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Hi Everyone, I have a problem and can't find the solution. I have recorded a short film at 720/25pn on P2 cards. When I ran out of space on the cards I used the Firstore FS-100 and shot in 720/25p mode also using slow motion. Now I have it imported in Final Cut Pro, the 25p footage has 50...

Just wondering if anyone had any experience doing an extremely slow tracking shot, I have a shoot coming up, basically the shot will be about 5 meters distance to travel in total and the shot will be approx 30 minutes in duration. Obviously I could use a track and dolly and just move very...

Hi, I am shooting a music video next week, the video will be shot during the day and at points have fast camera movement. I have hired a Letus Extreme, Opticka Elite cine lens set 18mm, 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, -T 1.3 and a Panasonic HD Monitor to use with my HVX. It will be the first...

Hi, I don't have an option in Format Sel menu in Dubbing mode for 576 25p (Pal camera). The footage was shot in SD so I don't need to down convert, just to basically offload footage to mini DV tape. Does anyone know if this is even possible? Thank you for any replies

Hi Everyone. I have a Red-Eye Wide Angle Lens 82mm 0.7x for sale, any offers? Screws straight onto the HVX 82mm thread Brand new, never used

Hi Everyone, I know that it is not possible to do an automated slow down of frame rates, like the final shot in "The 400 Blows", but is there any way that I can do this on the HVX200 apart from using the Varicam. All I am wanting is for it to be recording at a normal frame rate (25 f/p/s...

Hi Everyone. I have a Red-Eye Wide Angle Lens 82mm 0.7x for sale on ebay. The link to the page is below: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=140208157196&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI

Hi Everyone, I have searched for the information on this site and cannot find a direct answer. I have just shot a short at 720/25pN I used P2CMS on OS X to offload 8 x 16GB cards I exported 7 cards to the same directory And 1 card to an external hard drive I now have to import the footage...

Hi Everyone, I know the question of 'How do I get the most film type look with the HVX?' is posted a lot on this site, but I need to know if it would just be better to set everything in the scene file settings to '0' and just do all of the contrast, colour correction, etc... in post on FCP...

Hi Everyone, I'm shooting a short film and most of the shots will be taken at night on the street and some from inside a car. I only really want to light peoples faces and use available light in the background, although I realize that I may need to place the odd light to paint the sets. I want...

Hi Everyone, I'm shooting a short film in Russia, most of the shots will be taken at night on the street and some from inside a car. I only really want to light peoples faces in the film and try and use available light in the street for the scenes. I want the picture to have High Contrast with...

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Hi, I have an HVX200E and in the 'Display' Menu I have turned the 'Marker' on and also in the same menu set 'Other Display' to ALL. When I come out of the menu on my LCD there is no 'Marker'. Does anyone know the reason for this? Thank you for any replies!

A few questions about P2 in the future... With P2 cards being the size and shape they are, does anyone know or can speculate as to what would be the maximum capacity that they will be able to reach in the future? As the P2 cards capacity increases year on year, will the one's with the largest...

Hi Everyone, I'm planning on shooting a short with the HVX200 and I need it to have the look and feel of 'The Elephant Man' directed by David Lynch. A link to a scene from the film is below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF19L00KbAI I need advice on several possible things to attain...

Hi, I’m going to be ordering a Mac Pro after the release of Leopard on the 26th. I have compiled this configuration from posts on this site. Just wondering if it is agreed that this set up would work well editing HVX200 footage using Final Cut Pro Studio 2. Mac Pro Two 3.00 GHz Dual-Core...

Hi, I needed to find out if it is safe to use the Vocas Matte box MB-250 on the HVX200 without rails barsadapter and a MBS-100. I have heard it can loosen the lens in the HVX but does anyone know of this actually happening to someone they know. I have also been advised by a professional camera...

Hi, just ordered some new Swit batteries for the HVX200. I was just wondering how i dealt with them initially to get the longest life from them. I have heard that I am meant to; *fully charge them for 24 hours *then use them until they are completely empty Is this true? and if not...

Hi everyone, Just needing some reviews of Sound Devices MixPre field mixer. My brother has already bought one for me whilst abroad and although I have heard some good things about it, I don't really know if this is true. If anyone has any experience with this mixer I would be very grateful...

Hi, Just about to buy either a Glidecam 4000 or a Merlin stedicam for the HVX 200. At the moment my budget will only allow to buy the main part and I will have to buy the shoulder add ons at a later date. Is it just me or do all the test shot videos indicate that the footage is actually...