HVX 200 VS. Canon XH-A1

lhmaloney

lhmaloney

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About to shoot a short, debating which one to use. Anybody know how these 2 match up to each other.

HVX 200 TO Canon XH-A1
 
perfect. Just dial down the detail by -6 on the canon a1 and get the canon a1s color matched up in post and you should be very close.
 
This has been done a lot. If you really want to know, take a look at Barry's comparison article. A quick breakdown would be the following.

HVX200

+Way more options such as 720p, variable frame-rates, and some other cool stuff.
+Many think it gives a more film-like image
+Many prefer Panasonic's gamma curve and color reproduction
+Many argue it gives a better look "out of the box."
+Slightly higher dynamic range.
+DVCProHD means a lot less compression
+P2 means never having to worry about tape and can make life SO nice
+True 24p

-More expensive
-P2 makes it even more expensive
-Some find it too noisy

A1

+Slightly sharper 1080 performance (especially if you go 60i)
+Slightly better low light performance
+Cheaper
+HDV is cheaper than P2
+Many like Canon's image controls more
+24f, while not true 24p, looks almost identical and, while there is some resolution loss, it's not much

-HDV is your only option (I believe) and it uses interframe encoding which can mean motion compression. I've seen some great results with the A1 but I NEVER wanna mess with interframe encoding.
-24f may create some issues with editing systems.
-If you want to capture into a computer, you'll want to use a deck or a smaller Canon HD camera since other systems won't be able to capture 24f.
 
DavidBeier said:
This has been done a lot. If you really want to know, take a look at Barry's comparison article. A quick breakdown would be the following.

HVX200

+Way more options such as 720p, variable frame-rates, and some other cool stuff.
+Many think it gives a more film-like image
+Many prefer Panasonic's gamma curve and color reproduction
+Many argue it gives a better look "out of the box."
+Slightly higher dynamic range.
+DVCProHD means a lot less compression
+P2 means never having to worry about tape and can make life SO nice
+True 24p

-More expensive
-P2 makes it even more expensive
-Some find it too noisy

A1

+Slightly sharper 1080 performance (especially if you go 60i)
+Slightly better low light performance
+Cheaper
+HDV is cheaper than P2
+Many like Canon's image controls more
+24f, while not true 24p, looks almost identical and, while there is some resolution loss, it's not much

-HDV is your only option (I believe) and it uses interframe encoding which can mean motion compression. I've seen some great results with the A1 but I NEVER wanna mess with interframe encoding.
-24f may create some issues with editing systems.
-If you want to capture into a computer, you'll want to use a deck or a smaller Canon HD camera since other systems won't be able to capture 24f.
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Thanks for this info to and you and all the guys. Really by comparison and to what I need the HVX 2000 seems to be the better camera for what I need however the HX A1 (especially) witht he footage I seen does seem to be a good alternative. I guess it just boils down to the better camera capabilities for 24f for me.
 
David S. said:
Boy I don't see that.

And the color space is quite a bit different.
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Well, I thought I covered color space when I mentioned HDV (I didn't want to rant about how much I hated it because then I come off as a nut).

Anyway, from what I've seen, I havn't been able to tell the difference between 24f motion and 24p. I'd still rather shoot 24p or course.
 
There is a great difference comparing the PAL models: 25f and 25p. Canon´s 25f looks unnaturally stuttering, almost like a strobe effect. The 4.2.0 HDV PAL colourspace really shows on the big screen: the colours look videoish.
 
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