Panasonic's HPX500 Announcement

harlan said:
The GVG Infinity is definitely a nice product. It's not however intended for the indie/filmmaker crowd; .............

The biggest limitation to the Infinity is it's lack of any 1080p capability. While it does have progressive scan imagers, they have no "p" support in their 1080i stream, and it hasn't publicly been on the drawing board.
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I understand that GV had planned to announce a camera at the end of last year, then a "Mk II" this summer, the latter with much improved CMOS chips and various other improvements. It seems that they just decided to go with "Mk II" from day one, even if it meant they had no product for the first half of this year.

A lot has been said recently about the sensors, but it's quite likely that the camera will have other improvements over the camera previously seen, though the only thing I've seen has been along the lines of "full specs at NAB". I wouldn't rule out 1080p in this version. It's a case of wait and see.

And regarding broadcast, then in Europe a very large amount is currently produced in 1080p/25, pretty well all drama. I can't believe GV are unaware of that, so even if (as you say) their main target is broadcasters, then 24/25p support is very significant.

As far as digital cinema goes, then one good thing about it for indies is the JPEG2000 compression - system of choice for that market. (Same applies to "Red".)
 
harddrive said:
As far as digital cinema goes, then one good thing about it for indies is the JPEG2000 compression - system of choice for that market. (Same applies to "Red".)
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The 500 definitely won't ship with an option for AVC-Intra codec ??? Panasonic claims it is a very advanced codec...
 
harddrive said:
I understand that GV had planned to announce a camera at the end of last year, then a "Mk II" this summer, the latter with much improved CMOS chips and various other improvements. It seems that they just decided to go with "Mk II" from day one, even if it meant they had no product for the first half of this year.

A lot has been said recently about the sensors, but it's quite likely that the camera will have other improvements over the camera previously seen, though the only thing I've seen has been along the lines of "full specs at NAB". I wouldn't rule out 1080p in this version. It's a case of wait and see.

And regarding broadcast, then in Europe a very large amount is currently produced in 1080p/25, pretty well all drama. I can't believe GV are unaware of that, so even if (as you say) their main target is broadcasters, then 24/25p support is very significant.

As far as digital cinema goes, then one good thing about it for indies is the JPEG2000 compression - system of choice for that market. (Same applies to "Red".)
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According to this post from Grass Valley on the cow last week, it "sounds" like progressive support for all formats. If the camera head gives excellent colormetry, latitude and pictures, it will give all the other brands a run for their money. The JPEG2000 quality speaks for itself.

Peter

Name: Tim Mac Date: Feb 14, 2007 at 8:57:43 am Subject: Re: Infinity News

Hi Guys -

I'm Grass Valley's Infinity Product Range Specialist, based in the UK. So hopefully I'll be able to fill you in on most technical queries. Now that we're very close to first shipment I'll be keeping an eye on the Infinity threads to see if I can help out.


There's been a lot of chatter about our new sensors, so here's the real deal...

Infinity DMC uses three 2/3 inch, 2.4 million pixel, Xensium CMOS sensors. The Xensium has a full 1920 x 1080 active pixel matrix. It captures natively in progressive and interlaced formats. This gives the Infinity DMC a very high-performance front-end.

First public showing will be on the GV stand at NAB in April.

Hope this clarifies things.

Best regards

Tim
Infinity Product Range Specialist
 
powervideo said:
Hope this clarifies things.
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It does, Tim. Thanks for clarifying... has there been any further development on the 24p with Infinity front? The folks with GVG I was dealing with last year alluded to the possibility of a 24p option.

Thanks again Tim.
 
harddrive said:
And regarding broadcast, then in Europe a very large amount is currently produced in 1080p/25, pretty well all drama. I can't believe GV are unaware of that, so even if (as you say) their main target is broadcasters, then 24/25p support is very significant.
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Yup... yup... couldn't agree more.
 
harlan said:
It does, Tim. Thanks for clarifying... has there been any further development on the 24p with Infinity front? The folks with GVG I was dealing with last year alluded to the possibility of a 24p option.
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Tim didn't post directly here - the official answer was copied from a Cow thread. May it be worth your posting your question there? (I looked there after seeing what powervideo put, and got the impression that it's a case of "wait for NAB" for the full story.)
 
sorry guys for steering this thread back to the 500 though in very general terms:

What´s the best focal lenght and aperture for a prime lens for 2/3" sensor for shallow DOF? (I know, the more focal length, the more shallow the DOF - what I mean is a really suitable prime in a broad range of conditions)

I want to know that because besides of a zoom I would think about purchase - or rent - a prime for special shots like dialogues.
 
A nice new zoom to go with this baby:

Angenieux 19 x 7.3 AIF HD

$ around U$10k,

available in April and will be showed at NAB.
 
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