Nick B
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The mistake is to see the camera as a $6000 camera and P2 costing $4000, you should view it as a $10k P2 High def camera, now that is cheap !
There is a big market for this camera but only for people who charge proper rates for the job sorry but if you cannot make a $10k camera pay for itself over 2yrs then your in the wrong business.
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Thanks Noah i am sure it will be fine.
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‘Definitely not a point and shoot camera’
That sounds bad news !
Why wont the DVX work as a point and shoot camera ?
is the auto focus and auto exposure no good ?
I thought the poor light performance was only in Progressive mode rather than interlaced is that not the case ?
The camera is only being used as a second camera to supplement a DSR500 as the main camera and it is for an event video shoot nothing filmic and no awards are expected !
I agree it would be nice to get a day to play sadly that cannot happen but i have managed to download the instructions from Panasonic so will read that.
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michael if you can deal with the P2 issues then the Panasonic HVX 200 should prove a great camera to own and for the money i cannot see how anyone could not be pleased with it.
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If you shoot a spot on the varicam you will be able to charge the client more money which means you should be able to get a % of that increased fee.
renting a good camera for the day is not that expensive compared to the budget of a good quality commercial so why bother with a cheap camera on a proper paying job.
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It would not be easy to put the drive inside the camera i suspect,
You have to trust that Panasonic are using P2 because they genuinely believe that it is the best way to record data in the camera they are not trying to rob you of money on a P2 scam !
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I did say i was looking at uncompressed out on the Z1 not hdv tape and it was very good, ‘digibeta like’ and i say that as someone who has spent over 10yrs looking at digibeta footage on grade 1 monitors it was good under ‘show conditions’
However for the highest quality for the money you will need to go Panasonic P2 HVX200 and deal with the P2 issues.
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Uncompressed HD
No chance !
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At the London Production show one stand had the full range of Sony Camera’s looking at the same scene i felt the Z1 looked better than the new DV450 infact the Z1 looked better than digibeta !
This was i guess the uncompressed o/p of each camera as they were ‘live’ pics pointing at a detailed scene.
Ok not very scientific test as it is hard to tell at a busy show but the uncompressed output of the Z1 was very good indeed, i expect the Panasonic to at least equal the Z1 at 1080i but without hdv issues.
Unless Panasonic realy mess up i cannot imagine anyone not being impressed by the pictures, if you can cope with the P2 it has to be the best quality camera for the money.
The JVC showed a filmic digibeta look and should not be dismissed and felt a nicer camera than the Z1