Will EX-1 be leaps and bounds better than HVX?

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How is the zoom servo on this thing? Have they improved on the lousy servos that plague all the rest of these cameras. Can it truly feather a zoom like a Professional 2/3" chip camera can?
 
Another thing I didnt check - some must almost have the cams by now so I imagine they can tell us.
 
Chris and I will be testing the camera this afternoon! :) (SDI greenscreen baby!)

I'll post my impressions of the camera and should have some footage to share this weekend.
 
Hey, while it's plugged into SDI, try setting it to an off-speed mode and let us know if the output still works?

- Mikko
 
Here are a few grabs from today. Had very little time to play with the camera but tested low light (phenomenal) and some chroma key shots.

Everything was shot out-of-the-box "broadcast flat". No gamma adjustments at all. Plenty to play with in CC however.

A few grabs:

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Wow, Elton. I have to say I really like these shots. Shows great promise. Plenty of crisp information to manipulate.

I've said it before, but I can't wait to strap a promist, etc. on this thing and see what kind of looks can be had.

Keep 'em coming. They are greatly appreciated.

J.
 
Any chance at looking at some high motion stuff. I do a lot of nature and sports subjects. Do you think really fast moving river / kayak scenes will break the codec at 35 VBR ?
 
Thank you Elton.
These images look a lot less electronic
There's plenty of detail, but it does not have the hard edges. I like it.
 
elton how was the impression on the handheld work , is it really so badly balanced ?
when will fcp come up with the right stuff for workflow so far you can t log the ex material into fcp...
anyways we were about to order two hvx 200 s just now . the order is on ice now can t wait till my dealer here got there first ex`s . eventhou i m ready to order from what i know already ...
 
Chris came down to my house for a few hours and we tried to do as much as we could.

It's really a phenomenal camera, and there's so much to explore, but our main focus was to do some HD-SDI chroma key tests, and then shoot whatever else we could.

Basic impressions:

--Lens is absolutely wonderful. Very nice, professional feel to it. Easy to do slow creep zooms with smooth stops. Full manual mode is a thing of beauty too.

--LCD is in an entirely different league. Really puts the competition to shame. Very high resolution for 3.5" and it was a breeze to focus with. Also very readable in bright conditions.

I found that I didn't necessarily need peaking or image expansion to discern focus. The colored peaking display is really nice too.

--Sturdy build. Nothing cheap feeling.

--SxS slots are well covered. Yes, I'm sure you could pop one out while recording if you were totally clueless, but I suppose there's a risk of losing data on "accident" nontheless. Users will have to be extra careful that no one ejects a card while it's being written to.

--GREAT interface. Easily the most intuitive and elegant that I've seen thus far in affordable HD cams.

--Excellent image tweakability. (color matrix, gamma, knee, etc)

--Superb sensitivity: It's obviously brighter and less noisy in lowlight than any other camera in its class. ASA 800 rating is probably accurate.

--1/2" DOF is definitely an improvement. I didn't notice any lens ramping in manual mode with longer focal lenths. It seems like you can keep F1.9 all the way to 14x.

Cons:

--VF isn't nearly as detailed as the LCD.

I'm sure there might be a few other signfigant drawbacks, but I haven't spent enough time with the camera to find them.

I didn't test for rolling shutter or codec artifacts this time. I did a few quick pans and didn't notice skew, but that's all I've checked for thus far.
 
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sinai said:
elton how was the impression on the handheld work , is it really so badly balanced ?
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I think it's fine for a handycam form factor. The rotating grip is really helpful too.

when will fcp come up with the right stuff for workflow so far you can t log the ex material into fcp...
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Don't know but I'm sure it'll be solved fairly soon. Chris uses the standard XDCAM software to import from the cards currently.

anyways we were about to order two hvx 200 s just now . the order is on ice now can t wait till my dealer here got there first ex`s . eventhou i m ready to order from what i know already ...
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I'd suggest playing with both cameras before you buy. The EX1 can do a lot of the same things but it's a different beast.
 
Mark Williams said:
Any chance at looking at some high motion stuff. I do a lot of nature and sports subjects. Do you think really fast moving river / kayak scenes will break the codec at 35 VBR ?
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At some point I'm going to do a codec torture test when I have more time with the cam.

HQ 35 VBR mode will more than likely hold up in stressful scenes.
 
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