HPX250: HPX250 and a Ninja?
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I'm looking into this and have contacted Atomos, see details below.........
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Subject: Panasonic AG-HPX 250 - Start/Stop Record trigger?
Ticket ID: 43945
Department: Support
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Hi Phil;
Thank you for passing this on. We have had the HPX-250 at Trade Shows and used the HD-SDI for triggering the Start/Stop record on the Atomos Samurai Blade.
There is a setting in the Samurai Blade for Panasonic as the source Camera for Stop/Start Record. Also the HPX-250's internal settings need to enable the HD-SDI output to include the TC and control. Maybe people are not doing this on the forum you sent?
We do not have a HPX-250 in the Customer Support Center for review of this right now. I will have to get a hold of our Panasonic contact to see how they could help.
Thanks again for contacting us on this,
Matt
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Matt Ivey
President
Atomos Inc.
Your ticket has been updated. Please check if any further action is required
Your ticket details:
Subject: Panasonic AG-HPX 250 - Start/Stop Record trigger?
Ticket ID: 43945
Department: Support
New Update:
Hi Phil;
Thank you for passing this on. We have had the HPX-250 at Trade Shows and used the HD-SDI for triggering the Start/Stop record on the Atomos Samurai Blade.
There is a setting in the Samurai Blade for Panasonic as the source Camera for Stop/Start Record. Also the HPX-250's internal settings need to enable the HD-SDI output to include the TC and control. Maybe people are not doing this on the forum you sent?
We do not have a HPX-250 in the Customer Support Center for review of this right now. I will have to get a hold of our Panasonic contact to see how they could help.
Thanks again for contacting us on this,
Matt
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Matt Ivey
President
Atomos Inc.
Nate Haustein
New member
It is my understanding that the front end is the limiting factor in the 250, and that higher bitrate recordings have a negligible effect on picture quality.
I'd have to agree with Nate. AVC-Intra is 100mbps 10bit 4:2:2 Intra-frame recording. That is some very high quality stuff there. ProRes isn't going to give you much over that. The limiting factor is most likely the chips & no matter what you put after the chips, you're not going to see improvements.
Now ProRes 4:2:2 on the back of a AVCHD camera that only shoots 4:2:0, then you'll see some improvement. But even still, it really depends on what you're doing. Talking head stuff really doesn't need a lot. Green screen - special effects - with lots of movements & contrast, then yes, a better codec can pay off.
Now ProRes 4:2:2 on the back of a AVCHD camera that only shoots 4:2:0, then you'll see some improvement. But even still, it really depends on what you're doing. Talking head stuff really doesn't need a lot. Green screen - special effects - with lots of movements & contrast, then yes, a better codec can pay off.
