HVX200 vs JVCPROHD

[Barry_Green]

nobody seems to mention that JVC has INTERCHANGEABLE real MANUAL HD lenses!
The quality of the image is as good as the glass in front (not to say HDX is made of window pane glass - but it doesnt look like it has manual controls)

The JVC does indeed have interchangeable lenses. However, how practical is it, considering the price range?

Right now there are two lenses available: the one that comes with the camera, and an optional wide-angle lens. They haven't released the price of the wide-angle lens yet, but they have said that it by itself costs more than the whole camera+lens bundle!

So that will rule out "interchanging lenses" for probably 95% of the users. Which leaves them with the stock lens. And as you say, "the quality of the image is as good as the glass in front". JVC values the body of the camera at $5,000, which could be read to say that they're valuing the lens at $1295. That's less than Canon's 16x manual lens for the XL2. And that's a standard-definition lens! How good are you expecting a $1300 high-definition lens to be?

I will defer to the footage -- as soon as possible we'll compare footage and find out what *really* matters. But if you want to argue specifications, the lens doesn't seem to be an overwhelmingly big selling point, at least on paper.

 

[kyle_doris]

i'd be hard pressed to believe that JVC is suddenly using comparable gamma curves to panasonic. and honestly, that is more then half the battle with all this stuff (for me personally).

and yea, that JVC camera is so small why would you ever need to hold it on your shoulder?