Shopping list for HVX 200

[Shacke]

Hi,

I'm looking at getting an HVX200 and reading on here, it seems I will need the following:-

1. HVX 200

2. P2 card - At least 16GB

3. Laptop to transfer footage to during shoot

3. Adobe CS3 Premiere

Is this all I need?

Is this the most cost effective solution? I've read about Firestore but it seems people are not too happy with it?

Do I need any specialist equipment to transfer to the laptop?

Finally, how long does it take to transfer from 16GB P2 card to the laptop?

Thanks

[David Saraceno]

Which operating system?

Which laptop with what type of card slot?

Tripod, lighting, sound?

The question become is this "all you need for what?"

[Shacke]

Thanks.

I already have a pretty powerful PC (XP) and a laptop. I have a DX100a at the moment plus lighting, sound etc.

What I meant was what do I need to upgrade to the HVX200, sorry I should have made that clear.

Not sure what you mean by card slot?

[Jeff Anderson]

just makes sure you laptop has a PCMCIA type II slot. Some of the newer ones are coming with an express card slot only. Make sure to update cs3 when you get it to its latest version. I think MXF support showed up in 3.1. Might want to look at some sort of system for archiving your p2 cards as well. I go with two external hard drives for redundancy. Other have gone to dvd or lto tape. Having no backup is the only thing I miss about tape.

[slimchrisp]

the 200 and the 200a both come with a 16gig card. i just picked up my 200a from spec-comm (www.spec-comm.com). i can't say enough good things about them either. they'll hook you up. anyway, you'll have a card straight out of the gate.

it took me 15 minutes-ish to transfer about 12 gigs to my macbookpro. that was straight from the camera. since i already have the laptop, i'm just going to by a duel adapter (pcmcia adapter) and a second p2 card.

[New_Zealand]

Slimchrisp - What does a PCMCIA Adapter cost? I'm picking up an HP (4GB Ram, 320GB hard drive, Core 2 Duo Processor T5550 Laptop - Model DV9825NR) tomorrow and I'm not sure it has one built into it.

[Shacke]

Thanks guys, seems the last thing on the last should be the PCMII slot.

Slimchrisp, how I wish! I'm in the UK, we don't get P2 cards free with the camera. Ridiculous!

[slimchrisp]

hey nz. i'm a mac guy with a macbookpro, so i'm going to need to pick it up. since you're going the windows route, i believe you'll have a pcmcia slot already. i think the dual adapter is $119, so instant savings right there. :)

just double check to make sure, but i believe that's standard on windows laptops.

[slimchrisp]

Thanks guys, seems the last thing on the last should be the PCMII slot.

Slimchrisp, how I wish! I'm in the UK, we don't get P2 cards free with the camera. Ridiculous!


booooo. that totally sucks. this may be a long shot, but im andrew from spec comm. his user name is spec_comm. he may be able to get you a pal version. of course, it may be the pal version that just doesn't come with the card. it's worth a shot though.

[THoff]

Only cameras intended for sale in the US will come with a free P2 card through Panasonic USA's promotion, that means you won't get one with a PAL camera. Also, I don't believe Spec-Comm will sell PAL models anyway.

[Shacke]

Thanks slim, will definitley give it a shot.

Sigh!. If only we still had Tony Blair to cosy up with the US, we might get free P2 cards as well. :cheesy:

It's so unfair. :cry:

Thanks

[slimchrisp]

yeah, that completely sucks. maybe if obama wins he can hook something up. :)

by the way, was i right, uk is also pal?

[ProfessorU]

The bonus with CS3 is onLocation. Get a firewire cable to use with the camera. It's a wonderful cheap set of scopes.
You're better off with two smaller p2 cards than one big one, so you don't have to sit around waiting for files to transfer.