[Dave LaRonde] "To my knowledge, there is no Panasonic camera capable of recording DVCPro HD 720p 60 to tape. It can only be recorded to a P2 card."
Sorry Dave, but you are mistaken. DVCPRO HD was FIRST recorded to tape. The Panasonic Varicam shot, and shoots, DVCPRO HD 720p60 to tape, and even shoots 720p24 (flagged for pulldown removal) to tape. This was BIG in the FCP world. FCP 4.5 was called "FCP HD" because it was the first to capture this format via firewire...native. The DVCPRO HD tape deck was the cheapest HD deck out there. Planet Earth was 75% shot with DVCPRO HD on tape.
I made my switch from Avid Media Composer to FCP because Avid didn't deal with 720p formats...and didn't deal with DVCPRO HD well at all. FCP 4.5, it was native.
Sorry to correct you so publicly. :)
Shane
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