[Jason Smith]

This has turned out to be an enlighting discussion. I had no idea the really crisp “videolike” images discussed were considered gauché. It is surprising and maybe that is the disconnect here; different expectations.

Jason Smith

[Jason Smith]

Good evening all,

The camera that John and I use is the HPX2000p. Our current setup has us shooting SD at 480i 16:9 DV25.

The opinions on JVC are ones that I too have shared. Shared right up until I saw video shot with the hm700.

It looks fantastic. Apparently JVC is making a concerted effort to improve their products and professional image. I applaud their efforts.

Yes, we are news guys so we spend a lot of time doing “meat grinder” shooting. We sometimes, accidentally make pretty pictures even if we can’t recite scene file settings and gamma curves for all cameras made since last Tuesday. 😀

I looked at his camera, I shot with it, I examined the settings. Everything looked setup to Panny defaults. As unlikely as it sounds, it looks to me to be a bad imager.

Thanks for the helpful commentary all. Steve, your post, if meant as I took it, clearly comes from a position of ignorance.

Jason Smith