DVXuser.com exclusive hands on with the HVX200

Is it true that the 8GB cards will be around $1750 now, the same price that Panasonic is selling the current 4GB cards for?
 
heck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mini dv tapes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
true 16x9, 1080/24p
so it comes to the US around Oct/Nov 2005?
so for the same price of an XL2 I can get HD
and for the same price of a Zu1 I can get 24p and not Sony's stupid cine frame which is stroby as heck

I'll have my 5 g's awaiting

long live Panasonic!!!!!!
 
This cam does seem to have it all. Can't wait to get my grubby little hands on it here in Tokyo.
 
Wellwellwell, now it's that the small P2 cards do not work with HD? Is that true (it's late aand I have been to work, so couldn't read too much).

Pani is giving us the '*§&% "Haha, see, it's less than 6.000" And bit by bit it raises and raises. Sony gives You a cam, batteries, cables and the first tape on a nice price.

Why didn't they just play fair and announce a HD bundle for less than 10.000? That would have been the clou as well. And a fair one.
 
What the hell are you talking about Philipp? 4GB and 8GB cards work with HD. The 2GB cards work with everything except HD (At least that is my current understanding!!)

What part about *Less than 10k* don't you understand. Oh I get it....it's all a "conspiracy" right? :undecided

~reservoir~

EDIT:
According to this article: http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/P2/
The 2GB P2 *WILL* record DVCPRO-HD. 2 minutes worth. Trying to get some clarification on this now.....!!
 
Philipp said:
Why didn't they just play fair and announce a HD bundle for less than 10.000? That would have been the clou as well. And a fair one.
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If I"m not mistaken, the did announce an HD bundle for less than 10K.
I read that you'll be able to buy the camera bundled with 2 P2 cards for $9995

But, for those who don't want to jump in with both feet, you can get just the cam for 6K, and then buy what you want, when you want.

Sounds like the best of both worlds to me.
What's wrong with choice?
 
reservoir said:
What part about *Less than 10k* don't you understand. Oh I get it....it's all a "conspiracy" right? :undecided

~reservoir~
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Oh, the first part is quite clear. The Rest of this frenetic day was just very much under the impression everybody was saying "aaah" and "ooooh" and "Ow it's suck a cutey for less than 6Kay" It was http://www.kontraband.com/show/show...ORDER=20050418190530&CAT=movies&NSFW=3&page=1
everywhere.

But that seems to be normal for the first day. tomorrow we have to pay the hooker and than it's Outch instead of Oh.

It seems to be a great camera. But it's definitely not "cheap"
 
6 g's it's the MSRP

but wait , so I won't record HD to mini dv tapes????????????????????
how about on a hard dirve via DVrack (I guess HDRack by then)

is Panasonic the only one with the lincense to make those cards how about PNY, Lexar,Kingston, etc they could make those same cards for cheaper, which will in turn have more people buy the camera because of the affordable media

I think the design it's ok
yeah I could use a shoulder mount
oh well
 
Truly great article Jarred & Barry. This camera is f*cking amazing. I've been draggin my jaw around at the Panasonic & Apple booths all day today. It's a fat little beast of a camera. I love it.

Can't wait for the show tonight.

-CJ
 
The "Dump" drive?

The "Dump" drive?

Barry or Jared, did you get to see the "dump" drive that panasonic is offering for the P2 cards? Any info on that?
 
great job jarred, thanks!

yeah it definitely is quite a bit bigger than the DVX. the pics were deceiving early on, i assumed they were the same shell basically...

anyhow, thanks!
 
This puppy looks great, the specs are beyond belief and panasonic listened to us, thanks Jan. I'm one happy camper. I think they just changed the industry for everyone...it'll never be the same. This tool will have a profound ripple effect for many years.

Congratulations everyone on giving your input to help design our new camera... now let's save our money, go get it & make some great movies.

Next goal: free the film/television industry from the stranglehold of the few.
 
being one of the early in mind converted to P2, i was first disappointed to see there a tape drive. we know it makes the camera more costy to manufacture (or pay-off with compromises.. even worse), hurts the design, weight etc.
until i found this:
The camera can also do real-time downconversion from the P2 card to DV tape. Buttons on the back of the camera let you control dubbing from the card to the tape, converting from the high-definition DVCPRO-HD image to standard-definition DV, even preserving timecode. And, get this – you can shoot in 720p at variable frame rates, and downconvert that to DV, so you can get the great slow-motion and fast-motion capability even in standard-def! It can also dub footage from the P2 card directly to an iPod, or to an external USB hard disk.
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now that might make the tape drive worth the suffer for 2 years, as SD is, still, here. and if the camera is such a mini nuclear reactor capable of those real transition friendly features.. it will also make an easier farewell to the DVX, and therefor some $$ for the new dude (dude? . .. this one is NO baby anyway).

which leaves only to findout how good this down-conversion is, and then to ask, if it does know how to dow-convert in realtime, why not recording to a tiny, built in ram and therefor straight to tape?

all and all, some amazing improvements. the longer lens (i want my orange numbers back on it though!).. tones of little great stuff.

my DVX shakes frightened in her case. how did she got so old in one day.
 
I was just wondering, if I were to shoot a 2 hour event in 1080p 24p lets say to a firewire HDD, after editing what would be the most optimal form of media to copy the finished product to, that an average consumer would be able to view, because not everyone will have a blue-ray player at first.
 
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