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by John Quigley on Jan 17, 2010 at 4:00:01 pm |
I've only ever used the XL-1s before, (in college and University), considering it's been discontinued now, I've been looking at the DVX-100b.
I have just a few questions if someone could help me out:
1.) Does it record in 16:9? Someone on a forum said no, I need to make sure.
2.) How many hotshoes/coldshoes are there?
Thanks,
John
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by Noah Kadner on Jan 18, 2010 at 4:05:47 pm |
Not sure what a 'cold shoe' is. But I assume you're talking about a still camera's flash hot shoe as opposed to the bracket on top of a video camera. The DVX, like most prosumer videocameras, has a single mount on top that does not function like a hot shoe. It's generally where you slide on a microphone or a light.
And yes the DVX100B has a 16:9 anamorphic squeeze mode, though it it derived electronically, i.e. not native 16:9 CCDs. That said for standard definition, it's pretty good.
Noah
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by John Quigley on Jan 18, 2010 at 4:15:13 pm |
Generally, a hot shoe can provide power to accessories I think, and a cold shoe is just a general accessory shoe.
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by John Quigley on Jan 19, 2010 at 2:41:11 pm |
Yes, thank you very much, I had a look at the DVX100B today at a Camera shop and I definitely think it's the camera for me.
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by Jim Bell on Jan 20, 2010 at 2:06:00 am |
Hi Noah,
You say its nuts to buy an SD camera in 2010 BUT...
Does the HMC40 emulate the film look as well as the DVX100B? Some applications actually call for varied definition don't they?
How does finished file size compare between HD and SD for webcasting? Lots of people are on cable which can be very slow in the evenings...
Does the HMC40 mention support multi-camera shooting? How easy is timecode synching?
These are all issues for me...
Thanks!
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by Noah Kadner on Jan 21, 2010 at 12:03:37 am |
Regarding 'film look'- yes the technology and gamma settings are pretty much the same. Panasonic has owned 24p in this market for years. Regarding final file size- that's kind of irrelevant. You can downconvert HD to whatever frame resolution and data rate you need and it's going to look better than starting in SD to begin with. But good look upconverting SD to HD without spending a few bucks to get to acceptable.
I'm not saying the DVX100 isn't a great camera. It is- but it's 8+ years old now and to totally ignore HD is not a good call for most businesses. Not when you can easily shoot HD, 2K even 4K with cameras that have been out for a few years now.
Noah
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by Jim Bell on Jan 21, 2010 at 2:00:14 am |
Really? Can I take that to the bank? No-one I talked to indicated the new HD line had equal "film look" capabilities... that would be best of both worlds for sure... please confirm :)
And lest we forget, can you address the multi-cam capabilities as compared to the DVX100B when working in final cut?
Thanks!
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by Jim Bell on Jan 22, 2010 at 9:39:24 pm |
Thanks Noah,
One last question from my previous posts...
Can you address the multi-cam capabilities and expense factor of Panasonic's current HD offering as compared to the DVX100B when working in final cut?
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by Jim Bell on Jan 22, 2010 at 11:45:43 pm |
Well it appears I was misinformed by a "well meaning" salesperson... I was told that DVX100B was the ONLY camera that could synch the timecodes between multiple cameras and easily upload into FC timeline.
In looking at the HMC150 manual online I see that you can synch TWO cameras in a master/slave mode... This uploads conveniently into FC timeline I assume? Any differences in ease of work flow?
Also does HMC 150 master/slave imply that you are limited to a two camera time code synch? Whereas the 100B seems to have no limit on number of cams?
I really appreciate your patience with what are probably poorly worded neophyte questions Noah!
Thanks,
Jim
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by John Quigley on Jan 20, 2010 at 9:35:08 am |
I Actually already have a High definition Camera, a Sony HVR-HD100E, as It was really cheap for me to buy at the time, It didn't matter that it didn't have XLR ports, however, now, more and more It seems that I need them.
Plus, I always ask customers if they want me to shoot on HD Tapes or on SD Tapes. About 99 out of a 100 times it's SD, due to the cost increase on the workload for downloading and editing HD, and the cost for HD Tapes.
An SD Camera is much easier and I will have two cameras, plus the DVX-100B is much, much smaller than my sony!
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