Sony XDCAM EX

It's a whole lot sharper.
I like the HVX200, but as we all know, technology has improved and things just keep getting better. I'm sure Panny will have something "up their sleeves" in the future.
 
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SPZ said:
That combo is in theory what sets this camera appart and makes me think of getting it to go with my HVX. Then again, that would be about 12k total.
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Worth noting that the XDR could be of use for much else than just being an add-on to an EX. It should be thought of as a self contained, very high quality, solid state video recorder, usable wherever there's an HD-SDI feed - not just as an add-on to an EX to squeeze a bit more quality out.
 
harddrive said:
Worth noting that the XDR could be of use for much else than just being an add-on to an EX. It should be thought of as a self contained, very high quality, solid state video recorder, usable wherever there's an HD-SDI feed - not just as an add-on to an EX to squeeze a bit more quality out.
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I hear you there.
We're excited about the EX. We're real excited that someone offered SDI on a cam less than $7K.
 
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But I fully agree that a practical "shoot-out" would be more use than poring over specs. .
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No it wouldn't. Last time that was done there were two shootouts, one where the HVX-200 ended up being better and one where the Canon was better.

People were called names, sides drawn, people banned from certain boards, threats of lawsuits for defamation, etc., etc.
 
Me neither; I'm donating mine to Isara so they can document what they're doing out there. Nice cam for the price, but ...

Okay, okay, I'll grant you this: the first 1/2", 1920x1080 CMOS HD-SDI cam under $7,000.
 
I'm looking forward to what Panasonic might have for us in the near future. Things sure have changed over the last five years!

The EX looks like it might be a hit, but as it's been stated many times. There's always tradeoffs. Sure the 1080 sensors are welcome. Now if they mated that with 4:2:2 internally, this would of been a better package.
 
It is 4:2:2 internally, just not recorded.

Panasonic's announced something new, but it's not what I want -- I mean, they just announced a new "pro" shoulder-mount AVC-HD camcorder, but it's a bottom-of-the-line unit, not a high-end system. More like that new $1900 Sony shoulder-mount; seems both manufacturers are taking their pocket-cams and re-housing them in shoulder-mount bodies. Well, I guess there's a market for that, but I don't really expect our membership here to go ga-ga over 'em! :)

Now, had they made a $6,000 three-chip shoulder-mount AVC-HD camera, that might have turned some heads. Well, we can still have hope that something will come of all those HVX200A suggestions we made...
 
Sounds interesting, but the only thing that can make me think twice about an HVX is a RED ONE...

These are the ways of love.

Sorry Sonny.
 
Has anyone heard about recording options other than SxS? I have already heard about the XDR, which sounds really cool but is a little outside of my price range. Any news about a firestore solution or any hard disc(long record time) options in the $1000 range?
 
my charlie

if you follow the links for the camera, there will be some shop phone numbers and more than likely they will beable to speak english. if not maybe i could help you some way. there maybe some issues with the ntsc differences between japan and usa
 
TheMusician said:
Has anyone heard about recording options other than SxS? I have already heard about the XDR, which sounds really cool but is a little outside of my price range. Any news about a firestore solution or any hard disc(long record time) options in the $1000 range?
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Can't happen. The EX1 doesn't output anything other than HDV over its firewire port, so a FireStore won't be an option now or ever -- unless all you want is HDV, of course.

If you want to record with an EX1, you have to either use SxS cards, or somehow record the HD-SDI signal. And no HD-SDI recorder is going to be anywhere near the cost of an SxS card.
 
And keep in mind, I was told at IBC that all the video outputs become dissabled when shooting off-speed. - So if you want variable framerates, then it's SxS ONLY.


- Mikko
 
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