Re: For Craig Seeman

They had two at HD World. They wouldn't let them leave the tripods though. I tested such things as Expanded Focus and Peaking and was very impressed. I also played with the ability to rack focus by hand and stored setting. I was impressed by the ability to "variably pad" the audio ins (rather than just a 10 db pad). I had a lot of workflow questions that were answered (and some they couldn't answer definitively).

As someone who was looking at the HVX200 when it came out and eventually decided against it for many reasons, I have far fewer reservations about the EX1.

I think backing up EX1's .mp4 to Blu-Ray will be much more practical (IMHO) than P2.
P2 is a folder full of things that can "go wrong" IMHO.

There are far fewer times one would have to back up in the field if you need to go that rouge given XDCAM's lower data rate GOP structure and, thus, longer record times on the cards.

Having the option to go to XDCAM disc will be good too for certain projects (although I'm hoping the discs will support 1920x1080 at some point).

A couple of "odd" things about the camera was that Sony couldn't say what would work with their "unique" lens control port. You'd think they'd be coming out with something for that.

The other is the 77mm thread for the lens but they'll be adaptors for that for sure.