[Jan Crittenden livingston]

So why would you use HD Log in the field, it supports the P2 MXF file and from what I see works extremely well. If you are on a PC you can use the P2 view and add your log notes in the metadata as well. So rather than do it on a sheet of paper you will log in the computer, but either with the HD Log Gold or the P2 viewer you can log your info in the metadata, and this data can be searched. You can also put in a User clip name if you want.

Hope that helps, or did I miss the entire question?

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[Chris Baldwin] “I’ll be getting my camera and manual pretty soon but I wanted to ask about this question. How can you shoot in interlace and progressive at the same time? (1080i 30p) The SDX900 sort of makes me ask the same question because it lets you pick between 24p, 30p or 60i but then there is also a sub menu which asks if you want to shoot interlaced or progressive. Its an active choice and the footage doesn’t look any different to me one way or the other. Can Someone explain that one to me?”

Chris that sub menu choice that is referencing the interlace or progressive is really a resolution question and is aimed at giving you all the resolution that your delivery medium can handle. If you are delivering to a TV station, you should use the interlace setting as that will roll-off the excess resolution that will cause a problem in broadcast TV. Progressive setting is perfect for a film out.

Hope that helps,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

David Saraceno >Jan Crittenton mentioned that there is a USB Mac reader being developed that will work with the MacBook Pros.

Hi David,

First my last name is spelled Crittenden or Crittenden Livingston.

>She indicated it was available for viewing at the Panasonic booth at NAB?

I said it was a mock up and it was at NAB.

>Just another P2 store, or something different at a different price point?

It is not another P2 store is just a 2 slot version of the P2 Drive and smaller like a portable PCMCIA slot with a pigtail.

>Jan didn’t mention price or the difference between it and the p2 store.

The P2 Drive has a drive in it, this does not have a drive.

>Anybody got the skinny on this device?

There isn’t much info about it as it is a product to come down the line. No price has been established.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[paul nevison] “however, I think Toke is expressing a frustration that is felt by many PAL users – we are well and truely the poor cousin to you guys in the NTSC camp. i understand that business is business and some markets may not warrant the R&D, but we really tend to get the thin edge of the wedge when it comes to support and such like…

it would be nice to see some parity when it comes to developing for PAL and NTSC….and has the whole HD revolution been a missed opportunity to get us all on the same standard anyway – gosh imagine that if it was all the same….anyway back to dreamland :-)”

I think the problem for any of the developers is that it was not until late last year in 2005 that 720P was even going to be an accepted format in EU. I remember being at IBC, September, and that both formats 720 and 1080 were going to exist was big news. I can appreciate the frustration but in this very thread it has been mentioned that Apple is working on it. Suggesting that Panasonic become a software encoder for the Apple QuicKTime Codec is what probably put Ron and even myself over the edge.

Hope this helps,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

toke lahti>I’m sorry to hear this attitude from Panasonic; it’s like saying “we don’t care if you’re not getting support from apple, we won’t give that to you.”

Toke, this is not what I said and frankly I am a little irritated that you have decided to obscur my words. What I said was we do not write code, we do not know how to make a Quicktime codec to work in Apple. Apple is working on this, I believe that has been stated in one of these posts. Apple is a valued partner and they are working on it. We are not a small company that writes software for a living, like bitjazz. Why doesn’t BitJazz make a camcorder? We are a hardware company. Please do not contrue my words again.

Thank you,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi Randolph,

I think that much of what you want to do can be done with P2 cards, a P2 Store and the Firestore. If I was to leave something out, it would be the P2 store. I think you are getting hung up on the intial cost and not looking at the long term cost. Every time they are used the price goes down. Many of the folks here are using the camera in the 720P/24PN mode and thus making the 8 GB card last for 20 minutes.

I think for the interviews, you could record those onto the new MACBook as it has the 7200RPM drives, or through put to a HDD and have the interview go as long as you like. I am not trying to talk you out of the Firestore, heck I sell the Firestore, but I love the whole concept behind the P2 cards. I love the whole flexibility and ease with the memory recording.

But there is no need to rant about the cost of the cards, in the long haul, they are not that expensive.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[toke lahti] “why panasonic chose not to develop quicktime codecs for dvcprohd@25fps & @50fps to be used with NLE’s like FCP in Europe?”

Hi Toke,

It is because we don’t write software, the guys that have to write the support codecs are the NLE guys. Sorry to say but if it is going to work with the NLEs, they have to write it.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

All Pansonic tapes a Dry lube. I know we had initially thought there was a difference but then about 2 years ago, some communication from the factory made it more clear. All Panasonic tapes are Dry Lube.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[Barry Green] “Hey Jan, that’s not what he was asking. He was asking for DVCPRO-HD at 25fps, not at 25 megabits.”

Okay, so maybe I didn’t have enough coffee when I wrote the first response, and said Uli wrote it, but it was Toke, but your explanation of what he meant doesn’t make much sense either, sense we do make DVCPRO HD at 25P/720 in the HVX.

SO when Toke comes back we’ll find out.

Thanks,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[Noah Kadner] “Clearly this is the main camera in Panasonic’s arsenal right now.”

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that,I would say that there are that many customers wanting further explanation on the camera, and the thought of havng them all line up and try to get a look on one or two cameras seemed like a really dumb idea. So we took a page out of the software guys books and thought how do we apply this to a whole bunch of folks that want to learn about this little camera.

See, I think that HDX900 is a pretty hot camera, tape based but very cool, and the VariCam continues to be my ultimate favorite. I mean there just wasn’t enough space for everything, we had to farm out the SDX900s to other vendors to show, and it still sells outstandingly well. The DVX is also very important but again when you start to find your way through booth design and what the messaging is you have to show what people will want to see, and this year, we thought it to be the HVX.

I mean you and Shane were totally up to your ears in customers all the way through the show, with the difference on Thursday being that you only had to talk to one at a time. 😉 You guys were so good.

Best,

Jan

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