Barry Green
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You have 8 different gamma curves to choose from in the HVX. So no you can’t tweak the toe or anything like that, but having 8 does give you a pretty wide range to use. And the knee is adjustable in six of them.
[Gunleik Groven] “When shooting variable frame rate on the HVX, can this be done in the “n” mode – where you only record the actual frames, or will you need to do a pulldown from a 50 (or 60) fps datastream?”
Yes, you can shoot variable frame rates in the “n” modes. In fact, if you shoot 12fps in 720/24pN, you’ll find that you get twice as much footage per card; a 4gb card would last 20 minutes. Not saying that that’s practical, of course nobody’s going to shoot regular footage at 12fps! I’m just using it as an example to show that yes, it records only the frames used, even when using variable frame rates.When using the “n” modes, no pulldown is necessary. That’s only used when shooting in the “over 60” modes.
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Some dealers are reporting having lots of 4gb cards available. Call around. Cards were in short supply for a while there, but that seems to be rectified now.
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Lots of reports on various forums about people getting theirs, and dealers getting several more. Call around, you may find a smaller/local dealer with a much shorter waiting list.
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An HVX is a DVX in basically every way, but more. It has pretty much all the same options, same tape drive, same DV system, same 24P and same menu settings; but it’s better in that it has a wider lens, a longer lens, a sharper lens, and native 16:9 chips, plus you have the P2 options for tapeless recording, DVCPRO50 (which is very, very nice), and of course HD when you’re ready.
If all you need is a DVX, a DVX is a lot less expensive (about $2,000 less). But an HVX is a better DVX than the DVX is, plus it has all the extras going for it.
One area where the DVX is better is in sensitivity; the DVX is about a stop faster than the HVX.
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Try pressing the “reset” button. Andrew Hoffman of Specialized Communications, an authorized DVX repair facility, suggests that this may fix that issue.
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It’s not as random as it may at first appear.
The first four digits are the number of the clip in order of which clips got shot on that card. The very first clip you shoot will be 0001-something-something.MXF. The last two digits can be numbers or letters, so the first three clips might be:
0001QZ.mxf
0002Y5.mxf
0003EP.mxfThat’s for the XML, VIDEO, and CLIP files; for the AUDIO files there are two additional digits which signify which audio channel they’re from. So for 0001QZ.mxf, you can go in the audio directory and find four files:
0001QZ00.mxf
0001QZ01.mxf
0001QZ02.mxf
0001QZ03.mxfThe names should be distinct enough that you won’t ever run into duplicate file names. But even if you do, there’s a second layer of protection against duplication, which is that each card gets assigned a unique identifier which is something like a 64-character identifier, probably derived from the serial number of the camera so it will be absolutely unique at all times. I would guess it’s based on the serial number of the camera, plus the # of cards or clips that have been shot in that camera, plus some random factor too — so it should be an absolutely unique identifier.
If you throw all your clips in one big folder, the chances do exist that you might get two clips with the same name (although those chances should be something like one out of 1300 of the last two letters lining up, and then compound that by the chances of the first four digits being the same too… it’s going to be no more common than a 1 in 5,000 or 1 in 10,000 chance of getting a similar filename.
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https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/cs/csregistp2m/p2indexe.html
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The in-camera squeeze on the DVX is a digital stretching process. The anamorphic adapter is an optical stretching process. The digital stretch will cause some loss of resolution; however, if you’re shooting 24p 16:9 progressive with thin line detail, it still nets out at the same amount of res as a native 16:9 interlaced camera would, so it’s not bad at all, it’s one of the better digital stretch systems.
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That should work; you’d have to download the driver from the Panasonic website. I don’t know if there are any limits on which systems the driver will work on, I would think it would work.
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To add to that, focus is *not* intuitive with the anamorphic adapter. You have to keep your iris and your focal length within certain limits or you simply will not be able to focus properly.
Adam Wilt published a chart that outlines the restrictions, you would do well to print it out and take it with you.
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