William_Robinette
Shallow Member
Hey all, I was just doing a spot of thinking tonight about all this new Gh1 business and would love a response from the heavy hitters here (Jan, Barry).
We have seen that Panasonic listens to their customers and responds with products that seem to coincide with just what we are looking for. Heck, I'm not saying this under any impression that I might have had anything more then a distant shout into Panny's ear, but more then a year and a half ago I made this post which to me looks a lot like today's HMC150. They listen, no doubt.
What I want to know now is, what is the possibility of a HMC150 with the front end ripped off and a 4/3" sensor + mount put in its place. Look, we all know the technology and more importantly price point is there. Is Panasonic banking on selling more GH1 cameras the HMC150's? Probably, but I'm willing to pay a premium for two very very important factors that I believe a lot of other people could get behind.
Right now the GH1 is making people do a lot of workarounds. Watch what you shoot so you don't break the codec, run double system sound, watch the skew (although it seems very good on this camera), deal with pulldown in your NLE, etc.
By the same token, if I want shallow DoF on my 150 I am doing workarounds too. The footage is upside-down in post, I can’t use all of my shutter speeds or apertures because of the HUGE 35mm system I need hanging off the front, I have light loss, I need rods. The list goes on and I think a lot of us are tired of dealing with it.
Your competition is listening. The worst part is that it is all happening fast. That is the key here. Announcing something shipping in a few months at NAB '10 is not going to cut it. You need to get something into the hands of people like, yesterday. We now know that Panasonic has the technology to build a camera with a huge sensor, get it down to 1080p with audio, and put it in a body that is very small, for under $2k. I believe a lot of people would give up the super small and inconspicuous nature of a SLR type camera and use something bigger if it worked right (aforementioned audio, codec, pulldown). But remember, we are now talking about a world of $2,000-5,000 prices and that is as much of a feature as anything else.
I want to know what I am missing, because right now I don't understand why there isn't a camera out there made by Panasonic that fits these requirements. If there is a big piece of the puzzle I don’t see, please fill me in.
Panasonic, you gave us 24p first, solid state professional codecs first, and in both these cases at prices which non professionals could afford. Here is another chance to give us something first; a properly working large sensor camera that does 24p at HD to solid state media and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
We have seen that Panasonic listens to their customers and responds with products that seem to coincide with just what we are looking for. Heck, I'm not saying this under any impression that I might have had anything more then a distant shout into Panny's ear, but more then a year and a half ago I made this post which to me looks a lot like today's HMC150. They listen, no doubt.
What I want to know now is, what is the possibility of a HMC150 with the front end ripped off and a 4/3" sensor + mount put in its place. Look, we all know the technology and more importantly price point is there. Is Panasonic banking on selling more GH1 cameras the HMC150's? Probably, but I'm willing to pay a premium for two very very important factors that I believe a lot of other people could get behind.
- AVC-HD of the HMC's calliber
- The audio section on anything from the DVX up
Right now the GH1 is making people do a lot of workarounds. Watch what you shoot so you don't break the codec, run double system sound, watch the skew (although it seems very good on this camera), deal with pulldown in your NLE, etc.
By the same token, if I want shallow DoF on my 150 I am doing workarounds too. The footage is upside-down in post, I can’t use all of my shutter speeds or apertures because of the HUGE 35mm system I need hanging off the front, I have light loss, I need rods. The list goes on and I think a lot of us are tired of dealing with it.
Your competition is listening. The worst part is that it is all happening fast. That is the key here. Announcing something shipping in a few months at NAB '10 is not going to cut it. You need to get something into the hands of people like, yesterday. We now know that Panasonic has the technology to build a camera with a huge sensor, get it down to 1080p with audio, and put it in a body that is very small, for under $2k. I believe a lot of people would give up the super small and inconspicuous nature of a SLR type camera and use something bigger if it worked right (aforementioned audio, codec, pulldown). But remember, we are now talking about a world of $2,000-5,000 prices and that is as much of a feature as anything else.
I want to know what I am missing, because right now I don't understand why there isn't a camera out there made by Panasonic that fits these requirements. If there is a big piece of the puzzle I don’t see, please fill me in.
Panasonic, you gave us 24p first, solid state professional codecs first, and in both these cases at prices which non professionals could afford. Here is another chance to give us something first; a properly working large sensor camera that does 24p at HD to solid state media and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
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