DVX100B Exclusive First Test

Hey, very nice article. I laughed out loud with the "glitter" font for the article's banner, but sure made me want to check it out ASAP.

Underscan LCD rules! I can't believe that Panasonic is still trying to make the DVX even better. It must have been an enormous sucess for them. Well deserved, too...
 
I'm one of the people who had a problem with my tripod socket... and I also made a comment a long while back about a deep, nearly black gray. I'm sure it wasn't anything I said, but it's cool to think so. I like my DVX more now then the day I got it... and that's really saying something.
 
Your comments probably did matter, yes. Jan made a point of telling us that many of the changes came about because of comments from users on this forum (and other forums, of course.)
 
i'm sorry having trouble finding the cost of this camera. I was deciding to wait and get the HXV, but this might be the better buy.
 
what does it mean that the EVF and LCD's have full frame and not overscan? and on the panasonic site, "what you see is what you get"?

does it mean that what you see is closer to what you will see when output to an NTSC monitor? thus, more resolution on the lcd and evf?
 
dvpixl said:
what does it mean that the EVF and LCD's have full frame and not overscan? and on the panasonic site, "what you see is what you get"?

does it mean that what you see is closer to what you will see when output to an NTSC monitor? thus, more resolution on the lcd and evf?
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I think both are referring to thte fact that you will see all of the frame. On exisiting consumer equipment there is a small area of the image on the edges that is not displayed.....and on most tv's you can;t see it either as it is beyond the viewable area. So you can frame your shots with confidence that if you can't see the boom microphone on the LCD you are not going to see it ib the final footage either. IN the past it might show up in that areathat you couldn't quite see.

A nice addition I think!
 
what about the e to e , tape headphone monitoring function on the new camera
what happen while pb , does the camera forced to tape position or you have to change it manually .
does it happen on rca as well?
another one - i dont know about any camera which have of tape monitoring except analog beta sp ( bvv5 +bvw x00) , so the monitoring from the tape is not the right term . after a2d
conversion and back ,before it goes to tape.
 
Question about 16:9 letter box.

I too am in the UK so 16:9 is important. However is there any advantage at all in shooting this way as apposed to shooting a full picture and laying the bars over later?

I would love to be able to see a letterboxed image when shooting (For help framing) but to actually capture a full 4:3 image so I have more options later. Possibly this is possible already and I am a clueless gimp.

And yes I know I can take a straight razor to my LCD and score lines in it.

Just what are the display options on this cam?
 
Hey Barry or Jarred or Jan....

I might be wrong....but the "a" in DVX100a is "advance" right?

So is "b" in DVX100b stands for "Better?"
 
Well, in my opinion the "B" is "Better" in a lot of ways, so I'd go along with that notation!

As far as if there's any advantage to shooting squeeze vs. letterboxing in post: they're not the same thing. Letterboxing results in 4:3 video with a 16:9-shaped patch in it. Squeeze results in 16:9 video.

As to whether there's an advantage to letterboxing in-camera vs. letterboxing in post, yes, I've run some test shots that show there's milder compression and fewer compression artifacts when using letterboxing in-camera.
 
Barry_Green said:
From your lips to Jan's ears! :)
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I don't understand (but this is often the case). The Abel Cine web site lists the following extras with the DVX 100B:

"...And Barry Green's DVX Book and DVD - now inclues DVX100B features".

Barry, when you say "from your lips to Jan's ears", do you mean that your book and DVD are not included and you hope they will put your book in?

I hope you're just playing with us, cause I couldn't imagine having the camera without your book!
 
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