HMC150 questions answered...

phd said:
What have D90 to do with HMC150
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Only that someone was considering the D90 over the HMC-150.

Bob Diaz
 
Not to deter the thread further, but the D90 is nowhere near the broadcast camera the HMC150 is. Neat that it can "kinda" shoot HD video but I sure wouldn't show up on a production shoot with a DSLR.
 
Bassman2003 said:
I selected all ten clips Barry posted at once and converted them in about two minutes to Canopus HQ format using a Quad-core 9450.

HQ files are large, but they look great and are easy to edit with.
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the canopus hq format is limited to 1440x1080... what are the ramifications of this avchd 1920x1080 getting changed to 1440x1080?
 
Mike Harvey said:
B&H has it at just shy of $3,500
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Posted this earlier in the thread.. For all you DVX user guys who want an HMC, call Julian at Audio Video Supply in San Deigo CA.. 858 565-1101 Ext. 434 He can sell them to DVXusers for a great price. Sorry I can't say on the forum, but I will say I already put my credit card info down with him. I feel like it's a great deal. Tell him Brian from DVXuser sent ya..

B.p.
 
OSV said:
the canopus hq format is limited to 1440x1080... what are the ramifications of this avchd 1920x1080 getting changed to 1440x1080?
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I think I asked about this a few dozen (!) pages ago in this thread and Barry confirmed that the Canopus HQ format is in fact full 1920x1080. I was confused too because the white papers on the Grass Valley website mention 1440x1080....
 
TO VoltaicHD Users:

I tried converting the 720/30p footage and ended up with 720/60p footage. OK, the 30p was placed into a 60p file and played at double speed. As for the second half of the converted file, all I got was white space.

I was wondering if any other VoltaicHD users saw the same thing?

All other modes seemed to convert OK.


Bob Diaz
 
OSV said:
the canopus hq format is limited to 1440x1080... what are the ramifications of this avchd 1920x1080 getting changed to 1440x1080?
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No it isn't. The Canopus HQ codec has two modes, either 1440x1080 or 1920x1080. There are no ramifications.
 
I talked to Julian at Audio Video Supply and he said his info from Panasonic is that the HMC150 would finish production mid-Sept, but then go through QC, and then through distribution. He was estimating end of Sept to beginning of Oct for shipments to end users, which is too late for me. I have a 4 day shoot, over two weekends, starting the last week of Sept or the first week of Oct. Has anyone heard that it might come earlier than that?
 
I believe Toast 9 has full support for AVCHD playing mts fles and encoding.

Im still on 8 but 9 seems like a worthy upgrade for this feature alone.

David does it work well?
 
It's 4:2:0 color so it won't key as good as DVCPRO-HD, but in progressive mode it should do as well or better than any HDV camera.

(and yes, I had to send it back, so no more tests...)
 
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