Hvx-200 Faq

Hi sprat, just to let you know, 1080i is a mis-label in the menu, it is actually 1080p. So 1080i/24p is actually 1080p/24p. The camera is a native progressive and has to "create" interlace footage from progressive frames by slicing progressive frames and "calling" them interlace.

Yes 1080p does have an advantage if you can handle the file sizes: the camera is capable of more res than the 720p mode delivers, and that is harnessed in 1080. The vertical res capability on the HVX is something more like 800 rather than 720, so the 1080 captures that data. You get a 300 pixel boost in both directions, vert and horiz, so 150 in each. Is it going to look remarkably different from 720? no, not like the night and day difference between 480 and 720... However there is a boost in res, great especially for animation plates or matching with other 1080 cameras on the set. 1GB/min. :)
 
Well if my final output is DVD will I see a difference between 720p and 1080i on that disk and does anyone have any info for sourcing out a dupe house that produces Blue-Ray or HD DVD at a semi-reasonable price... or is it way too soon to call that sort of duplication reasonable.
 
I personally don't think there is much of a difference on DVD, but someday when you are able to display at full res, there may be a small difference. I would say 1080 is more for projection or animation, not SD DVD, unless you are looking for the finest detail. I wouldnt worry about Blu-ray or HD-DVD yet, since no one can play that media yet. Archive on Hard disks, distro on DVD. Standard DVD's will look much better from 720p than from 480p.
 
Up to now I have only shot short films in 16mm, and recently I have been asked to shoot a documentary on suicide prevention by a University professor.

I am considering adquiring the HVX200, but I am not sure yet if the P2 or DV tapes would be better, since recording interviews does not work like takes, instead it is a process that can last an unforseen amount of time and therefor hot switching the cards are not a possibility.

Do you think that using the FS-100 or FireWire to an external drive would be the best solution over DV tapes? Also considering the financial factor...
 
No that's not true. If you're shooting 24fps, sound is recorded just fine.

It's when you record off-speed footage (like you're shooting 24pN but set the frame rate to 48fps) that no sound is recorded.
 
StriderNou said:
I just bought an HVX200. What is NTSC? I read my manual and for the tape recording it says I am able to shoot 30p/24p/24PA
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NTSC references the Standard Definition signal that is recorded by the camera, this would be DV, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50. NTSC stands for the National Televisions Standards Committee, whci was the Standards Body that over saw the development of the Television signal when Color was introduced. Check out wikipedia if you want more info.

Within each of those formats you would be able to shoot, 30P/24P and 24PA along with a standard 60 interlaced fields signal.

Hope that helps,

Jan
 
thebman18 said:
"What are the results with using the DV function of the HVX?
In other words, does the 480P footage look good or better then the DVX-100B?
I think this is important information for all users to understand until the price of the P2 cards falls or higher capacity is achieved at the current price points."



From what I understand after being at NAB2006,
the HVX200 in "tape" mode is exactly a DVX100B.
It acts just like it with the same if not better image quality.
I think that alone makes it the obvious camera to upgrade to. :)
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I agree, as the footage from my DVX100 and HVX200 are reasonably matched in SD-4:3, but in SD-widescreen, the HVX200 is noticeably better; presumably because of the native 16:9 CCD's. I have not tried it, but I would expect that to be true, even if the DVX100 had an anamorphic adapter.
 
StriderNou said:
I just bought an HVX200. What is NTSC? I read my manual and for the tape recording it says I am able to shoot 30p/24p/24PA
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You are confusing me man. :costumed-smiley-047 National Television System Committee is NTSC. It was made to unify the country on one system of television format. That is SD 29.97 interlaced television, although HD and 16:9 will eventually be the new standard, so thank god I've got my HVX!!!! The future is here now and under 6,000! :)
 
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You are confusing me man. :costumed-smiley-047 National Television System Committee is NTSC. It was made to unify the country on one system of television format. That is SD 29.97 interlaced television, although HD and 16:9 will eventually be the new standard, so thank god I've got my HVX!!!! The future is here now and under 6,000! :)
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Then too, "back in the day" when I was watching quad tape reels go 'round and marveling at 3/4 inch portability... This is what NTSC stood for:
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC."

Frames and Resolution

Administered by the FCC, NTSC broadcasts at 60 hertz, 60 half frames per second, which is known as 60 "fields" per second (59.94 fields per second to be exact). NTSC uses 525 lines of resolution: the first 480 lines in each frame are the image, and the last 45 are the "vertical blanking interval" (VBI), which was designed to give the electron gun time to reposition itself from the bottom of the last frame to the top of the next.

Wow, so much fun stuff! Y'know, TV was black and white when I was introduced to it. Adding color required a systemwide encoding/decoding design for sending video in the form of RGB and luma signals that could be decoded by both B/W and color TV's. NTSC did that. But because it isn't a perfect system and a compromise, the color-under effect was a bit soft and colors would bleed beyond their intended borders. Improvements like PAL and SECAM standards with 625 lines of resolution gave a better picture. Standards conversion anyone? And if you have a true component origination with a true component display monitor, you can see the difference in terms of resolution when compared to a home TV.

Why does it matter?

Where it concerns the HVX, Color space as it relates to NTSC isn't just pedantry, it's real life resolution and colorimetry maleability. It matters because people can feel a good picture even if they're not knowledgeable about this stuff. It looks better and it feels "real" to the viewer. HVX 4:2:2 color space gives us more latitude to get the most out of the NTSC SD signals we're dealing with today, and the HD signals we'll be dealing with going forward.

Now, my college students would absolutely glaze over when I taked about standards. ( I taught TV news production for two years) And by now evryone reading this will be welll glazed also.

Bottom line, Systems or Standards committee, you can take your pick. Either way, NTSC really means:
Never The Same Color :) Unless you have an HVX !! (Or a Varicam...)

You can find more about NTSC by Googling it, but be aware that some answers will be as cloudy as my memory...

Rich
 
I saw before that Exile asked about the 4-channel capability, I just wanted to reitterate that.

there is no way of recording 4 channels onto this camera, it is just two analogue xlr, and two built in mic channels yeah? defo?

Cheers.
 
What is performance of the HVX200 under low light?
I am considering using them for weddings. Some churches may be to dark to use?

Thank you
 
I realize the HVX has 16 : 9 native imagers but it my limited time with the camera on jobs the apsect ration needed to be squeeze mode while recording HD. If the ccd imagers are native 16:9 why would it need to squeeze the image?
 
Because Panasonic chose a silly name for the native 16:9 mode. Squeeze = native 16:9 on the HVX. Should probably have been called "widescreen" mode, but instead they called it "squeeze."
 
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