First serious cam...this or DVX?

MatthewC

MatthewC

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I plan to save up and buy myself a good serious cam to get started on short films, etc. and get experience with.

I've noticed the FX1 isnt that much better than the DVX. For someone slowly learning the way of 24p, etc. and wide angles, codecs, etc. and someone definately planning on eventually making short films with this camera, what would you say is better for someone learning everything?

I would prefer the camera with the highest picture quality, AND the closest look to film. I've heard DVX looks more like film, but the FX1 is clearer and looks quite better. Help?

Thanks.
 
Why don't you check out footage from both cams, read up on both of them, and take a break from the comparison questions? If possible try all the cams out on your own. Asking this sort of question tends to drag out biased answers. And since this question's been asked about umpteen million times you could always do a search and read over the other responses.

At a certain point the answer to this question is up to you, not the persuasiveness of people here.
 
It depends what yu are looking for. The FX1 in HD mode blows everything out of the water. Filming in HD mode, then downconverting to SD leaves a fantastic picture. Bit it's interlaced rather than progressive, which you would get with the DVX. However, if you use Natress to de-interlace the results are again tremendous.
 
Steve Shovlar said:
It depends what yu are looking for. The FX1 in HD mode blows everything out of the water. Filming in HD mode, then downconverting to SD leaves a fantastic picture. Bit it's interlaced rather than progressive, which you would get with the DVX. However, if you use Natress to de-interlace the results are again tremendous.
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I've heard certain aspects of it arent as user friendly, like the manual zoom and focus, etc.

How much more difficult is it to capture the footage and bring it across in HD? Is it more complex?

Is the camera too complex for a beginner to slowly figure out? I love challenges and figuring things out. Will this be too complex?
 
All cameras suck except for the DVX100 for indiependent filmmaking at this price point. If you ain't getting the HVX get the DVX.

I repeat:

For indie filmmaking get the DVX100. Who want's 'really crisp' interlaced video for indie filmmaking? No one. And forget about doing it in post as it will completely negate the HD part and just doesn't look the same (no matter what anyone tells you.)

No question about it. (And I don't wan't to hear any crap about it either)

( Hey, Isaac was right )
 
I recently went through the exact same decision process.
I looked at the FX-1, and Natress filters. You can get some great results. It came down to the fact that I dont have a need AT THIS POINT to do anything in HD. I'd be down-converting stuff for SD DVD's. ALSO- the DVX-100a has XLR inputs for better audio control. There were work-arounds for most issues, but I would have wanted to buy the Z1- out of my range for the time being.

I bought a used DVX100a, and had money to get a mattbox and a tripod as well. When this gear is all paid off- I'll upgrade to the JVC HD100 maybe. The gear made it possible for me to just get out there and start doing stuff. I started getting calls the week after I bought the gear. No one has asked for HD video yet.

Look at your funds, your end-use and consider what you'll need as a package.
There were a number of DVX100a's and FX-1's for sale used. If you work out a paypal transaction, it may work out whichever way you go.

Good luck,

Jeff Patnaude
 
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