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What if there was an option for less compression on the HVX?
What if Panasonic came out with a codec that records HD with half the compression of DVCProHD? It seems completely possible technically, especially at 24 fps. It would have less compression than HDCAM.
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No reason why they couldn’t invent it, free from the constraints of tape based formats. It would probably be pretty pointless putting it on a cheaper camera, but it would be nice if they’re working on something like this for their flagship models.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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The question is whether the HVX is setup in such a way that firmware updates are possible. If there’s some kind of PRAM inside the camera that a P2 card could communicate with and send software updates- that would make compression rate changes entirely possible. Please bring that question to NAB. 🙂
Noah
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Indeed – just like how BMD keep emailing firmware updates to their cards to give extra new functionality. I’ve never really seen this applied to a camera, but there’s no reason why not, I suppose.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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[Graeme Nattress] “I’ve never really seen this applied to a camera, but there’s no reason why not, I suppose. “
This is one of the most groundbreaking things I see in the future of solid state recording. We’ve never seen this applied to a camera because it’s complicated by the limitations that come with using a tape transport. But once that’s taken out of the equation, the only real limitation seems to be the datarate the cards can handle.
Exciting times.
Luis Caffesse
Studio 3 Productions, Inc.
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Please bring that question to NAB. 🙂
Can’t make it to NAB this year. You guys will have to ask for me!
I should have said “twice the data rate” not “half the compression”.
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