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Std Def: SDX 900
With an eye to purchase, I have had a good read of the Panasonic SDX900 literature. However, unlike the HDX900, I understand the SDX900 doesn’t have firewire so I wonder how I get my footage out of it and into my Mac G5.
Thank you for being so kind as to answer what must be an elementary question. Also, I apologise for posting in this forum but it seems to be the closest to being appropriate.
Steven
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YOu rent a DVCPRO HD (AJ-HD1200 or 1400) or DVCPRO 50 deck and use that to play the tapes. RARELY would you use the camera…if at all.
Shane
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The DV50 deck you need is the AJ-SD93. It does not do inset assemble edits, though, if you need to frame accurately master BACK to dv50.
It will be cheaper and less complicated then renting an HD deck.
Jeremy
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You might be interested in this new P2 gear from Panasonic:
https://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/feed.rss/10180.html
HD-SDI or SDI to P2 to FW with conversion options.
J Cummings
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SDX900 is a great great SD camera- of its day. But with the amount of quality HD cameras in Panasonic’s product range today it would have to be just a smoking deal to go for it. What’s the deal?
Noah
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Hi Noah,
The deal is $7,000, inclusive of SDI board. It is a low mileage late 2005 model. I started my search looking for a HDX900 but their used values remain very high.
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OMG- yeah that is a good deal. I think that camera was around 25K new. Yeah if you’re strictly standard definition and you’ve got a great lens to go with it that’s a solid deal. But again we’re moving into HD hard core in most production worlds. You might well be the SDX’s final master.
Noah
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Hi Noah, Thank you for okaying my deal. I come from the stills world of Nikon, Canon & Mamiya RZ67 II and am thoroughly inexperienced with camcorders. I’ve only recently figured-out that 5mm is a wide lens. So it was nice to receive your thought that I hadn’t been overcharged. It was even nicer to see that you have been an SDX900 user – I enjoyed reading your Formosa article here on COW.
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