HVX in SD compared to a DVX

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Hello,

I know the tille can sound perfectly stupid, but i need to have some input about the following point.

Is there somewhere a review of the HVX used not as a high level HD cam but as a SD cam (use of DV tape, record in SD etc..) especially compared to a DVX100 ?

Thanks in advance
 
I believe the HVX in SD mode shooting in dv50 blows the dvx out of the water in resolution and color. I do not know of a review comparing the two though. Check the articles.
 
In DV 4:3 they're quite comparable.

In DV 16:9 the HVX has a significant advantage in vertical resolution.

In DV50 the HVX has twice the color resolution.

So if you're talking about shooting 4:3 DV to tape, the DVX actually may do a bit better, in that it is more sensitive. But if you want 16:9, or to graduate over to the P2 cards and DVCPRO50, then the HVX really starts to earn its $2000 price premium.
 
Barry:

I read somewhere that the HVX, when in SD 4:3 mode, only uses the middle portion of the sensor, like the Xl2 Canon. Is that correct?
 
It does a center extraction, yes. It's the way all 16:9 cameras do it. The Canon is slightly different in that it starts as a 4:3 chip, but they only ever use the central 16:9 patch of that, and then to shoot 4:3 it uses the center patch of the 16:9 patch of the 4:3 CCD.

Whereas on basically every other 16:9 camera, 4:3 is created by chopping off the sides and using the central 4:3 area. It gives you the full height of the CCD, and a full 720 pixels wide.
 
The HVX to be more precise is comparable picture quality to a DVX100B. It is considerable cleaner (noise wise) than a 100A. Still less sensitive than a 100A though.
 
Barry_Green said:
In DV 4:3 they're quite comparable.

In DV 16:9 the HVX has a significant advantage in vertical resolution.

In DV50 the HVX has twice the color resolution.

So if you're talking about shooting 4:3 DV to tape, the DVX actually may do a bit better, in that it is more sensitive. But if you want 16:9, or to graduate over to the P2 cards and DVCPRO50, then the HVX really starts to earn its $2000 price premium.
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Hello,

It’s exactly that.

Right now I shoot short footage for a little TV show and I do that with my own stuff (i’m freelance). I shoot 4:3 SD, no HD and no 16/9 (well I could do some 16 :9 probably)

I need to buy a camera, to shoot SD (mainly 4:3) on miniDV tapes.
I know the HVX is twice the price of the DVX, but I wonder if it would no be a better idea to buy something much more sophisticated and luxurious for my current needs... and be able to keep it on the medium/long term instead of buy cheaper a camera that I’ll have to sell used for cheap in a not so long term.

Luc
 
I must say that I'm pretty blown away by the difference in the DVCPro50 images I've shot (compared to standard DV). The DV images look flat color-wise in comparison. It's like some stuck a film on the front of the lens to muck up the image. DVCPro50 is a quantum leap in terms of SD.
 
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