[Mark Laslo]

Thank you Bill and Sam,

I ended up going with the HMC-150. Now I’m just hoping that we get approved for our costs…may end up with the JVC yet. All of your inputs and recommendations have been very valuable and I appreciate all of your help.

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Thanks,

That was very informative. Most of the reviews I saw only gave the positives but that seemed pretty balanced. All and all it seems like a good camera for a lower price. I just feel like it may be a bit clumsy trying to adjust settings on the fly. I think either way the camera will do what I need it to do…interviews aren’t too taxing after all. I would just like the option to expand into more creative work if the company decides to go that way.

Thanks and I’ll post back and let you guys know the final decision. If you guys have any more advice or suggestions I’d love to hear it since I think the final decision is being made tomorrow.

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Thanks Bill and Sam,

Sam I did not see your post until after I replied (something got messed up in my email). I like your point about being able to edit immediately and not have to wait for transcode times. Right now I’m stuck between the JVC GY-HM100U and the AG-HMC150. I don’t think I need shoulder mount and it’s lack of focus ring bothers me a little bit. I’m more inclined to rely on auto settings but I like to have that control when I need it.

Sam have you worked with the HM100 at all? How is the size of the camera itself. It looks like it could be a bit small but everything I have read says that they are small but not too small. Any thoughts.

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the quick response. Mostly the camera will be used to record interviews inside an office building with florescent lighting above (which may get turned off) and a halogen lowell light kit. I just want to make sure – the sony Z7U is the camera that you have trouble using with fluorescent light, correct? It’s other use would be outdoor interviews and general b-roll gathering. It would be our only camera on the scene. If we were to do studio work this camera would be the primary with a Sony HDV Handicam as our secondary.

The end goal for the footage is to go onto our website in a streaming media portal. Right now we’re doing everything in FLV but the goal is to move towards a higher quality medium.

Since you looked at the HMC40 – is the audio input 1/8″ or is it proprietary? Our end goal would be to get the XLR adapter but I want to make sure our Sennheiser E100 could connect with the 1/8″ cable. B&H has no reference of audio input type on the HMC40.

Also do you work with these in Final Cut Pro – if so what is your opinion of the workflow and storage needs. Right now all I have is a 1 TB Sata drive and am not really in the market for a RAID solution. If you don’t work with a SATA drive do you think it’s feasible to do without lag.

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Thanks John for the info.

Right now we are not really in the market to be looking at a RAID situation unless absolutely necessary. Do you think editing off of a 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 drive would be fast enough or do you think I’m going to run into lag issues?

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Thank you all for the quick responses.

I am indeed looking at either the HMC-150 or the HPX-170 and am glad to hear favorable things about both.

John – I think the HMC-150 is the route we will end up going due to the cost. Do you use Final Cut Pro and if so what is your feelings on the transcode time and file size. Do you have an external raid setup or are you working off of an internal SATA drive? Are there any issues you can think of with the camera or the workflow? Finally have you ever down greenscreen/chroma key with this camera? A friend has told me that with the 4:2:0 it is almost impossible to Key with.

Let me know what you all think and I look forward to your input.

Cheers
Mark

[Mark Laslo]

NIck,

I went and looked at Quicktime Pro for the Mac and couldn’t see the timecode option. Is this just a feature of Quicktime for PC or did they get rid of the option in the most recent update? If so I’ll just stick with the compressor option.

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Laslo]

Thank you both for responding. Both options seem very helpful, I like the compressor method because it will make it easier to give him a file to work with on his PC, though the Quicktime method if it works on PC will possibly be easier but not as easy for him to see the timecode.

Thanks again for the help.