Recent content by silentsmith

What's up guys, So I live in Dade County (South Florida) and over the course of the summer my camera malfunctioned while I was filming outdoors in pretty hot conditions. Fortunately, it recently arrived from Panasonic repaired. It seems that the unrelenting Florida sun caused a glitch, and I...

So I was filming outdoors today with my HVX200. It was placed on what I realized after was a very hot surface. 15 minutes into shooting it just turned off. When I turned it on, the LCD had the color bars flipping, and the viewfinder's picture was just grey and black. Shoot was cancelled. I...

Aright guys, help me out. For tomorrow's shoot I've got an AT4073a, a Sound Devices MixPre, a boom pole with a K-Tek Fuzzy and 2 separate XLR cables. I'm working with the HVX200 and I'm shooting in Standard Definition. So... 1) Line In or Mic In? 2) 48V or 15V Phantom? 3) Difference...

Hey guys. For the last week I've been heavily researching and referring to this board to get an idea of how to obtain good sound for a long short I intend on shooting July 11th. However, there are so many opinions, always differentiating, often contradicting that my head is just swimming. I...

I received my Panasonic HVX200 today and I have a question about it for anybody who owns the camera. I noticed that when the camera is off, and I tilt the camera up and down (high angle/low angle) there's a sliding sound inside the camera, like something is moving back and forth. It doesn't...

Standard question here. If I choose to shoot on MiniDV with the HVX200 for the time being, will the image quality and features be the same as the DVX's? I ask because I can't afford the P2 card now, but sacrificing quality temporarily is something I'm willing to do so long as the MiniDV...