Noah Kadner
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Kind of a catch-22 with an on-camera light. Better than no light but not by a big margin. That said, the LED Litepanels are amazing and so are the Frezzi HMIs. Try before you buy if possible.
Noah
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Yes it does both- there’s switches for line/mic for both channels behind the LCD monitor.
Noah
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Do a google search- there’s a bunch of them like the Redrock, M35, P+S Technik etc.
Noah
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I won’t debate Barry on Mac vs. PC because we do that better in person and it’s way more funny. But I will say it’s just a shade early for Blue-Ray backup. I’d suggest sticking with RAIDs, firewire Drives. If you want something long term- I like DLT drives.
Noah
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Well they gotta upgrade eventually and there’s never going to be a perfect time if you think about it. And besides, 5.04 is a heck of a lot more stable than 5.0.
Noah
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Then it comes down to what’s more important: hours and hours of footage on cheap tapes with a major quality hit and only one major HD capture format; or best possible image quality in this price range and many different frame rates and both major HD formats but at a much higher media capture cost.
If you happen to be in the NYC area in a few weeks there’s an HVX bootcamp you can register for and attend at Abel Cine where you can see demos of lots of footage, learn how the camera operates and how the post workflow works(from me personally) :). I can’t give a link here because that would be freebie advertising but if you google for hdbootcamp you’ll find it quickly.
Noah
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Again don’t really see the Z1 as a serious competitor here. The HVX can give you the exact same look as the Z1U in 1080i 60i mode plus a whole bunch of much nicer IMHO modes in 720p and 1080p and with variable frame rates for slow motion and high speed FX and all to a codec with 4x the bandwidth. Only major issue is cost. If you can afford the HVX and understand the P2 workflow it’s a no-brainer over the Sony.
Noah
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Make sure in camera you are set to 24pA.
Noah
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Wow- you really think they are even close? I can’t think of two more completely different cameras out there. What’s more important? Cheap tapes and interlaced video look (but with the Sony brand name?) Or awesome progressive variable frame rate 24p/720p 1080i/p 24p footage at full 100Mbit DVCPROHD albeit at a higher premium recording medium(with still pretty impressive Panasonic brand name).
If I were doing a proper comparison I’d be doing it between the HVX200 and the way pricier Sony XDCAM HD PDW-F300. And even then I’d still be turned off by MPEG-2 recording.
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If it’s playing from a Computer- why not leave as a QuickTime. DVD is very compressed. You could playback a nice H.264 or DVCPROHD very well from a hard drive and it will look awesome.
Noah