Hvx-200 Faq

Dang webshots, they are so unreliable, here is the FS100 pic that Jarred linked to, but on Flickr:

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Barry_Green said:
PAL TV runs at 50 fields per second. High-def in PAL territories will run at either 50 fields or 25 progressive frames per second. 25p is the right choice for PAL territories. 24p would produce an image that you couldn't display on any television out there.
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Same thing in ntsc countries, your televisions can't produce an image @24p. But, as we well know analog output on camera does a pulldown. PAL version could also do 24@25 pulldown.
Again if Panny would see this important or they would listen European camera buyers in several discussion forums.

Barry_Green said:
Well, you do the same thing as every other PAL shooter out there does -- you shoot 25p and get the look of film. That's how it's done. Even when shooting film for a direct-to-TV movie, European shooters shoot the film at 25 frames per second for an easy transfer to PAL television.
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And to continue with that logics, if you are shooting a movie to theather distribution it would be easier if both image and audio could be recorded in native speed (25fps for tv, 24fps for movies, not 25fps for both).
 
Barry_Green said:
Sure it is. There probably isn't a soul alive who could tell the difference between 25p and 24p.

PAL TV runs at 50 fields per second. High-def in PAL territories will run at either 50 fields or 25 progressive frames per second. 25p is the right choice for PAL territories. 24p would produce an image that you couldn't display on any television out there.


Well, you do the same thing as every other PAL shooter out there does -- you shoot 25p and get the look of film. That's how it's done. Even when shooting film for a direct-to-TV movie, European shooters shoot the film at 25 frames per second for an easy transfer to PAL television.
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Barry,
25p is great for PAL TV footage, but what if I want to shoot for printing to 35mm, exclusively? Wouldn't 24p be the most compatible?

David
 
Hi, new here longtime lurking, on the market for 25p goodness ;) used the dvx plenty of times.
I was contemplating some slow-mo options, and how to expand the 60p to even more. Then it occurred to me that the Panny does a defacto progressive capture, doesn't it? Even in 1080i? Are there ANY switchable interlaced/progressive CCD's out there?
If that was possible, it could give you a 120 fps SD picture with some creative stretching in AE, albeit with a 3.3% loss in resolution, but for some projects it would be acceptable. I guess that's the only thing the competitors got going for it for me, on the other hand, losing even more image fidelity on a HDV stream is not something you'd want.

Anyway, tough luck.
 
mmm, the '3.3% loss' math is wrong. The 1080i square pixel comp would be 53.3% dropped in a SD widescreen comp. (PAL)
 
If you want to shoot definitive exclusively only for filmprint 35mm, 24P is a better option. But the projects using S16/35mm with a combined theatre or TV only release shoot 25P with 4% audio speedrepair.
 
master@24p for 35mm film-out

master@24p for 35mm film-out

Concerning info how to get 24p for 35mm film-out@post and its results from 25p since an interlaced source (50i rather 60i) vs. native progressive, there's an interesting link here and a new open thread there.
 
Guys, so we still don't have an estimated date of when the camera will be release? Does anyone know when or if Apple's FCP5 supports it? Excuse my ignorance, I'm just gettin' back to the swing of things.
 
720P and 720PN is the same quality, but the PN uses less than half the space, since it only records the native frames. 10 min on PN, 4 min on P, on a 4GB card.
 
A few things are not clear to me. The FAQs above state: "scanned and captured at 1080p/60, and the signal is then converted to 1080i" Is there a way to record either 1080p/60 or 1080p/30 to the memory sticks or an external HD?

It has been said elsewhere in these forums that two HVX200s can be "jam-synched" via firewire. Is this equivilant to genlocking? Is there any way to sunch two of these cams to "frame accurate" status?
 
You cannot record 1080/60p. You can record 1080/30p.

There is no genlocking possible. The sync'ing is to synchronize the timecode preset.
 
What is the mount socket made of?

What is the mount socket made of?

In the DVX100a they used a plastic socket mount. In the HVX200, is it a metal mounting socket?
 
stickypod said:
In the DVX100a they used a plastic socket mount. In the HVX200, is it a metal mounting socket?
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Actually the DVX was metal under the plastic plate on the 100 and the 100A design. The DVX100B has the same design as the HVX where the mount plate is shown. In all cases it is a metal plate.

Best,

Jan
 
HVX in DV Mode Results

HVX in DV Mode Results

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.

My plans:
1.) HVX-200 using 24P DV setting with CineGamma enabled
2.) Redrock Micro M2 Adapter
3.) Edit in Uncompressed 601 SD on AVID Xpress ProHD
4.) Color Mastering with Magic Bullet Suite Suite v2.1
5.) Upres an 1080P version of footage with RedGiant Instant HD
6.) Master to NTSC DVD (with the option to HD DVD later)

Richard Kuhr
www.kuhrmedia.com
 
HVX200 as a DVX100B

HVX200 as a DVX100B

"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. :)
 
I am new to all this so this might be the biggest idiot question... please be kind. If I am looking for the "film" look and shooting in 24p is there an advantage/disadvantage between the 1080i and natice 720p modes. I have tried to find an answer to this all over this site and maybe I'm not looking in the right places. Any input is greatly appreciated.

JP
 
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