HPX170 - A Second Look

Thanks for the great info! I just ordered one; it will be here in a few days. One question: I naturally assumed that the HD SDI out could feed a live 1080p signal, is this true? I can't find any literature to confirm this.
 
Barry_Green said:
Definitely buying one when I can get one. Don't know when my schedule will permit re-testing by itself; I've got a stack of articles and tests I'm supposed to be getting to already. :)
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Thanks for keeping this one in mind

And go ahead and take off a couple of days if you need them... you deserve them. :beer:
 
cinebri said:
One question: I naturally assumed that the HD SDI out could feed a live 1080p signal, is this true? I can't find any literature to confirm this.
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I don't have proof of this, but I seem to remember reading that it outputs whatever resolution you have it set to output, the same way the component video does.
 
USLatin said:
Thanks for keeping this one in mind

And go ahead and take off a couple of days if you need them... you deserve them. :beer:
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Hey Roberto, do you have (or are you getting) an HPX170? Mine should arrive in a few days and I'm totally stoked! :) In fact, the HPX170 will probably be the highlight of the next user group meeting (currently in planning).
 
DC said:
Hey Roberto, do you have (or are you getting) an HPX170? Mine should arrive in a few days and I'm totally stoked! :) In fact, the HPX170 will probably be the highlight of the next user group meeting (currently in planning).
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Nice!

I miiiiight get one but only if a project I am working on makes that possible. Otherwise I will be skipping it and getting a Scarlet when it comes out. The question is: Will you let me play with yours? :)

PLEASE let me know about the meeting, I would love to come hang out. Thank you very much for the efforts. Hey, maybe we can do some testing of the 170 at the meeting.
 
cinebri said:
Thanks for the great info! I just ordered one; it will be here in a few days. One question: I naturally assumed that the HD SDI out could feed a live 1080p signal, is this true? I can't find any literature to confirm this.
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HD-SDI outputs either 1080/60i or 720/60p. If you put the camera in 1080/24p mode it'll use 2:3 pulldown to output a 1080/60i signal.
 
HD-SDI is a monitoring spigot. Anything coming out of the HD-SDI port is going to be broadcast- and monitor-compliant, 720/60p or 1080/60i. If you're doing undercranked or overcranked 720p, it's going to add duplicated frames to pad out the signal to 60fps so that it's exporting a broadcast-compliant 720/60p signal.
 
USLatin said:
Nice!

I miiiiight get one but only if a project I am working on makes that possible. Otherwise I will be skipping it and getting a Scarlet when it comes out. The question is: Will you let me play with yours? :)

PLEASE let me know about the meeting, I would love to come hang out. Thank you very much for the efforts. Hey, maybe we can do some testing of the 170 at the meeting.
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what's going on here? is the 170 any good in porn film making :D
 
Hi guys,

in Italy where i live hpx170 is priced 4500 euros.
It's 300 euros less than HVX200A.
Maybe it's time to buy a sister to my HVX200...
 
I heard that the 170 lens ramps continuously from f/1.6 fully wide to f/3.0 at full telephoto.
If that will be confirmed would be a substantial difference compared to constant f/1.6 of the HVX200/200A, and a difference i dislike.
Barry could you say something about that?
 
A few corrections ttxsushi:
_ the 200 doesn't have a fixed f-stop lens
_ neither does the 200A
_ I think the 170 is shipping with a 16GB P2

About the NTSC/PAL: There will be a Firmware patch of sorts that you will be able to download for a few hundred bucks... just read a few pages back and you'll see all about it.
 
USLatin said:
A few corrections ttxsushi:
_ the 200 doesn't have a fixed f-stop lens
_ neither does the 200A
_ I think the 170 is shipping with a 16GB P2

About the NTSC/PAL: There will be a Firmware patch of sorts that you will be able to download for a few hundred bucks... just read a few pages back and you'll see all about it.
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Yes, you're right: HVX200/A has an f/1.6 - f/2.8 lens (when i wrote the message i hadn't my HVX at hand).
I can confirm that here in Italy HPX170 is shipping without P2 card.
 
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