[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

If the shots you are going to pick up are close-ups, mid shot cut-aways and the like, should cut in nicely. If you forgot that big establishings shot, go rent a VariCam.

Hope that helps you,

Jan

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Clean your heads. That would be my bet.

Hope that helps,

Jan

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

I think I saw the post then I got buried and then it got buried by the time I came back. But basically it is a wait till NAB thing. Sorry,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi John,

I confirmed with Engineering.
The broken clip should be repaired by REPAIR operation of HVX200.

In VTR mode.
Display Thumbnail
Select the broken clip
Go MENU > OPERATION > REPAIR CLIP

In normal real time recording mode, the last 2 sec.
may be lost because the file saving is done every 2 sec.
In case of interval recording mode, the lost time at the end of recording will increase depending on the interval ratio.

I hope this solves the problem.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

[Barlow Elton] “Why is it there’s very little complaint about this 1/3” imager noise issue with the other cameras if the HVX is actually “quieter” than most of its competition?

Well I would say that the difference is that the camera does have a different look to the video and that people are looking at a different compression algorithm and assigning something to the camera vs the compression and because they are new to HD, I don’t know. All I know is what I know. Maybe many are looking at the HD on inexpensive HD LCDs as Dan pointed out above. Note that Dan doesn’t have a complaint nor does the gentleman from Hawaii, and they own the camera.

The camera performs very well for its competive range. I mean the projects that are underway with the camera have been started by some pretty impressive names and some not so. A project for the making of a music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers that will air on MTV is nearing completion. There is another project that is going to air on the History Channel that has a couple of HVXs on the scene, as a second camera to the Varicam. There is 18 month project being worked on by Marc Singer, who is headed to Afghanistan with the Marines and the HVX. He started his project with the JVC and found that the HDV algorithm did him in too many times.

>Spun any which way the camera is not performing as cleanly as people expected.

When we delivered the DVX100A everyone said it was noisy as well and yes the picture was indeed different that the texture of the DVX100. Why? Different Chips, different DSP, who knows but everyone was saying it was noisy, well it too has been used in so many wonderful projects, so what is the point?

>Saying it’s not a 2/3″ imager and therefore “physics cannot be denied” is a bit of a cop-out. If anything, your Varicam comment would lend some credence to the theory that there was an obvious ceiling for the camera that it shouldn’t encroach upon.

Actually because people have seemed to expect that a 1/3″ imager should be as quiet as a 2/3″, based on conversations I have had in the past week, and from your comment, it would seen that you believe that to be true as well. Laws of physics cannot be denied. It isn’t a cop out, it is reality.

>People didn’t expect a miracle, but some feel they were sold a bill of goods that didn’t quite live up to the billing.

But why would they spend $6,000 on a camera sight unseen. I know I wouldn’t, not if it was going to be my lifeline to employment. Where did Panasonic ever say that this camera was going to be as quiet as any 2/3″ camera out there. We haven’t. We have said that this will be a remarkable creative tool that people can use for a lot of applications and we still believe that to be true.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

The XLRs are -50 and -60db in. Check the specs on your mic and it will be fine.

As far as NAB,there will be plenty of them on display to fiddle with. 😉

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi Haakon,

I am sorry that you do not like your camera. I do know that there are a good number of people that would be willing to purchase and you can go and buy one of the other cameras that record HDV instead of DVCPRO. As far as the gentlemen above, I offered to have Barry Green on set as DIT since they would be unfamiliar with the camera, they didn’t take me up on the offer. That causes me to question their findings as I have images that prove quite the opposite of theirs.

I do believe that the camera performs well and as promised. And I am sure you can get your money out of it and buy one of the other cameras should they suit your purposes. I know that Evinsky over on DVXuser has a standing offer.

All I can say is that there are a good number of productions that are coming for that are using this including one for the History channel, or for a reality show or for a very cool Documentary on the Marines that utilized or are using this sweet little camera.

But I do agree with you, I think people should test the cameras and that they should buy from the dealers that they tested the cameras with. And that all of the cameras you are considering should be tested with the same images you want to shoot and then once you have finished the edit, make the decision. However, I find that in the video business, there is a line from a movie, “The Great Divide”, that so totally fits; ” Life is full of little trade-offs.” It is so true.

Best,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi Joselyn,

The AG-DVX100 is internally a completely different camera than the DVX100A. The DSP in the A version and the new chip set made it have a different noise structure than the DVX100. There was no possible upgrade to make a 100 into a 100A. The DVX100B, again is a completely different camera with again a bunch of new internal processes and parts. No software or firmware upgrade could make one into another.

The AG-HVX200 is not a noisy camera. It has a noise level that is to be expected from a 1/3″ HD imager. In fact it is quieter than most of its competition. Point is that even though you saw a difference in the three DVX cameras, none of them could be software upgraded to a different version. I fully expect the same to be true here as well.

The HVX200 is a wonderful little camera, it just isn’t a $60,000 Varicam with a 2/3″ imager. Laws of physics cannot be denied.

Best regards,

Jan

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

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi Todd,

The way we did it was we named a folder and then brought in the contents folder from there. So:
Card 1 or in your case Cam1-Card1, then Cam1-Card2
CONTENTS
etc

See what I mean?

Best,

Jan

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi Todd,
Also, do not rename the CONTENTS Folder, this is a guaranteed not to work process. You should put the entire Contents into another folder if this is the way you want to work and name that folder. This will work. To go back and fix the naming that you have done, make up new folders and then rename the CONTENTS folder CONTENTS in all caps. Then Apple will recognize.

The last little text file on the card I had to do an Open Apple i for info and then unlock that little text file and it would then allow me to unlock it. Also don’t forget to empty the trash when finished or your card will not be empty.

Hope that helps,

Jan