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UPDATED LIST OF REQUESTED HVX200A OPTIONS
UPDATED LIST OF REQUESTED HVX200A OPTIONS
as of DECEMBER 21, 2007
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**NOTE**
The numbers are for reference only - these requests are NOT in any sort of order of importance.
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LENS OPTIONS:
1. Interchangeable lens options.
2. Add one more ND Filter that is darker.
3. Ability to use focus ring as an iris control, even when in manual focus.
4. Longer focal length range (same 4.5 wide but with a 16x or 20x zoom)
5. Addition of CAC (as in HPX500)
6. Fully manual lens, including IRIS ring on the lens.
DISPLAY OPTIONS:
7. Larger & Higher resolution LCD Screen
8. In camera Waveform monitor or Histogram
9. Markers for various aspect ratios on the LCD (2.35:1 for example)
10. Ability to have the LCD and EVF display different things, so the LCD could show a full frame Focus Assist while the EVF displays the regular frame.
11. Display battery life in minutes remaining
FOCUS OPTIONS:
12. Focus readings in Feet and Inches
13. Ability to rack focus with the remote from one focus number to another at a variable speed.
14. Ability to lock the focus ring
15. Faster response from the auto focus in 24pa mode
16. Ability to move the focus assist box into different quadrants on the LCD
17. Option to make the 'focus assist' button be a toggle, so it won't time out on its own.
18. Focus Assist which turns all edges in Focus RED (like JVC's Blue on the HD100)
19. Focus Assist similar to that on the HPX
INPUT/OUTPUT OPTIONS:
20. 6 PIN FireWire port as opposed to the fragile 4 PIN (with power removed from the 2 additional pins).
21. Ability to choose how HD is displayed on SD output: Squeeze 16:9 into 4:3, Crop 16:9 into 4:3, letterbox 16:9 into 4:3
22. HDMI output
23. HD-SDI output (with embedded audio)
24. Fix the firewire sync so that it never loses a frame when you swap modes (CAM<->MCR) or turn the power off/on.
25. Firewire output of all PN Modes
26. Allow for HD D/A Conversion - Allowing HD input via Firewire and HD output via Component for monitoring.
27. Simulateous HD output via Component & SD Downconvert via Composite
28. Replacing D4 connector with component BNC (or other robust connection)
29. Abilty to switch from offloading mode (USB or 1394) to regular camera mode without having to power down.
CAMERA SETUP OPTIONS:
30. Option to flip the image at the DSP (not just on the LCD)
31. White Balance settings and readings in degrees kelvin.
32. The ability to manually 'dial in' white balance in degrees kelvin.
33. Ability to manually set the duration of the Loop Record Buffer.
34. Noise reduction features like -3db & -6db settings.
35. Fully B&W mode in camera
36. Invididual gain controls for the R G B Channels. (as in the XLH1)
37. Ability to map timecode resetting to a User Button.
38. Ability to have AC adapter & Battery connected at the same time.
CAMERA P2 RECORDING OPTIONS:
39. PN recording for 1080P mode
40. NTSC and PAL compatible
41. All possible variable frame rates.
42. Addition of AVC-HD as well as AVC INTRA 50mbs & 100mbs recording options.
43. Abilty to record MPG proxies (to SD Card or P2 card)
44. Cleaner 480/60i DVCPro50 footage (without stairstepping/jaggies)
AUDIO RECORDING OPTIONS:
45. The ability to input more than 2 audio sources. (either 4 XLR inputs or 2 XLRs with 2 additional phonos)
46. Allow us to disable the on-board microphone.
47. Allow us to record the audio when shooting offspeed anyway
48. Ability to record ONLY audio, with no video.
SD CARD/METADATA OPTIONS:
49. Ability to save ALL camera setup and scene file information on the SD card in 1 file.
50. Add the scene file settings and User file settings to the metadata.
51. Screen grabs to SD Card
52. A software keyboard so metadata can be changed in camera.
CAMERA MCR MODE OPTIONS:
53. Delete Last Clip function assignable to a user button.
54. Ability to playback any clip and auto switch to the appropriate mode.
55. Ability to trim a clip in camera.
56. Option to 'SELECT ALL' clips on a P2 card
57. A 'SPLIT CLIP' or 'Trim' Feature (as in the HPX2000)
58. Ability to format P2 Cards incamera without losing the volume name.
59. Restore the ability to create the CONTENTS folder when a completely blank P2 card is inserted.
60. Ability to change thumbnails of clips.
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