Wow. I´m seriously considering shooting a feature-length TV documentary on the X70.

[zeke]

Sony Vegas adding XAVC L support this month.
Price drop probably due to disappointment over 4k upgrade.
Turn your 10bit 4:2:2 pro camera into a consumer 8bit 4:2:0 4K camera
at twice the price.

[Sparky874]

Here is some footage I grabbed today with the X70 when I arrived in Mumbai. Always pop it in the bag now. All shot in AVCHD:

x70 india 7.jpgx70 india 8.jpgx70 india 1.jpg
best, Sparky

[nareik]

Well thank you guys, after weeks of research and testing I foun out that X70 with A7s as a B cam is the perfet solution for me.

Thanks for all the helpful tips.

[NC3]

A quick comment on X70 batteries- In the rundown tests I did with mine, the FV70 battery that comes with the camera gets about 2.5-3 hours of record time with the screen on. I have been using, and had excellent experiences now with the 3rd party FV100 copies by Watson from B&H (http://goo.gl/Huivtu). They run 5-6 hours on a charge, have been totally predictable with the battery meter (going from 100% down to 0% evenly with no surprises), and cost $40. I just wanted to throw that recommendation out there.

[pchristoph]

@nareik - Glad you decided to get the X70 for your documentary!
I also just picked up the x70 and am really looking forward to using it as a B cam to my F3 in a couple weeks. Great looking pictures, respectable sensor size and pro features make this a great little package you can always take with you. Here's a couple screengrabs from one of my first test shoots. With the new 2.0 firmware release xavc files now work natively in fcpx - so workflow is a snap.
Cheers,

[Sparky874]

very nice, well done.

[pchristoph]

Cheers Sparky! Your footage from the x70 is the primary reason I picked up the camera. Glad I went for it!

[Sparky874]

Wow that's very nice of you to say, thank you Paul. Good luck with the camera and keep up the good work!

[Sparky874]

Sad to report that I just updated the firmware to version 2 on my X70 - hoping that Sony Vegas could read the XAVC files, but still sadly it can't. Very odd - as Vegas has no issues with any 2k/4k XAVC files I throw at it from my Sony F5.

[zeke]

Sparky, you could use their free catalyst software to convert to XAVC I during capture. Sony justt released a new build today.

[Sparky874]

I know but that's too time consuming, thanks Zeke.

[nareik]

Well, so I did a 5 week documetary this summer, and I must say. The X70 is the bomb. Great little camera, lovely images. Maybe not the sharpest, og the viggest dynamic range, but in that price range...wow. Takes a while to get used to the focus wheel and the small piece of kit tho. The camera was put to the test being transported on a bike the whole time, dropped twice, soaking wet, full of dust and genereally banged up pretty bad. Hardly being inndoor the whole while, but sleeping with me in a tent. It worked like a clock. I developed some nopis on the +48 on CH1, but that was easily fixed in service. I had 4 batteries, but only needed maximum 2 every day.

I used the Senheiser MKH50, and a lightweight manfrotto tripod. The X70 will be a steady companion and backup camera for future productions. The only one time I had issues was condensation while moving inside due to a lot of rain, but I had a A7II that saved me that day.

Higly reccomended if anyone is considering this little beauty.

[lowep]

did you ever post anywhere on the internet that documentary you made with the x70?