HVX 202 and Firestore Focus FS-100
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rgdfilms
Wet poodle
FIRESTORE OVER p2
PROS: Longer record times
CONS: Hard drive, moving parts, higher risk of failure, cannot record native frames in 720 24P and 30P mode, um, moving parts
p2 over FIRESTORE
PROS: Can delete clips within camera, records NATIVE frames in 24PN and 30PN modes=less space, virtually indestructable, NO MOVIING PARTS
CONS: expensive, limited record time (right now)
Firestore: little over 2K for 100GBS = $20 per GIG - 1 MINUTE per GIG (can only record the entire 100 mbs DVCPROHD stream, um, moving parts)
P2: $1400 for 8GB card = $175 per GIG - 2.5 MINUTES per GIG (recording in 720P 24PN mode)
PROS: Longer record times
CONS: Hard drive, moving parts, higher risk of failure, cannot record native frames in 720 24P and 30P mode, um, moving parts
p2 over FIRESTORE
PROS: Can delete clips within camera, records NATIVE frames in 24PN and 30PN modes=less space, virtually indestructable, NO MOVIING PARTS
CONS: expensive, limited record time (right now)
Firestore: little over 2K for 100GBS = $20 per GIG - 1 MINUTE per GIG (can only record the entire 100 mbs DVCPROHD stream, um, moving parts)
P2: $1400 for 8GB card = $175 per GIG - 2.5 MINUTES per GIG (recording in 720P 24PN mode)
Barry_Green
Moderator
To add to RGD's list:
Firestore con = a little noise, plus you have to manage a separate battery for it, plus it's a little bulkier because you have to manage having a separate physical unit (vs. the cards that reside inside the camera).
P2 pro = ability to preview overcrank and undercrank effect right in-camera.
Either way you'll be working in a tapeless environment, with easy access to playing back your clips immediately after shooting them. The Firestore offers much longer recording times, and if I'm not mistaken I believe you can actually daisy-chain multiple firestores together for really really long record times. Viewed strictly on a cost-per-minute basis there's no contest, the firestore provides a lot more recording time for less cost. But as RGD's list illustrates, there are other factors to consider besides cost per gig.
For my own purposes I plan on having both. I view them as nicely complementary technologies.
Firestore con = a little noise, plus you have to manage a separate battery for it, plus it's a little bulkier because you have to manage having a separate physical unit (vs. the cards that reside inside the camera).
P2 pro = ability to preview overcrank and undercrank effect right in-camera.
Either way you'll be working in a tapeless environment, with easy access to playing back your clips immediately after shooting them. The Firestore offers much longer recording times, and if I'm not mistaken I believe you can actually daisy-chain multiple firestores together for really really long record times. Viewed strictly on a cost-per-minute basis there's no contest, the firestore provides a lot more recording time for less cost. But as RGD's list illustrates, there are other factors to consider besides cost per gig.
For my own purposes I plan on having both. I view them as nicely complementary technologies.
chrislockerman
Active member
So are you saying that you cannot undercrank or overcrank when using the firestore FS-100?
CacheMoneyVideo
Well-known member
chrislockerman said:
you can just cant view it right away like on p2. and u have to use 24P not 24pN.
chrislockerman
Active member
Thanks for setting me straight on that. Can you also tell me the advantage of 24pn over 24p?
