HPX500 is pretty bitchin' first pro35 footage?

what?? the varicam does not shoot 1080? OMG all this time.......

William_Robinette said:
Just a FYI, Varicam tops out at 720p.

And these are fantastic grabs. I would love to see the last three timed as well as the first two take the cake look-wise.

And with the 500 and the 200 I think they are directly comparable considering their innards and image processing are closer then possibly any other 1/3" and 2/3" cams
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cheezweezl said:
these shots are so much sharper than anything i have seen shot on hvx with any adapter. not to say that this is a better look but for me, i would rather start out like this and soften in post if needed than be stuck with a softer image all the time. i shot on the hdx900 recently which also has 2/3" chips and i was amazed at the difference in required light. it was like being back on a dvx with no adapter. nowadays i shoot mostly with the hvx/redrock and sometimes the amount of light we need to use is just plain rediculous.

obin, don't let the naysayers get you down. the shots look like money. there are a few people lurking around here that just lke to flame everything. you know what they say about opinions....
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Thanks man. Looks like we will be using the HPX again soon for a new spot. it's gonna be darker and more dramatic. should be lots of fun.

for the money outside the RED I would rate the HPX the best camera I have ever used professionally.
 
BTW Barry we are getting a 120kw film generator if you ever need one - or know people that do....it's an insane amount of power for any production let alone a small one. I am told this monster can run and entire full sized film set.
 
Yep, 120,000 watts! how 'bout that for a badass power supply? I don't think I will ever use it all up...well that is what I said about my first 4x8 production trailer 4 years ago ....:)
 
No **** right? LOL :) gonna be fun shooting with that *****. Now about the HMI lights I need.....

got an extra 200,000 I can borrow for some HMI lights...someone needs to make some big ass HMI lights for less then 20k each!
 
I just yanked the file. looks like **** on my laptop thanks to quicktime encode. WHAT CAN WE ALL DO ABOUT THIS ****? all colors are milky and whites are grey when I play it back on my laptop...wtf??

Laptop is a top of the line DELL with a 1920x1200 screen and a good ATI graphics card
 
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Did you encode on a Mac? There are some gamma problems with Mac encoded QT's on a PC.

Conversely, I have no problems with PC QT encoding playing back on a Mac...
 
fixed it and it's back up. had to export an uncompressed avi file from Adobe Premiere and then use quicktime to do a standalone encode.

Can someone tell me why I must do this for a decent looking h264 master?
 
thoes lights id rent.... i cant fathom buying 12k's.... thats just self indulgent.... ;)
 
Dissonace has some really good emotional moments and good lighting/color time
shot how? xlh1? adapter?
 
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