Noah Kadner
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What’s the budget- good and cheap are not easy to find with a matte box.
Noah
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P2 is right at the bleeding edge. Yes of course the current capacities are not as practical as they could be but that’s expected to shift radically as we get closer to the actual product launch. You can see the road map here:
And in the meantime we can expect a slew of third party products to help shoulder the burden. There will be alternatives to the actual P2 cards when shooting with this camera. Lots more info at NAB.
Noah
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Should have said, “not going to be the cam for you” though that’s pretty obvious at this point.
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Well it’s not going to be tape so it’s sounds like it’s going to be the cam for you. To each his/her own. From the response I’ve seen on this board and others there’s hundreds if not thousands of folks who are planning to get an HVX and could not be happier about finally leaving tape behind. Choice is good thing.
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If you think about it though the JVC and the Z1 are both a few notches below the HVX200 in terms of capability. They’re both shooting HDV which is 4x as compressed as DVCPROHD and with less color depth. If you think that level of MPEG-2 type compression is going to endure 30 years on a mini DV tape with no dropouts you could be in for an unpleasant surprise or two.
And neither shoots 24p at 1080 like the HVX. The Z1 only does 1080i with no 24p at all and the JVC maxes out its 24p at 720p again in the compressed space of HDV. The trade-off of course is you get the tape you’re accostumed to shooting with. You’ll have to figure out what’s more important. And P2’s prices can only go down while capacities go up. I think it’s an exciting choice to make.
Noah
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No one’s putting a gun to your head my friend. Vote with you wallet. Tape’s not dead over at Sony and JVC just yet.
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You don’t as there’s no support for creating SWFs with Motion. Best thing to do would be to create a video and convert to Flash video.
Noah
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The HVX is it- there’s nothing else even close that’s not another Varicam.
Noah