill,
Wouldn’t it be great if you could decrease factory compression, have 4:2:2 color space and have an ALL I-Frame file to take advantage of this amazing imager?

Well now you can. Convergent Design is just a few days away from releasing the new XDR Compact Flash HD-SDI recorder That will allow the operator to reset the compression to allow for these panning shoots you have trouble with from the factory compressions. You can set the XDR in intervals from Blue Ray encoding levels (eliminating long software encode times) , all the way up to 160 Mbps 4:2:2 All I-frame recording with inexpensive solid state compact flash cards. Check it out.
https://www.convergent-design.com/downloads/Flash%20XDR%20Brochure.pdf

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Alex Adeduwon]

don’t know why Craig is sounding rather harsh…I think the questions being asked are legitimate and do not require the kind of tone being utilized here in responding..you don’t have to respond if you feel it’s a waiste of your time..others like me don’t feel the questions or Riche’s position are useless..as a matter of fact, they are useful..so please take it easy and let’s keep this forum on a friendly level that it deserves…