HDX900 --- Why is no one talking about it?

As much as I love the SDX900, I can't wait to get to work with the HDX. I wonder if it is in the rental chain yet?
 
Way cool, I am very envious. I have been hoping to get to work with one for a while now.

Just a bit curious, what glass did you use?

I assume that these were rentals? Do you happen to know what the daily rates were and from which house were they rented?

Would love to see anything that you can share from the shoot.
 
khmuse said:
Way cool, I am very envious. I have been hoping to get to work with one for a while now.

Just a bit curious, what glass did you use?

I assume that these were rentals? Do you happen to know what the daily rates were and from which house were they rented?

Would love to see anything that you can share from the shoot.
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They were both privately owned cameras. One was bought from Abel LA and the other was Abel NY.

The A camera was flying on a steadicam and was using DigiPrimes and a Fuji HD zoom.

The B camera (the one I was assisting with) was using that new Fuji HD zoom and occasional and older Nikon 100-300 lens with a no longer made century optic adapter.

I don't know what rates these guys were giving disney, but I have heard at the rental houses the bodies are going for $650/day.

I have nothing to share. This job was a last minute phone call, and I did it just for some extra spending cash. I was only assisting. You'll most likely see footage when disneyland rolls out their new commercial campaign. It was a 3 days shoot of nothing but B-roll stuff of kids going OHHHHH and AHHHHHHH in different scenarios.
 
The DigiPrimes are absolutely stunning, I bet this will look great.

How is the user interface on the HDX compared to the SDX? Similar and intuitive?

Great last minute gig.
 
Emanuel said:
I believe but aside my RED commitment I'm afraid the tape will not be the future. Though there is the FOCUS FireStore FS-100 hard disk recorder. Nevertheless, the purchaser is buying a useless feature (tape recording) if he doesn't believe or doesn't want it. But I think this will be a good option for who is already into the DVCPRO HD format like the broadcast range companies that are handling with this tape format. So, it's more a product thought to the past rather the future.
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Emmanuel,

How much TV shooting experience (ie. ENG, EFP, run n gun) do you have? Better yet, how much "tape" have you rolled in the past and presently to come to the conclusion that tape recording is a "useless" feature? Pretty bold statement...
 
Its already in the rental chain in vancouver canada--sooner than I expected. I have been waiting to shoot a project and its taken so long that my choices have gone from DVX to HVX. I was considering an SDX but now I am considering this. But then there is the HPX 2100 coming soon...
 
What is the rental rate?

Don't buy it, just rent it. Tape is cheap. Should be a great cam. Footage will be easy to edit.
 
The canadian rental rate at this one location is..$350 a day, $1050 for 4 days, $1400 for a week, and a weekend is $525. Of course I am ignoring insurance and whatever other paraphenalia is required. It just says the camera. By comparison, the HVX rents for $250/$750/$1000 and $375 for the camera.


I definitely wouldnt be buying one. Renting is the way I planned to go.http://www.vidcom.ca/emailblast/2006_0105_hvx200.html
 
Driven said:
Emanuel said:
I believe but aside my RED commitment I'm afraid the tape will not be the future. Though there is the FOCUS FireStore FS-100 hard disk recorder. Nevertheless, the purchaser is buying a useless feature (tape recording) if he doesn't believe or doesn't want it. But I think this will be a good option for who is already into the DVCPRO HD format like the broadcast range companies that are handling with this tape format. So, it's more a product thought to the past rather the future.
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Emmanuel,

How much TV shooting experience (ie. ENG, EFP, run n gun) do you have? Better yet, how much "tape" have you rolled in the past and presently to come to the conclusion that tape recording is a "useless" feature? Pretty bold statement...
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I didn't say exactly what seems that pretty bold statement (reading your claim but not my post fairly quoted by you -- please pay attention to the "if" there). Even if the tapeless route will not be only the future but the next one. I said this will be the better option to any HD purchase for those don't work with the tape formats already known. People like myself coming from the film side without any interest in any next obsolete medium like the tape will be IMHO. As it's possible to find from my own words: «But I think this will be a good option for who is already into the DVCPRO HD format like the broadcast range companies that are handling with this tape format». So I can just sum your own conclusions aren't fair, as well your provocative invective. Anyway, here is my clear up.

EDIT -- JFYI, I'm also a former TV (national and international broadcaster) producer with taxes paid.

EDIT2 -- I just received a PM from a friend to point me to the archive perspective. Maybe there it can be a different scenario, I believe. But I was referring on the capture department to any possible acquisition nowadays and investment step related. And once again quoting myself: «(...) if he doesn't believe or doesn't want it».
 
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The HDX900 seems like the perfect camera for documentary type production, or the movie behind the scenes stuff I normally work on, which requires much more footage than an HVX200 could handle. I am looking forward to checking this camera out at NAB.
 
We just shot NBC's first online drama - "Coastal Dreams" - with two HDX900's. Check it out at NBC.com/Coastal Dreams. Love the camera!
 
HDX 900 vs ?

HDX 900 vs ?

All the major camera manufacturers have succeeded in flooding the market with a lot of different cameras and formats. What is the consensus out here? I know there are many who are gungho on the HV format, but let's take a moment to really understand HD. The HV cameras are not true HD cameras. It's like putting Aunt Jemima maple syrup on pancakes. Read the ingredients since when does artificial flavor fool the real thing from Vermont!!!??? I'm not saying that the HDX 900 or HD XD cam are true HD formats, but they're certainly much closer to 4:4:4 format than the toys Sony, Panasonic and JVC are pawning off for $3,500-$4,500. Now that I've voiced my opinion, who can really explain the advantages between the HDX 900, HD XD Cam and HPX 2000 or 3000? It's easy to get lost over tech specs, but anyone with true practical use with all 3 formats can answer?
 
well i'm no technical expert but i do know that footage being broadcast on hd channels comes from a wide variety of cameras including the cheaper hdv cams. obviously the more cash you spend buys you goodies like bigger chips and better compression. i shoot mostly on the hvx but i have shot on the hdx900. the biggest difference to me is the image quality. the bigger chips produce nicer images. the 900 also requires a lot less light which is nice. most of my projects go to broadcast. i am not involved in the process to conform the stuff i output to whatever the network needs but i have given them everything from quicktime to hdv tape to the large dvcpro tapes from the 900 and they have never griped. my guess is they are used to being handed many different hd formats and they are all valid really. at least for now...

i wouldn't underestimate the $3000-$5000 "toys" as you call them. they are all over tv and film. maybe look at this trend as a possible escape from the need to have an $80,000 camera to be able to do anything serious.
 
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