We needed a controllable lens camera for our Robin Hood shoot (shooting a promo tie-in for the big feature) - for the Jimmy Jib; this puts our usual 171 and 200 out of the running.
So we purchased a HPX301 at a great price (instead of hiring a bigger camera etc.)
I was a little bit nervous about the skew as throwing the camera about HH on telephoto is like being inside a jelly. However none of us actually film like that in practice.
Just to say the 301 was great, sweeping shots, diving shots and zooms - not an ounce of skew! We also shot with RED One and we've made them cut together pretty well.
Hope this helps someone!
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loved the way it runs around on that JIB.