John Trent
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A poster at dvxuser said he heard it was coming. There are threads over there asking why not, and Jan and Barry are both noticeably absent from them. If it was a definite – NO; why not squelch the rumors?
Some, myself included, thought that without 16×9 ccd’s included in the last upgrade that the DVX100B was obsolete on arrival.
The “experts” said there would be a LOOONG wait before Canon released a XL HDV cam and there’d be a GL HDV cam before that – they were wrong on both accounts.
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That’s interesting. Probably due to the fact that the HDV cam’s tape heads and circuitry are doing double duty (HD & SD)so the SD is compromised, whereas the HVX ONLY does SD to tape. Still, with the price and low light issue I’ll take the 16×9 DVX and there is a rumor now, that there will be one. Let’s hope.
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But Sacci, I’ll get less sensitity, less latitude and some say more noise in my SD footage…AND it’ll cost me $2,500 more.
Plus, everyone I talk to says if you shoot SD with a HD cam it looks worse than if you shot the same thing with SD cam to begin with. HD cams only give equal SD quality if you SHOOT IN HD THEN DOWN CONVERT TO SD. Doesn’t that mean buying a P2 card and downloading my footage to a hard drive every 4 or 10 minutes. Sounds like a lot more trouble than it’s worth. If this is the case, what’ll I do with the footage – I’ll need a new Mac and software to do the down convert…hell, I’ll need a new more powerful light kit to shoot the damn footage. I’ll be spending $20,000 before it’s over to get my 16:9 DVX.
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I’m surprised too, that anyone would buy a DVX in it’s current incarnation. Working with the widescreen adapter is a pain and sqeeze mode cuts resolution and degrades the image – just what you want to blow up to a big screen at home or in a theater (sarcasm and wishfull thinking in one sentence).
As far as the HVX is concerned it’s a lot more than $2,500, after the cards, new computer, and new lighting gear. The HVX needs more light, according to a article in the new “American Cinematographer” magazine it’s a poor low light camera (all the 1/3 chip HD cams are) and required buying a new more powerful light kit. Oh, and let’s not forget the $1,000 Blu-Ray recorder.
After weighing things, and knowing better cameras will come and prices of cards, computers, and Blu-Ray recorders will come down, maybe it’s not so wrong-headed to stay with SD for awhile. SD offers increased sensitivity, better latitude, EASY WORKFLOW and frankly I’m not impressed with this generation of HD cams – maybe one or two generations down the line, they’ll get it right.
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Canon has the XL2 and XL-H1 both in 16×9, why should Panasonic allow their flag-ship SD camera to fall behind Canon? I kind of figured the DVX B didn’t have the 16×9 chips because Pannasonic wanted people who wanted 16×9 to be forced into buying the HVX. But now that the HVX has had it’s roll-out, I hoped (wishfull thinking probably) they’d give their loyal DVX user’s what they want.