[Les Howarth]

Thanks for the info Jan ( remember you from back on the DVL back in the dark ages of DV ),

The use full sensor is good news as the cam has a usefully wider than usual on such a cam and irc the “other guys” tend to crop into the sensor for SD. The option of doing greenscreen and FX work in better colourspace with DVCPro50 or HD is very attractive too.

I would most likely be using as SD initially then going 720p…and since I am still using aging VX1000’s it is definately getting to replacement time and this sounds close to ideal as I prefer the formfactor to a “shouldercam” (as I never_ever shoot that way).

I confess the JVC looks neat too, but I do worry about going to 19mbit Intraframe MPEG2 it still means that even keyframes must be more compressed than DV (assuming 720p).

Of course, both cams have yet to make their appearance- but the Pana still looks like a favourite for me.

Les H

[Les Howarth]

Nice.
Sounds like just the thing.

Les H