Has anyone tested a SD lens on the HPX500?

Don't know by heart what it would be compared to 35mm cam's, but i meant that the 9x5.2 with 2x ext. gives you a range from 5.2 tot 93.6 mm and the KRS only from 6.5 to 78.

For a comparison to 35mm; i think there was another thread about that , i'll try to find it.
 
Cheers mate i should add tho i was thinking lol (35mm photography) rather than 35mm cine lenses hehe (again coming of my dippy hvx adapter brain)
 
i have tested a HPX502 with Canon SD J11x4.5 & a Fuji HD AH13x4.5 lens i edited the footage in FCP & saw output on Panny HD monitor & there after no one could identify which footage was from with lens. they looked just the same ... my conclusion >>> I am buying a HPX502 with Canon J11x4.5 a great combo with 6 x32Gb P2 cards & a P2 gear (i hate the prices of p2 cards) but still :thumbup:
 
yet another test,

HPX502 Canon j114.5 vs HDX900 canon j11x4.5 both the cams at an event

both cams shot & were intercut on FCP .... The broadcasting engineers from stations were not able to distinguish between both the cams result. Nothing much with the help of vector scopes etc... Does that mean both are quite similar in performances !!:huh:
 
Jonny Bravo said:
yet another test,

HPX502 Canon j114.5 vs HDX900 canon j11x4.5 both the cams at an event

both cams shot & were intercut on FCP .... The broadcasting engineers from stations were not able to distinguish between both the cams result. Nothing much with the help of vector scopes etc... Does that mean both are quite similar in performances !!:huh:
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i've shot with both and there are subtle differences. i haven't done any technical a/b tests but the hdx900 seems to have a little better lattitude. the last time i shot with it we were on a backlit white cloth set with areas of blowout. i remember being very impressed at how the camera dealt with the blowout and the near blowout areas. nice film-like falloff. the 500 is a little more harsh in this scenario. otherwise, in a well lit event situation, i could understand the two cameras producing nearly identical images...
 
I am going to try and get myself some prime rental leeway and test some OLD OLD zoom lenses. Will post my findings as they become available.
 
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HPX500 with SDcanon

HPX500 with SDcanon

I'm using a YJ canon on my cam. The novice client can't tell the difference in HD mode or DV.
I have focus issues at full zoom.
There is noticeable blue hazing around edges of objects with an overexposed white sky.
If your using a SD lens there is a sweet spot, you'll have to zoom in and out and mess with the back focus to find it. Then compose your shots around these settings.

But if an SD lens is all you have until you can get a kick butt 12,000 dollar and up lens. You'll be fine. Hardly any TV clients of mine are asking for HD video.

I have shot Music videos in DVCPROHD 720PN using under cranking and over cranking. Used tons of lights, even my camera buddies couldn't tell it was a SD lens.

By the time you crap up the video to mpeg2 for DVD all the flaws in HD disappear.

Using SD lenses be sure to record as much color and gamma information as possible. Don't use on lens filters. Don't use the cine settings that cam with the HPX500. All that stuff can be manipulated in post with better control than any filter or cam setting ever will with the exception of UV filters and Polarizing filters.

Happy Shooting:Drogar-Dum(DBG):
 
I am not sure if this is a problem with the 500 or it is a problem relating to using an SD lens on it, but this week I have noticed that, when using the 2x extender on my SD lens (Canon) if I turn the focus ring to make the camera go out of focus (when checking focus, for example), the image - when out of focus - goes either a bright and very noticeable green or red. When I hit the focus "sweet spot", the discoloration is gone. Only happens using the extender.

I have also noticed that, when monitoring on the LCD on the side of the camera in normal use, that there is sometimes a flash of discoloration to the picture, but only for a brief moment. Not sure if the discoloration is recorded or not - I haven't noticed it yet.

DS
 
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i have a fuji A16x9 berm on my 500 and it works well i shoot a hunting show in the midwest so i add a wide glass for the epic shots
 
the only problems i find are general fuzziness, and lines on the edges of high contrast. and some flarey glarey around the edge on bright bits, which i dont mind so much.

discussing some digital artifacting with my dealer, they blamed the sd lens because they dont *reccommend it*with the 500. it seems the CHromatic Abberation Compensation (CAC) lens is actually designed specifically to compensate flaws in the 500. panasonic may make the CAC sound like a bonus, instead of saying, we really dont *reccommend* this camera, unless you spend another 10G for the neccacary corrections. i heard that other cameras would deal SD lenses better than the 500 would.

I think if you can afford an hd lens for the 500 i think it might be worth it for the cac. my image is way fuzzier than i remember seeing it on the display in the store. but i couldnt afford the hd lens so im not complaining. and i have started to kind of like the fuzziness in the same way film is fuzzy sometimes. im happy with this camera because it does things in a weird way. but im more experimental. i wouldnt think that what i have is really a crisp image that a most people would want.

sorry if im repeating anything. i havent read all 26 pages of this forum. just wanted to give some feedback of my experience.
 
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I know this thread is old but is there anyway we can fix all the dead links on here? there is hardly any useful photo links anymore. I counted 3 that were actually working out of the many many that were dead.
 
I have recently bought HPX500 but could not effort HD lens to work with, fortunately I had a used 2/3 SD lens where I was using with Sony DVCAM. I did couple of projects with SD lens and the results are acceptable
 
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