Re: Freelancer work flow as an owner/operator of a HVX.

[David Battistella] "In EFP production the workflow is going to have to be a bit different. The big benefit to the HVX is that it records HD formats to the P2 and it does the same variable frame rates the Varicam does. IMHO I think that people will lean to this camera over the Varicam now because up to this point those are the two huge beniftis to shooting varicam.Pundits will say that the Varicam chips are bigger etc, but hey, the Varicam compresses everything down to the same codec. That is a killer. You might say garbage in Garbage out, but at the end of the day you are dealing with the same compression rates with the HVX and the Varicam. If I was a recent Varicam owner, this would upset me because I think that the best picture you could now get out of a Varicam is in direct to disk mode, which move it out of the field and into the studio."

Size of 2/3' chip,Broadcast Digital processing of 2/3' camera and 2/3'
proper HD glass will make some difference.Varicam owners are not worried
about Pana200.It is nice to have the same format,then all you need is the rest....
Question:If Varicam cost the same money as Pana200,which would You buy??