I am looking to pick up a Sony ENG camera for shooting news / sports news and my budget is around $15k.
The following choices are a bit all over the map, but given a choice between a pre-owned F700, a pre-owned PMW 400, a PMW 300 , and a PXW 320, which would you choose?
It isn't a concern to me that none of these cameras are 4K. I already own an Fs7. I am finding that the Fs7 just doesn't work all that well for news. For numerous reasons. I need a camera to do news in the here and now. If it only has a couple more years of viability, that's okay. News / live standups are not going to 4K anytime soon.
The F700's CCD's are appealing, but it's a pig of a camera compared to the PMW 400 and I am not wild about shooting on discs. I already own SxS cards. Solid state is appealing when buying pre-owned. "spindle hours" and other mechanical component concerns scare me. Both the 300 & 320 put me in 1/2" sensor and "kit" type lenses unless I upgrade. Not wild about that. And neither one of them seems to me like a "real" ENG camera. There is very little online in the way of feedback from x320 owners. It seems a camera that no one owns despite it ticking so many boxes as far as features- 10-bit video, 4:2:2, 50mbps, XAVC, flash band reduction
Thoughts?
p.s. - What does "CBR" stand for in camera specs? As in "CBR, 112Mbps max".
The following choices are a bit all over the map, but given a choice between a pre-owned F700, a pre-owned PMW 400, a PMW 300 , and a PXW 320, which would you choose?
It isn't a concern to me that none of these cameras are 4K. I already own an Fs7. I am finding that the Fs7 just doesn't work all that well for news. For numerous reasons. I need a camera to do news in the here and now. If it only has a couple more years of viability, that's okay. News / live standups are not going to 4K anytime soon.
The F700's CCD's are appealing, but it's a pig of a camera compared to the PMW 400 and I am not wild about shooting on discs. I already own SxS cards. Solid state is appealing when buying pre-owned. "spindle hours" and other mechanical component concerns scare me. Both the 300 & 320 put me in 1/2" sensor and "kit" type lenses unless I upgrade. Not wild about that. And neither one of them seems to me like a "real" ENG camera. There is very little online in the way of feedback from x320 owners. It seems a camera that no one owns despite it ticking so many boxes as far as features- 10-bit video, 4:2:2, 50mbps, XAVC, flash band reduction
Thoughts?
p.s. - What does "CBR" stand for in camera specs? As in "CBR, 112Mbps max".
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