Canon HV20

I was thinking I read that you could only do 24p in HDV mode. So I emailed Canon and ask. This is part of the email response.

'The 24p mode however I believe to be both HDV and
SD standards as it was for the XL2 camcorder. '
 
Four Eyed Monsters said:
Would this camera be worth swaping my XL2 for? :dankk2:
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Not if you like having manual controls, XLR inputs and a descent form factor, show up on a set with a handy cam like that and you'll be laughed out of the building.

Now the XL2 for the XH-A1 or XL-H1 that's an entirely different story.
 
I would keep the XL2 and get the HV20. It is to bad form factor is so important. What the camera looks like, but I guess the end results are what counts. If they start laughing tell them to get off your set!!
 
So people can make movies with the HV20? Wouldn't people with the HV20 laugh at people spending $4,000 for a camorder when they get almost the same thing for so much less? So they don't have XLR adaptors and have to spend more time doing voice overs...

Anyway, how come I hear about having to get this camcorder if I got the Canon XH A1? I can't convert Canon XH A1 into my computer via firewire?

Please let me know.

Thanks.
 
FutureDVXUser said:
So people can make movies with the HV20?
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Sure, why not? :)

FutureDVXUser said:
Anyway, how come I hear about having to get this camcorder if I got the Canon XH A1? I can't convert Canon XH A1 into my computer via firewire?
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You can but you would put extra wear on the heads of the XH A1.
 
I'm not saying you can't shoot a film with the HV20, I'm sure it would come out just fine IF you have a good DP director, Grip etc. However, if you show up on a paid professional set for a large client and you break out the good ol HV20 they will look at you and go, ok, now where is your real camera.
I'm not saying that that is the way it should be, but it is. Even with the form factor of the A1 or H1 it is considered small and unimpressive to uneducated not very well endowed clients. :(
 
We know, Future, that it should be fine as long as the camera you are using produces a stellar image.

However, you have to remember that humans ARE visual creatures: clients want to SEE their money from the very second you start working. The A1/HVX/DVX form-factor is just now being accepted and it's going to take a while for something like the HV20 to be accepted on paid pro shoots.

I really want to get an HV20, man. I am deciding between an SGpro Rev2 and this little gem.
 
Really, they concider the A1 small? That's insane...

Aren't so many movies being made digital on these HDV cams? I saw somethin about Fearless bein shot on a Z1U...
 
Fearless? Jet-Li's movie? Be careful about saying such things... maybe they did Behind the Scenes with the Z1U.

And yes, the A1 is a small camera. Regardless of how many digital productions there are, only a small percentage of those are actually using these smaller cameras. There are pricey Digital Cameras, you know? Cinealta, Varicam, Viper, etc.
 
I've heard of the CineAlta, they look sweet... Here, check this out... I was just looking up the Cinealta... And here's some true irony about Jet Li's Fearless... Maybe I did hear right... I dunno for a fact though... Welcome to the Le Duc Design Group

Check out the Jet Li Poster: "Greg's Z1U work brings to life the making of Jet Li's last martial arts extravaganza, "Fearless."

Check it out on the DVD Release!"
OHHHHH: THE MAKING OF IT...

Sorry, you see what happens when you worked overnights for so long? You stop thinkin' right...

But there is something on the site: "Greg is one of the first Cinematographers in the Industry to have footage from the Sony HVR-Z1U HDV Camera transferred to Film and Professionally Released!"

Ok, my post is goin over board now...
 
The HV20 looks like a toy compared to the A1

The A1 looks like a toy compared to the H1

The H1 looks like a toy compared to a Varicam

It is all relative.

Remember that many higher end digital cameras are gigantic too. Sometimes it actually adds to their usefullness/functionality....other times it is just for show.

IMHO
 
icicle22 said:
The HV20 looks like a toy compared to the A1

The A1 looks like a toy compared to the H1

The H1 looks like a toy compared to a Varicam
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Haha, I'd like to know what a 35mm cam makes consumer cams look like...

I edited that because I didnt wanna make it look like I'm dirty mouthin the HV20...
 
You could give me a Varicam and Steven Spielberg a HV20 shooting the samething and his would be 100 times better.

Plus if you set out to make a low budget , people working with you should know up front what is going on. If I had a huge budget I wouldn't use a HV20 either.

But all the people out there with a dream of a getting lucky with a Blair Witch or doing Supersize Me type stuff, I think now will have a better tool to make that happen.

You will be able to trick the HV20 out to give it a better look anyway.
 
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