The HVX-200
If you only want to record 16 minutes of video, you have several options available to you. 1080/24p (over 60i) for example. Or 1080/30p (over 60i). Then there’s always the good old 1080/60i. All recorded using DVCPRO HD on a P2 card.
What’s this?
It’s info about the Panasonic HVX200 camcorder from the Japanese website.
According to the Panasonic Japan website on the HVX200:
-1080 line, progressive CCDs - this is different from what I assumed by a longshot, I’ve been assuming they’d use 720p imager and uprez so as not to numerically upstage their much more expensive Varicam $65,000 720p camera (even though Varicam has beeter glass, pro outputs, etc.).
-720 and 480 res footage will be downsampled from this larger imager - Graeme, thoughts on contrast and detail in that context?
-Analog to Digital signal processor (A/D DSP) is 14 bits with an internal precision of 19 bit
-variable frame rates (for fast/slow motion through over/under cranking) is only available in 720p (but could you use built in downconversion to copy over FireWire as DV downconvert or somesuch?) adjustable in 11 steps from 12 to 60 fps (drat, hoping for slower, but can do that in post I suppose)
-Variable frame rate has to be recorded to P2 or external disk
-Yeah, HD can be downsampled from P2 to internal DV cassette (nice!)
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