[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Go to the Panasonic website. Go to the support tab, look for find a service center. Enter the model number and your zip code. That will bring up three servicers closest to you.

Good Luck,

jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

That article is a little misleading in as much as the JVC camera was never doing anything it didn’t do well or one could easily work with, i.e. no 24P. Also the conclusions that I see that the guy drew stating there was more resolution was more like more detail enhancement and not resolution at all.

The problem that I see our original poster having is taking the two totally different codecs and merging them. I see that Gary has made a fairly good suggestion for dealing with it.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Peter,

The HVX200 captures footage in much the same way as the DVX. That said. You should be very clear on how you have the camera set up. In all instances the footage will come in as captured at 29.97, that is the way it works in DV or DVCPRO50. You then have to set up the sequence to remove the 2:3:3:2 in 24PA or run Cinema Tools to remove the 2:3 pulldown.

So first make sure that you have the camera set up for a 24PA cature in DVCPRO50 and then set up your FCP timeline for proper capture and removal. If you cannot see the difference between the DV footage and The DVCPRO50 footage I think it is time for a new monitor.

Hope this helps,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

The Interactual viewer is on the set of DVDs. I know because I tested the whole thing out on my MAC and it worked fine and I had to load in the Interactual from the DVD to make it work. Take another look at the contents on Disk one.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

Yes you can capture via firewire as Shane mentioned, you can also record to the P2 card in 24PN and then transfer those files by firewire. You could get 20 minutes on the card and it would take about 4 minutes to transfer from the camera. This would save you the step of having to run the Frame Rate Converter.

One thing is for sure on the camera, there is more than one way to work the workflow.

Hope this helps,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Have you downloaded the Driver?

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

While we do not put in the WF monitor, we do have the Zebras, and their use can be vital to proper exposure. Adjust them so that you know where they are and can be of use to you.

Best,

jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

This shot is under exposed. That said, you need to be aware that you have 2 zebras in your camera. The first one you see is preset from the factory to be 80 ire and the second one which shows in the VF in the opposite direction is set for 100 ire. So from looking at this picture you made an adjustment and exposed your white area at about 70-75 ire assuming that the zebra you were seeing was 100 ire. If you do not want to work with 2 zebras, as they can be confusing you can turn one off, but you have to go to the menus to do that.

However if you want to use the power of 2 zebras, you can use Zebra 1 for skin tone, and Zebra 2 for Highlights. Bracket between. Zebra 1 can actually go down to 50 ire and thus can give you feed back about the more shadowy areas of your picture, but that may be too much of a good thing.

Anyhow, I hope this helps you.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Thanks Gary for that learned response as it points to the beauty of P2, once your footage is served up as data and not as media, the world of costs are driven by a completely different industry than that of proprietary formats, tape or media prices and machines that make it happen.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[iMan] ” Panasonic promised at NAB 2003 (3 years ago) that P2 cards would double in size and half in price every year. Now, 3 years ago when they said that they had an 4 GB card for $675. In 3 years it is still the same and Panasonic even admit that they might never reach 32GB cards; not even in 10 years.”

Hi,

First when we introduced P2 three years ago, the 2GB card was the only card available. It was $1700 or so. Then the 4GB card was talked about but almost one year later it came along at $2000. Over time it has gone down in price to its current price today at $550. Of course this past winter we introduced the 8GB card and that started at $2200, and currently is at $1400. It will likely go down in price as we get closer to the 16GB cards which are slated for this fall. So your information seems to be a bit off in the pricing and availablity of the P2 cards.

So not sure who you are talking to at Panasonic, but right now I would say perhaps they are not in the right loop.

Best,

jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems