[Nick Teti]

I don’t think the HDX900 is in peril. The beauty of tape is having a permanent backup, and not spending time stopping on a shoot download MXF files and burning files onto DVD, (as a full day becomes a full day + half day to do that if your shooting by yourself) archiving etc. As freelance camera operator, I’d rather spend time shooting, not doing the job of the editor + I can always Fed Ex the tapes insured. A Fire Store drive also acts as a big P2 card, plus a backup if the cameras tape mechanism were to fail (run tape and the Fire Store at the same time, or just the Fire Store with the HDX 900). Many of us good old fashioned people like tape and it’s tangible benefits, just like the Sony HDCAM people do, and Fed Ex tapes to people across the globe, so P2 is added time to us.

Panasonic HDX900 could be the next BetaCam in camera popularity as long as Panasonic puts out a Desk, affordably priced which plays VariCam tapes in all frame rates, and of coarse the tapes from the HDX 900. Nick, HDX 900 owner, Colorado, contact@misterphoton.com
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