A fair dinkum question about the HVX

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G'day from OZ, the HVX has been around for long enough now for people to have used it in almost every situation so hopeully I can ask this quesiton without treading on any toes.

I already own a JVC HD101 camera which I bought because I wanted to get into HDV (mainly wide screen ability) and also archival reasons for future projects (at the time the HVX was too limiting with the expensive and also small P2 cards, so did not suit my doco style work). However the JVC is a real handfull out in the scrub and I would like to compliment this camera with something that produces a similar image (or better if that is the case).

I know I can do a search on the forum but I am more interested in your comments "as of now" rather than some of the heated debates in the past about DVCPRO HD and HDV 720P ect.

My main quesiton is this, how does the HVX image stack up against the JVC image when you go out to DVD, does the DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 colour space etc of the Panny produce a better result overall compared to .m2t when used for eventual DVD delivery? Obviously good camera work will always be the main stay rather than the cam so much, but I am interested in the overall opinion of others who are experienced in this.

I edit in Edius Pro4 (obviously I need to upgrade to Broadcast for the P2 workflow) with a Core2 duo E6600.

JP

PS the main reason for this thread is the HVX is starting to look much more attractive to me now the P2 cards are getting cheaper and larger plus the smaller form factor of the camera which is better suited to the harsh terrain I tend to work in (do a lot of ATV work in the Australian Outback etc)
 
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You'll likely get many opinions, but the simple truth is they'll deliver very equivalent DVD footage by the time you're done with the downrezzing. The value of 4:2:2 is not going to make THAT much of a difference once you get down to DVD. What's going to make a difference is the ability to shoot HD at 50p (instead of the HD101's limit of 30P) and the variable frame rates, slow-mo and fast-mo, etc. Those are features that are going to make a difference in the final product (if you're using those features, that is). The Panasonic color palette is different, although the JVC is tweakable enough that you can probably get it pretty close.

If it does what you want, there's no reason not to get it. Just get it for the right reasons, instead of thinking that some other factor's going to matter when in all actuality it probably won't.
 
Thanks Barry, kinda what I thought, but was unsure about the 4:2:2. I have become accustomed to using the Firestore with my JVC and can only imagine how good it is not to have firewire cables coming out of the cam everywhere when filminhg yet having a tapeless workflow. Pretty neat shooting then looking and editing the footage minutes later in an NLE without the pain of capture via firewire (Re-wind... Fast-forward, batch capture etc).

JP
 
Plus no dropouts, no dropped frames, no separate batteries to keep track of, all one unit, heatproof and dustproof and humidity-proof and shockproof and cold-proof and probably waterproof... yes it's very cool. And when the 32GB cards hit, that's almost 3 hours in-camera of 720/24pN. The short-record-time/laptop-offload shuffle is about to become a thing of the past. :thumbsup:
 
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