Effect of HVX200 and DVX100B Pricing After Red Scarlet Release???

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skital

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I'm just curious what kind of effect everyone expects the release of the Red Scarlet to have on cameras like the HVX200, DVX100B, etc. Will it create dramatic price drops with those cameras pretty soon do you think?
 
The problem with scarlet is that no one has a tentative date on when it is going to be released. As far as the effect it may or may not have on other exixting cameras all boils down to factors like price point and what is best to use for a given project. No one camera is the be all solution to every need. The advances in technology just in the time that i have owned my hvx have been astounding. With the advent of consumer cameras like the gh1 producing the images that they do are quite impressive. This time next year, it's anyone's game. Only time will tell. I will be taking a serious look at the scarlet myself but my hvx will always remain part of the arsenal :)
 
I haven't heard of the GH1. I have been thinking of getting an HV20 because it's very nicely priced at around $500 and saving up for a Red Scarlet maybe or a D5 MII.

How dos the GH1 compare overall (especially for film look and low light) to the D5 Mark II?
 
as far as new retail pricing goes. thats anybodys guess. but prices naturally drop over time and id imagine prices will have to drop to some competitive degree in this case, especially in the sony EX line.

but its typical for prices to fall noticeably in the USED market pretty much the first few weeks that a new, exciting and competitive item comes out. simply due to the rash of people hastily unloading their old stuff for the "latest and greatest"

for a pro shooter though, its kind of a moot point. a working pro could buy an hvx/hpx today and pay for it at least twice over before the scarlet even becomes available. now hobbyists, thats another story. someone who has a fixed amount of money - lets say $10k to buy a camera. i would DEFINITELY tell them to wait for the scarlet.
 
Scarlet can mean a lot of things. The lowest end, fixed lens version might have an impact, but it's not different enough in my opinion to compete strongly with established things like the HVX. And the HVX has the advantage of already being big on the used market. The higher end versions are a different level. This may bring down the price a bit, but probably not much more than time would normally do regardless of which toys happen to be new on the market.

It's important to remember that there are a lot of cameras out there, and while companies like RED are making an impact the other companies aren't just sitting there without noticing. It's really just one more thing on the market, not a sudden breakthrough that changes the industry overnight.
 
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What people seem to forget is that RED doesn't make "video cameras" they make "digital cinema cameras". They are meant to be used on "film" projects. They have a very specific workflow much like working with real film.

Personally, I'd love for Panasonic to jump on the bandwagon and give us something like a HPX-170 with a Nikon mount and AVC-Intra/Ultra.
 
The effect will be nothing , this whole scarlett thing is BS. They will never be able to release enough cameras to make even a dent in anyones sales.

Larry
 
larryfine451 said:
The effect will be nothing , this whole scarlett thing is BS. They will never be able to release enough cameras to make even a dent in anyones sales.

Larry
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Looking at your whopping 3 posts on this forum, I'm starting to wonder your motive here... if something other than bashing Scarlet and using some of the most inaccurate information you can to do so... Anyone who says that RED has only shipped 100 cameras either needs to take their fingers off the keyboard and do some very basic research before posting again... or they have some kind of ulterior motive.

Later,
jason
 
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