Downsides to the HMC150

HDMI connection

HDMI connection

some1shero said:
Here's why I love this camera:
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HDMI (recording via HDMI gets 4:2:2 colorspace, great for keying)
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I realize that this thread may be somewhat "cold" by now, but my curiosity was caught by your statement about the HDMI output. Does it provide a 4:2:2 colospace because it is not compressed as in the SD card? I have not found anything about this in their literature. Also, how would you use the HDMI output? Is there a field recorder that could take that as an imput? Thanks.
 
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The camera is only part of it. With well done light management a $1000 camera can beat a poorly done $30k one, not to mention a $3.5k one. Some of the $1000-1500 cameras can do pretty good work with the right lighting.

Also, HDMI capture and use of an editing format with greater color depth and breath (e.g. Cineform) can dramatically improve the image over the compressed on camera images.

HDMI is output before the image is compressed and color removed for AVCHD encoding. There is A LOT more information. On the HDV cameras the resolution is dropped to 1440x1080 and uprezzed to 1920x1080 even though the sensors may be native 1080p. That said, apparently the lens can be a limiting factor in either case.
 
My only major gripe right now is....

When you've recorded in different recording modes (24P and 60P) on the same card, in order to view the footage, your recording mode has to be the same as the footage you want to view, otherwise you get red text over the clip in playback mode.

Am I missing anything? To play back the different formats, I've had to go back to camera mode, change the recording mode to the same as the clips I want to play back, AND THEN go back to playback mode to watch the clips?

Argh! I guess maybe that's what the HMC150A will fix.
 
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