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augenblick said:
I disagree.

You will have major issues with a 60 Hertz Camera on a 50 Hertz Continent.

Every available light there is (and there are a lot) is flickering. When you do a movie, be absolutely 100% positively sure that you rent flickerfree equipment! (HMI, Fluorescent Tubes etc.) Because everything else is flickering. Your Picture is pumping. Trust me. You will be sorry if you invest in a 60Hertz Camera here in europe.

But that's just my 2 Cent.


And by the way. Why is everyone so fickerig about 24p. Unless you can make absolutely sure that your film is released theatricaly, it is not necessary at all. You'll be much better of with 25P.
95% of what you produce will end up on a DVD anyway.

But that's just my 2 Cent.


I could be wrong now, but I don't thinks so. (adrian monk)
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Ok, I agree with you concerning the flickering problem, but as mentioned somewhere in this forum, it should be compensatable with shutter speed ?

For me 60p is the killer argument and therefor I´ll need 24p. With 24p as base, you can simply transfer the material to 25p and got much smoother slowmos than with the 50p PAL Version (2 times slower is not the same as 2,5).
Normally I would not think about PAL or NTSC because I live in PAL land and I had ever bought a PAL Version. But in case of the HVX200 I would have to pay much more for a PAL Version with 2 (for me) very important features less and that is the problem why I think twice, before spending about 6k Euro.

I can´t really understand Panasonic why they castrate the PAL Version in that way and I hoped, there were other cameras with variable Framerates in that pricerange but at this time, there are no alternatives. I know the arguments from Panasonic, that there are technical reasons for the missing 24p feature but somehow I can´t believe that - it´s just a marketing decission.
 
Hi emu

I see your point, though I'm not sure if slomo and 24p can be a reason not buying the PAL Camera. As I said before 24p only makes sense, if your production WILL hit the big screen. If not, so what? You can also make a beautiful 25p Production and still have a theatrical release like "Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" aka "The Edukators" now receiving awards all over the world, which was produced on DVCPRO50.

I think from 50p to 60p is not such a big jump that would make it important to buy the ntsc version. I'd rather go to a real slomo solution like 16mm @ 120fps. THAT is slomo. Especially for snowboard or skateboard action.

And finally you have to make sure that your editing system is able to go with the framerate you work on.

Remember a camera in the end is only a tool. I do not change my whole toolbox just because another shiny tool arrives. (Although the HVX is very, very shiny)

I still haven't decided yet.

Jordicom here in Switzerland will have a HVX200 by friday. I'm going there to check it out.
 
DP StrangeLove said:
I'm talking abou the P2 Store, how many minutes can it store of 720pn footage when filled, and how many mintures can the Firestore hold. What do you recommend for shooting a Documentary feature overseas where I can't be lugging a Powerbook around for transfer to firewire drives. Can either of these devices transfer to firewire drives without the need of a laptop?
-Benjamin
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The Firestore will record approximately 100 minutes of 720P 24P. (It would likely be the case that the FS-100 wouldn't want you to fill the HDD completely unlike the P2 Store because you're recording on the fly. The P2 Store you can't.)

The P2 Store will provide you with 150 minutes of 720P 24PN.

I would say the best way to go is a couple of 8GB cards and a P2 Store for now.

You would end up with 40 minutes of record time on the cards and 150 P2 Store.

That's just over 3 hours of record time.

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Silver 2 said:
So Andrew, I don't recall, will your Cineporter allow for native recording?
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Yep. It is still unsure about the Firestore, first they said no, but now it is not clear. It does not matter if you only record 1080p.
 
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