DVX200 interesting first look
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I am still puzzled by the different pixel counts for the different frame rates etc. 1549Mpixel for FHD, 871 UHD 59.94P, 1259 UHD 29.97P, 1335 4K/24P. Are these then different crops of the full sensor at these different rates ? If this is the case then UHD/59.94P may be a small center crop of the full sensor ? How much bigger will this be than the current 1/2.3 sensors of the HXC1000 or the Sony's FDR-Ax1 or PXW-Z100 ? If this is the case then the lens will have different ranges for each of these frame rates too ?
Yes, I believe that is quite correct (though the numbers seem to have a decimal point missing, so should be 15.49Mp, 8.71Mp etc).
For 4K/60p I believe because of the crop, the wide angle equivalent focal length (in 35mm terms) is about 37mm, versus 28-29.5mm for the lower frame rate modes. The active area of the sensor is then roughly equivalent to a 1" sensor.
Look at the brochure and they give the 28-29.5mm figures for the lower framerate modes, but the figure for 4K/60p is strangely absent....... You have to work it out from the numbers you gave.
Very interesting camera. Similar concept to my HVX202 which I still use for long-form event recording.
Now, I wonder if the monitor is far enough forward to stick on a loupe and then shoulder mount the camera – similar to what the FS7 does?
Adding a shoulder VCT-14 type plate (like BS-T03) would be easy enough, and then you could add a matte box and/or extra gear on the back like lapel RF receiver.
I really hope they can add 422 with a firmware update – even if it’s for 1080 recording. With those SD cards, they should have enough headroom in the bitrate.
Now, I wonder if the monitor is far enough forward to stick on a loupe and then shoulder mount the camera – similar to what the FS7 does?
Adding a shoulder VCT-14 type plate (like BS-T03) would be easy enough, and then you could add a matte box and/or extra gear on the back like lapel RF receiver.
I really hope they can add 422 with a firmware update – even if it’s for 1080 recording. With those SD cards, they should have enough headroom in the bitrate.
Here's my DVX200 first impressions: http://www.4kshooters.net/2015/10/26/panasonic-dvx200-4k-footage-and-first-impressions/
And some 4K footage I shot with it. So far, I like the camera, a lot.
And some 4K footage I shot with it. So far, I like the camera, a lot.
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
Man those highlights DO NOT look good when they blow out.
Here are two still frames. The first one is taken from the default scene 1 setting. The colors look off with a lot of yellows. I did a white balance to start.
Then in FCPX I did match color with a GH4 which had recorded the same scene and the colors are better, The yellows are gone. What do I adjust in the scene file to make the color look like the Gh4? And why does this native scene file in the camera looks so aweful?
Then in FCPX I did match color with a GH4 which had recorded the same scene and the colors are better, The yellows are gone. What do I adjust in the scene file to make the color look like the Gh4? And why does this native scene file in the camera looks so aweful?
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It's because of the 2ndary LUT i used, they are not clipped and still below 255 on the waveform. Here's a re-grade with a more conservative LUT, you can see all the highlight detail retained from the V-Log files.
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
Ah, that looks much better. Cool.