Hvx200 At Ibc - Latest News From The Show

Cees Mutsaers said:
Acoording to Jan Vermeer (from http://www.global-dvc.org/) who is at the IBC2005 right now Panasonic will sell only ONE version of the HVX200 namely the one with 2 P2 card for about 10000 Euro !!!!
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Hopefully that means one "international" version with NTSC and PAL recording , and 25/50 and 30/60 fps options when using Hi Def. I very much doubt they will only sell the 2xP2 package as many people don't want P2...yet.
 
Jochem, I just quote what he send me by e-mail in his newsletter. I hope he is wrong. He also tells that the cams shown are only mockups which can't be true if we believe the reporter of this site.
 
No I think there will be a 50 and 60 Hz version but if I understand Jan correctly either will be with 2 P2 cards. That would be nice if the price would be around 7000 and not 10000 euro.
 
Jan_Crittenden said:
SPZ: good to see you here even on such a busy schedule! Can you tell us about specs, or is it still not announced? CC'd's for example

Not sure I can release that info yet. I think I want to get out the Res Chart and see if I can post that first. ;-) Just standing behind one of HVX200s and comparing it with the screen of the SPC700(Ithink) but none the less an SD camera, the picture seems pretty "wow" to me.

SPZ:And Jan, Panasonic really need to do some training to its employees. I have a letter from Panasonic Spain that I really would like you to read.

Is that an email? if so please send it on to me.

SPZ:And how about a definite release date? For Pal and Ntsc, please!!!

For NTSC it is December. PAL I will get a date today.

SPZ:How about the weight?
5.5 Lbs

Have you seen Mikko's pictures? DOesn't the camera look black to you?

Yes but that is the funky lighting in the show. It is the DVCPRO color.

More questions?

Best,

Jan
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Jan, thanks for the info. With these clear answers, i definetly feel happy to have waited for the hvx. I'll definetly buy the camera, one for my personal use and one for my work. Keep up the good work.

A few more questions, tough.

1-P2 and a Powerbook. Any update? (I'm typing on it now, and I do some news footage for the government, so laptop editing is essential)

2- P2 4g price drop? How about the 8gb price?

3- Pal release (just reminding!)

4- Are the images projected on the Plasmas at IBC what we are going to see on the record dvcprohd file? Or are we getting the same uncompressed picture like the hdv cameras?

5- I see you got a "studio" setting with even props and actors... How about a small fiction recorded on the camera just for fun? This way we get a bit of sample footage in a "short film matter!"

6- dv footage converted from dvcprohd- is that what we are getting in mini-dv? downrezzed hd capture to mini-dv?

The e-mail i'll forward it to you.
 
..yeah. its definitely not right.. Jan Crittenden has already said that you can buy the camera alone, or buy the package with 2 P2 cards. and even the resellers know you can buy the camera alone.. i mean, you can go to about any reseller and see the camera alone for pre-sale already... no to mention the unquestionable evidence for me is the fact that i've already bought one. ..no idea where that incorrect info is coming from.
 
Well, there are (like Mikko said) 2 mock-ups for display, which are outdated, since the speaker feature isn't there. And there are 2 working models, believe me, which are out of reach. I think panasonic wants to make sure we all feel like the director in the HVX commercial so that we'll collectively buy the HVX200 like blind and hungry savages. I think the global-dvc.org site looks like ****, and I will therefore ignore his statements.
 
> I think the global-dvc.org site looks like ****, and I will therefore ignore his statements.

Hehehe :-)) 100% ack :-)

Btw. how did the (kinda dumb ;o) guy in the "I touched a HVX200 on IBC" vid that was posted here in another thread do it? I reckon it was one at the Apple booth - only a mockup or for real?!?
 
Jochem : The look of an intersite does not say anything about how trustful someones info is. Jan Vermeer is a well known authority acknowledged by many people of importance. Maybe you are to short in this bussiness to know.
 
I thought we were one family on this site with only one target namely getting as much info as possible about the HVX and not starting arguments!!
 
Wow, thanks everyone for keeping us all posted. I just got home from driving across the country so i missed out a few days, looks like alot of stuff is going on :)

I have been sent some more photos from Nancy D at the show, thanks nancy!

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Barry_Green said:
The DVX only has 410,000 pixels in it, yet Juan at Reel Stream is getting 1540x780 (or something like that) out of it. . . . nless you're recording 4:4:4 color, "native resolution" CCDs are complete overkill. You don't need 1280x720 CCDs to make a 1280x720 frame, especially if you're downsampling the color to 4:2:2 or 4:2:0.
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The weird thing is, Reel Stream claims to be able to achieve 1,540 x 990, 36-bit, 4:4:4 output -- that is, both (extreme) spatial offset and 4:4:4 color encoding simultaneously.
 
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