64GB P2 card worth buying?

brandondull

brandondull

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I am looking into buying more P2 cards & is the 64GB worth buying I already have a 16GB so I'd have 80GB in space. I recently started to shoot in 720p/24pn, how much space would it give me?
 
its always worthwhile to buy more P2 cards. The more you have, the longer you can record without having to dump your footage and erase the cards. One of the video companies I freelance with has x10 64GB cards plus a few more 16GB. With 80GB you'd be looking at about 75 minutes of recording time in 1080 60i. So going to 720 would give you a little bit more time. It also depends on what frame rate you use.
 
Yeah I was playing around with the settings. I found out I got 42mins on a 16gb card & I'm happy with it. But need more! lol. I'm selling my laptop for a 64GB p2 card. lol.
 
what I would do,

- invest in 2 64 gb cards
- then get this http://www.spec-comm.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3684
- then get a cheap little laptop to ingest your P2 footage onto. Your cards are hot-swapable so while your recording on one you can be importing the other. Your only limited to the size of your computer hard drive. and if you want to go farther you can continue investing in external hard drives to plug into your laptop to put the footage on.

There you go!
http://www.spec-comm.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3684
 
You can never have too many P2 cards.

I have 7 16GB, 2 64GB and 1 32GB.
Hint, never pay full price for P2 cards. I paid $750 for my 64GB.
 
You need to think of your budget and what you tend to shoot. I have a 16 and 32 combo that gives me about two hours of 720 24p. I'd love to have another 16 or so, and sometimes I get cards from people I know, but I don't NEED 64gb. Everything is going to get cheaper in time, today's 64gb card is tomorrow's 128, and you have to think of your situation, not the unlimited budget of an internet forum.

Secondly, I shoot all doc. Having a limit to what I can shoot prevents me from just turning the camera on and thinking I'm doing wonderful. Back in the day, film was expensive and precious and filmmakers spent serious time thinking through their shots before wasting it. Video has created a mentality of "just leave it on, we'll edit when we get back." I'm not going to say no if panasonic decides to reward my customer loyalty with a free 128 gb card (get to me over a PM if you need the address, panny, I deserve it), but there is an upside to not having as much space as possible.
 
I just lost out on a gig last week because I didn't have enough p2 cards...money is very tight for me now...I have a 16,8 and a 4 gig card...I'll be on ebay soon for another 16g...
 
I would agree... I just purchased a 64GB... it arrived today. It's more than I need at the moment but I like that comfort zone..... and not having to worry about the downloads until I'm done for the day. I just fired it up and it worked without the drivers.... so I guess they are already installed in my HVX200AP.

sam alcoff said:
You need to think of your budget and what you tend to shoot. I have a 16 and 32 combo that gives me about two hours of 720 24p. I'd love to have another 16 or so, and sometimes I get cards from people I know, but I don't NEED 64gb. Everything is going to get cheaper in time, today's 64gb card is tomorrow's 128, and you have to think of your situation, not the unlimited budget of an internet forum.

Secondly, I shoot all doc. Having a limit to what I can shoot prevents me from just turning the camera on and thinking I'm doing wonderful. Back in the day, film was expensive and precious and filmmakers spent serious time thinking through their shots before wasting it. Video has created a mentality of "just leave it on, we'll edit when we get back." I'm not going to say no if panasonic decides to reward my customer loyalty with a free 128 gb card (get to me over a PM if you need the address, panny, I deserve it), but there is an upside to not having as much space as possible.
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when i asked "what?" i knew what you meant. i was expressing my surprise.

brandon. have you REALLY investigated this? there are a LOT of things your hvx can do that a DSLR cannot. DSLRs are great. but they are great for certain things. one of those is NOT replacement of a traditional video camera. im not saying it wont work for you - im just asking if youve really looked into the pros and cons of the situation?

i HIGHLY suggest you investigate this a bit more before selling your hvx. it seems to me that instead of learning the things we have repeatedly tried to teach you here. that you prefer to spend your money and time on bells and whistles like stabilizers and cheap and easy low light and DOF solutions...
 
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I really echo the above comments.

DSLR video produces some great video, but hardly for the genre you do Brandon.

Not mention the issues of audio, which much more challenging with DSLR video.
 
on the issue of SOUND into a DSLR.

if you want just typical on-camera mic sound. you will need one of these:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/H4N?gclid=CK_-m66g36ICFQO7sgod7HN3yQ

and if you want higher-end external mics (with metering). youre going to need one of these:
http://www.juicedlink.com/index_files/CX_camcorder_XLR_microphone_adapter_audio_mixers_CX431.htm

and how are you going to secure all that? youre going to need something like this:
http://store.zacuto.com/Mini-Baseplate.html

and how are you going to view/monitor?

there are a LOT of questions in the video camera vs dslr conversation. and id bet my bottom dollar that you havent considered many of them...
 
The other question is transcoding to pro res.

DVCProHD edits like butter in pretty efficient file sizes

Canon has to be converted to pro res, which adds a step, requires fast drives, and some good processing power.
 
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