InterBEE 2005 expo day 1

The brochure for it on the Panasonic Japan site is pretty cool too; although I can't understand a damn thing it says... it's got purdy pitchers.
 
This looks to confirm that earlier rumor that the chips record 1080 60p native and all else is derived from that... excellent...

Jim Arthurs
 
Well it clearly says, albeit in japanese, so perhaps it's not clear, but it does say :

"Scanning it does the camera section of AG-HVX200 at the high-speed rate, 1080/60p."

I'm not real particular in the CCD specs myself, so long as the final image quality & resolution are up to par, I'm one happy camper....errr...ummm...shooter.
 
No news on the net at the moment but hopefully some news get appeared tonight when visitors get home and update their websites.

One thing I got really disappointed - NO underscan feature !
It's from some early report though this is not yet to be confirmed on the paper -
they're not gonna say "it has NO underscan feature" on the brochure anyway, are they?

It's funny even on the spec page of HVX site and the brochure they don't mention of the pixel count ! So let us all forget about it and embrace the theory that the pixel count is not relevant to the greatness of the final output.

cheers
 
The best part of the whole thing is the caption under the shot of the VariCam at the olympics. Keep in mind it was translated from "Japanese" :)
 
There are a bunch of interesting image formats on the spec sheet chart, including:

720/24p (over 60p)
720/30p (over 60p)
720/24pN (Native)
720/30pN (Native)

Any clue what that's talking about? In the 1080 section, we have:

1080/60i
1080/24p (over 60i)
1080/24pA (over 60i)
1080/30p (over 60i)

to which I would assume that "over 60i" is indicating the presence of pulldown being used. But the 720 modes are only supposed to record the active frames, right? So what's with the "over 60p" notation (vs. "Native") in the 720 section?
 
Haakon said:
There are a bunch of interesting image formats on the spec sheet chart, including:

720/24p (over 60p)
720/30p (over 60p)
720/24pN (Native)
720/30pN (Native)

Any clue what that's talking about? In the 1080 section, we have:

1080/60i
1080/24p (over 60i)
1080/24pA (over 60i)
1080/30p (over 60i)

to which I would assume that "over 60i" is indicating the presence of pulldown being used. But the 720 modes are only supposed to record the active frames, right? So what's with the "over 60p" notation (vs. "Native") in the 720 section?
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"over 60p" must mean the Varicam way ie distrtributing the frames over a 60p
"native" is frame by frame the native framerate
Let your post methology decide.

Johlan
 
saru said:
One thing I got really disappointed - NO underscan feature !
It's from some early report though this is not yet to be confirmed on the paper -
they're not gonna say "it has NO underscan feature" on the brochure anyway, are they?
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I'm hoping underscan is still there... I can't imagine that it wouldn't be included if it was present on the prototype... it was on the prototype, wasn't it? Or at least counted as a definate feature?

Jim Arthurs
 
I presume the images are of a production model... as they don't have the wonky buttons that the previous shots we've seen had. :laugh:
 
Thanks for the link. Lots of good information here! (but a little difficult to read because it's a literal translation from Japanese)

I'm interested in hearing comments from the InterBEE show.
 
Thanks for the link! It's good to finally get some additional info on the HVX.

In reading through the Japanese-translated info on the web site one of the many tidbits of info that interested me was:

"720p over 60p mode
Converting to 60p, the VARICAM compatible mode which it records. For example at the time of 24p mode, 2: 3 pulling down, it records 60 scenes. Record time is the same as usual 1080i or 720p, but because even while recording it can output, as the stream of DVCPRO HD from the IEEE1394 terminal the DVCPRO HD recorder AJ-HD1200A and FireStore of the FOCUS corporation (in the future correspondence) etc. connecting to the external HDD recorder, backup recording is possible.

Recording outside the IEEE 1394 stream is used
The IEEE1394 digital interface terminal (4 pins) it equips. Synchronizer backup recording which is linked the external equipment with the START/STOP operation of the camera is possible. At the time of DVCPRO HD recording DVCPRO HD recorder AJ-HD1200A, at the time of DVCPRO 50/DVCPRO recording DVCPRO 50 recorder AJ-SD93, you can use many equipment such as AG-DV2500 at the time of DV recording. In addition all codec which includes DVCPRO HD FireStore FS-100 of the FOCUS corporation which corresponds to AG-HVX200 (the next few days sale schedule) of making use (excludes native record mode) long haul record becomes possible."

If I'm reading this correctly, while recording to P2, simultaneous recording of the footage can be done via Firewire to the 1200A deck, FS100, and presumably a self-powered Firewire drive. If that's true, using the FS100 or a self-powered Firewire drive in a backpack, it's a benefit to the workflow for certain genres of on-location production. Once P2 16GB cards ship, simultaneous recording of one-person crew, extremely mobile, ENG-style long form programming (news, sports, remote stock footage) becomes much easier.

Gibby
www.cut4.tv
 
Gibby said:
If I'm reading this correctly, while recording to P2, simultaneous recording of the footage can be done via Firewire to the 1200A deck, FS100, and presumably a self-powered Firewire drive.
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I believe the HVX can record live video to the first two devices, but only transfer data to an ordinary Firewire drive after recording.

It basically allows you to dump the contents from the P2 cards to another medium so you can then erase the P2 cards to continue recording. The convenience is that this is handled via the camera rather than having to take the P2 cards out and put them in a laptop or other reader.
 
Gibby said:
If I'm reading this correctly, while recording to P2, simultaneous recording of the footage can be done via Firewire to the 1200A deck, FS100, and presumably a self-powered Firewire drive. If that's true, using the FS100 or a self-powered Firewire drive in a backpack, it's a benefit to the workflow for certain genres of on-location production.
Gibby
www.cut4.tv
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Gibby,

What did you see in that "trainwreck of a translation" that gave you the impression that a self-powered firewire drive would be capable of recording simultaneously via 1394? I thought that only a firestore or smart device could do that?? I've read that section 5-6 times and don't see the reference to that.

Thanks!
 
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