panasonic mpx500 vs hvx 200

[sheridan pennell]

Hi i have not been around in a while and maybe this is old news or posted in the wrong forum.I love my hvx 200 and was one of the first in the uk to recieve one i have a firestore and a steadicam merlin and have had great results with the system and i cannot say a bad word against it.But i am selling it all to upgrade to the hpx 500 to me it looks more impressive being a 2/3 camera, and i am hoping that i see a difference in the final output stage just wondering was anyone going to do the same?
SORRY should be in the hvx200 section

[Nik Manning]

It doesn't sound to me that you should be selling your HVX. It seems to be working well for you and the 500 would be a lot heavier and won't work with a steady cam merlin. I know you are selling all of it but you really don't need to. I would recommend against buying it and just renting it as you need it. Remember you can get almost 4 HVX200s for 1 HPX 500 with lens price. I would suspect your money is better spent elsewhere.

[David Saraceno]

What surprises me is that you can get the hvx with the fs100 to WORK with the Merlin

How did you accomplish that?

[digitalinnovations]

I do not own an HVX200, although I am a fan. I was actually considering purchasing one, but then the HPX500 came onto the scene. The HVX200's size was one of my only hang ups as I am used to full sized cams. And clients don't always understand that size isn't the only "measurement". Being from the full sized cam camp I already have everything needed for it (power, tripod, etc.) so my investment is limited to the cam itself. So it made since for me. I am hoping once the cam begins shipping they will open up a forum specifically for it as well with as many helpful people as on the HVX200 forums.

[Barry_Green]

I think you'll find it integrates nicely with us here. The HPX500 is really a totally-pimped-out HVX200. All the same functions from the HVX200 are still there, but with just more/more/more of everything. So I expect that you'll find that all your questions and such will have a tremendous amount in common with HVX users; we may just leave HVX & HPX500 users all mixed together and see how that goes. If it needs to be separated out we can do that too.

[digitalinnovations]

Glad to hear it! Especially since I am new to the HD/P2/VFR work flows. I am currently in DVCPRO tape land, so I am really looking forward to tapeless acquisition!