HVX vs. DVX-100b

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stanw

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When shooting SD, how does the HVX compare with the DVX-100b? Is there anything that the DVX can do that the HVX can not?

I will not always need to shoot in HD, so I am just wondering if there are any disadvantages to the HVX when shooting SD.

Thanks.
 
For NTSC, I believe there's a small problem on shooting DV with the HVX- people are reporting significant aliasing on the edges. In the Pal camera (which I own), tough, that's not much noticeable.
 
I have yet to run tape through our HVX, so I still don't know how that would compare with the DVX, but if you can shoot on P2, you have the option of shooting DV50 which will look stunning by comparison. I've recently been shooting a short on my personal DVX (couldn't use the office camera), and it's been a little dismaying. DVX footage looked so good a year ago . . .
 
HVX shoots 16x9 native so your SD footage will look better than if it was shot with the DVX.

I recall Barry Green did a test with screengrabs about this somewhere in this forum.
 
ProJX is right. Also the HVX has a better lens, and a new gamma option called news gamma.
 
The DVX is about 1 stop faster than the HVX, and in 60i it's two stops faster (meaning the footage will be noticeably brighter than the HVX's footage). And in 480/60i, the stairsteppy edges are pretty noticeable in the HVX, much cleaner in the DVX.

Other than that, it's pretty much all HVX all the time, it's better for 24p and 30p, it does DV50, it has a better/sharper lens that gives you wider wide-angle and more telephoto, and it delivers much sharper 16:9 footage.
 
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