Best lens to cut with HPX250

[Terry Crist]

What brand of lenses cuts best with the fixed lens on the HPX250? I have a pair of HPX250's and am looking to get a 2/3" interchangeable-lens camera like the HPX610 as an a-camera for a 3-camera setup. Because I am recording live events, I'd like to choose a lens for the HPX610 that I can color match with my HPX250's on-set and I can't just resort to matching in post. On the cheaper (sub-$10k) end of the 2/3" lens market, it seems like the two options are either Canon or Fujinon.

 

[lonewolf2koc@hotmail.com]

The closest match interior cams that I can get with the HPX-250 are:

1/3" HPX-300, HPX-370: Stock Fujinon XA16x8

2/3" HPX3100 with Fujinon HA or ZA series. Surprisingly, the CMOS HPX-250 matches well (only interior 3200K) with the HPX3100s but just doesn't intercut well with the PX-5000. That's for the PX-270 as B-cam and PX-5000 as A cam. I don't have hands on experience with the HPX-610. I suspect it may be toward the PX-5000 look.

PX-5000 looks CMOS, cold and sterile at times. Lack that CCD warmth. If you don't need 60p or AVC-200, I'd use the CCDs.

The HPX-610 is not cheap (about $15K cheaper than the PX-5000). So it may outperform the HPX-250 thanks to the glass. So you'll have a very hard time getting them to match up simply because the optical performance on the HPX-610 is quite a huge jump from the cheap HPX-250 1/3" stock lens.

What brand of lenses cuts best with the fixed lens on the HPX250? I have a pair of HPX250's and am looking to get a 2/3" interchangeable-lens camera like the HPX610 as an a-camera for a 3-camera setup. Because I am recording live events, I'd like to choose a lens for the HPX610 that I can color match with my HPX250's on-set and I can't just resort to matching in post. On the cheaper (sub-$10k) end of the 2/3" lens market, it seems like the two options are either Canon or Fujinon.