John Rivers
Active member
It's here!
Much to my enjoyment, I finally came home today to a beautiful box filled with packing peanuts and a nice, new Panasonic AG-HVX200P (was a little confused about the "P" part since I've only heard it referred to as the HVX200, but doesn't seem to be any different, so it's all good.)
Slowly I removed the box from its bed of peanuts, and using my keys, cut through the pristine packing tape. I held my breath in excitement, and opened the box...
Woo! Another box!...and it looked the exact same!...well alrighty!
(Repeated the whole "box opening" procedure...)
Finally got to the camera, and needless to say, it's quite cool, and I'm very pleased. I have a few questions/comments which I'd like to share with the community:
1) The LCD seems a bit...blurry? I dunno how to describe it, but for example when i press the "bars" button to display the video bar signal, the colors bleed a bit, and the menu text seems to do the same. It's still readable, no doubt, just doesn't feel that "crisp". Is this something common or should I look into setting up a replacement or fix or whatever?
2) I haven't filmed anything yet, just held and played around with it for 20-30 minutes or so, but I am relieved to find it's not nearly as heavy or massive as I initially thought it might be based on previous postings. This might have something to do with the fact I'm 6'3", but still, I'd say it's definitely usable in handheld form.
Very cool camera overall. I have ALOT to learn, as there are so many buttons and settings. But I'm greatly looking forward to this.
I'll post my first footage once I take some. Thanks to everyone with DVXuser for the continued assistance and help with everything!
Much to my enjoyment, I finally came home today to a beautiful box filled with packing peanuts and a nice, new Panasonic AG-HVX200P (was a little confused about the "P" part since I've only heard it referred to as the HVX200, but doesn't seem to be any different, so it's all good.)
Slowly I removed the box from its bed of peanuts, and using my keys, cut through the pristine packing tape. I held my breath in excitement, and opened the box...
Woo! Another box!...and it looked the exact same!...well alrighty!
(Repeated the whole "box opening" procedure...)
Finally got to the camera, and needless to say, it's quite cool, and I'm very pleased. I have a few questions/comments which I'd like to share with the community:
1) The LCD seems a bit...blurry? I dunno how to describe it, but for example when i press the "bars" button to display the video bar signal, the colors bleed a bit, and the menu text seems to do the same. It's still readable, no doubt, just doesn't feel that "crisp". Is this something common or should I look into setting up a replacement or fix or whatever?
2) I haven't filmed anything yet, just held and played around with it for 20-30 minutes or so, but I am relieved to find it's not nearly as heavy or massive as I initially thought it might be based on previous postings. This might have something to do with the fact I'm 6'3", but still, I'd say it's definitely usable in handheld form.
Very cool camera overall. I have ALOT to learn, as there are so many buttons and settings. But I'm greatly looking forward to this.
I'll post my first footage once I take some. Thanks to everyone with DVXuser for the continued assistance and help with everything!
