Price?

[roxics]

Does anyone have a price range on this thing yet?

I know the HVX200 is $6000. If this camera is $3500 or so like the XL2 I may not go with the HVX at all.

[Haakon]

It's $9,000 list. Please do a search before posting.

[mmm]

I wish it was $3500 though!

[roxics]

$9000, you got to be kidding me. Would anyone here serious look into buying one of these at that price? Especially when the HVX200 can be had for $6000 with better recording quality.

$9000 seems way to rediculous of a price for this thing. It should just be a simple replacement of the XL2 at the price the XL2 sells for.

[mmm]

$9000, you got to be kidding me. Would anyone here serious look into buying one of these at that price? Especially when the HVX200 can be had for $6000 with better recording quality.

$9000 seems way to rediculous of a price for this thing. It should just be a simple replacement of the XL2 at the price the XL2 sells for.

Personally I think $9K is too high (£6K in the UK = nearly $11K, so think yourself lucky) but the HD lens is probably pushing it up a lot. Mainly because of the lens, this camera would never have been the same price as the XL2.

[Luis Caffesse]

$9000, you got to be kidding me. Would anyone here serious look into buying one of these at that price? Especially when the HVX200 can be had for $6000 with better recording quality.

$9000 seems way to rediculous of a price for this thing. It should just be a simple replacement of the XL2 at the price the XL2 sells for.

This camera isn't a replacement for the XL2, as far as I know Canon is still making XL2s and will continue to sell them, just like the HVX isn't a replacement for the DVX.

Also, the HVX can't be had for $6000 with better recording quality.

For $6000 you can record DV to tape, that's it.

If you want to record HD you'll either need to get the forthcoming firestore (in March by the way), or at least one P2 card. Either way, you're looking at more than $6000. At the end of the day, I think this new XL is pretty well priced given the pricing on HVX.

I'm going to wait for the footage to decide for me.... though the variable frame rates of the HVX are a HUGE advantage for that camera.

[Neil Rowe]

..or you could record to a laptop or any desktop pc. you dont have to use firestore or P2 .. you dont even have to use a computer.. you could rent a DVCPRO Hd deck and record to it over firewire if you wanted. so technically you only have to buy the camera, and should be able to record HD somehow.. although perhaps not in the most optimal manner for what youd like to do.. but it some cases its a great setup.

[roxics]

Plus remember this Canon an HDV camera and the HVX is a DVCPRO HD camera. A better codec. Even at $6000 at least you can get the HVX camera if you can't afford the P2 cards yet. $3000 is a big difference for essentially a camera that isn't as good.

But I admit. Canon probably couldn't bring it down to $3500 to replace the XL2. But they could at least bring it down to $5000 or $6000. Which is hopefully what it's street price will be. Still that's out of my price range. It'd spend $3500 max. Filmmaking is a hobby of mine. Isn't HDV supposed to be a consumer level format? At $9000 that's no consumer/prosumer level to me. That's professional. Because only people who make money with their cameras can afford that much for them.

[SquidLips]

What are the recording options between the HVX and the XLH1? I get that the HVX records to P2 but does it record to tape as well? And is the Canon only record on tape? Anyone prefer one option over the other?

[Robert86]

With that cost, if you're going to be making a short film or something similar in length, you might as well buy a decent 16mm camera, some film stock and shoot. It would come out with the "true" film look. But then you have to process, telecine and whatever, but you would have to weigh it out economically, see which is more economic.