J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Mediacre said:
Well I suppose I've been called worse.
Panasonic press release for the AG-HVX200
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Well I suppose I've been called worse.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
LOL Don't mind me! 
PappasArts
Veteran
I believe this is a great option since you can put screen info in the black borders and not over your image. I like that. But from Barry's responses, it seems Panasonic has another reason for 4x3.
Barry_Green said:
Barry_Green
Moderator
No, that's pretty much what I was referring to.
See, I'm really starting to get excited about this camera now that there's hope it will record to off the shelf FW HDDs, but it all ends when I think about the lens. The small CCDs are also a concern, but I understand the price matter. But I just can't see myself working a prosumer lens when doing serious work. Just in thinking of losing the control and feel I have with my Fujinon makes me go crazy. I'll sure test drive a HVX200, but something tells me I will end up passing it, just like I did with the DVX100. Even though I wanted 24p really bad. But I couldn't live with the lens. It's the most impotant part in a camera IMO. Specially from an operational point fo view. That's why I'm trying to get some information on this camera:
http://www.drachenfeder.com/aktuelles/drake_hd_en.htm#kamera
I heard it will be "affoardable" and it looks very promissing.
http://www.drachenfeder.com/aktuelles/drake_hd_en.htm#kamera
I heard it will be "affoardable" and it looks very promissing.
PappasArts
Veteran
Well it's a great feature to have the data in the black areas and not all over the image while trying to film! As well the data will stand out better!
Barry_Green said:
PappasArts
Veteran
Mediacre,
That's were I stand! I have worked with pro lenses since the 80's. Hate the lenses they put on these cameras.
Are you going to give the JVC a look to see if it might work, even though it appears to be starved by the bit rate. Ofcourse, the image is the best test.
That's were I stand! I have worked with pro lenses since the 80's. Hate the lenses they put on these cameras.
Are you going to give the JVC a look to see if it might work, even though it appears to be starved by the bit rate. Ofcourse, the image is the best test.
Mediacre said:
Yeah, I sure will try the HD100 as well. But I'm afraid HDV just isn't good enough. I will be testing it and doing a filmout to 35mm with the HD100 to see how good it holds up.
How about this Drake camera? Have you heard anything about it? It seems to be hard to get any info on it. It seems it will cost 20K. If so, it would be much better than the 2/3" HDV JVC is bringing out for the same 20K.
How about this Drake camera? Have you heard anything about it? It seems to be hard to get any info on it. It seems it will cost 20K. If so, it would be much better than the 2/3" HDV JVC is bringing out for the same 20K.
mr._guiyotinne
Well-known member
16.000$ fuly dressed mediacre, it´s a good looking girl, but it looks it´s just 24p... let´s wait, R and M worked very hard on it and sure it will get improved.
The good thing is CCD is attached to the front, so there could be changes for better CCD anytime!
The good thing is CCD is attached to the front, so there could be changes for better CCD anytime!
Cavemandude
Well-known member
Info off the Panasonic Japan site:
1080i/720p/480i (NTSC model), 720p/1080i/576i (PAL model) multi-format and DVCPRO HD/DVCPRO 50/DVCPRO/DV multi-codec
The AG-HVX200 combines an progressive native 16:9 HD 3CCD imaging system with a HD quality Leica Dicomar wide-angle zoom lens in a camera-recorder that's highly mobile and easy to use. This new DVCPRO HD P2 handheld camera-recorder provides 720p/1080i HD recording with the production-proven image quality of DVCPRO HD compression (video bit rate: 100 Mbps).The DVCPRO HD codec uses optimal intraframe compression, each frame stands on its own, for editing. With color sampling at a full 4:2:2 quality the images will hold up under color correction. Additionally, the DVCPRO HD format includes uncompressed audio, which is perfect for audio sweetening in post production. All of which is simplified by nonlinear editing using a PC or a Mac as both of these platforms have programs that edit DVCPRO HD today. Also able to record Standard Definition in the DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV formats, the AG-HVX200 supports migration from the entire DVCPRO family of equipment to the total IT experience. It also supports 24p and 30p (NTSC model), 25p and 50p (PAL model) frame rates.
The AG-HVX200 also debuts as the industry's first professional handheld camera-recorder to offer HD 24p (NTSC), 25p (PAL) acquisition. Add this up, and you have a versatile solution for everything from high-level production of episodic television, commercials, video-based cinema and movies to HD/SD news gathering.
Inheriting the Varicam's popular variable frame rate ability makes for a future of inspired productions.
The AG-HVX200 debuts as the first camera-recorder featuring the P2 (professional plug-in) card, developed by Panasonic as a recording memory for professional systems. Because the core P2 products use no drive mechanisms, they provide superior resistance to impact, vibration and temperature change. The AG-HVX200 inherits many of the functions of the popular VariCam, which enhanced the production of movies and TV programs.
The AG-HVX200's variable frame rate function responds to both slow and quick action.
Its true 24p/30p (NTSC), 25p/50p (PAL) progressive video, cine-like gamma curves and cine-like color matrix capture images and scenes with the same look and feel as footage from a film camera.
All controls and system interfaces are designed to meet professional needs.
• Cam-driven manual zoom, focus ring, and aperture dial • Maximum 4-channel uncompressed digital audio • IEEE 1394/USB2.0 PC interface • XLR audio (+48V Phantom) input, • D4 terminal output (component)
Its small size makes it the perfect camera-recorder for many of the shoots where it becomes prohibitive for a VariCam or an AJ-SDX900 to be placed. And it offers the built-in flexibility that has never been seen by the production industry.
Advanced P2 card recording with outstanding mobility and responsiveness to broadcast needs: ING (IT News Gathering) is changing the face of news.
The AG-HVX200’s pictures are totally enhanced its built-in news gamma curves that can help the ENG photographer obtain images that are outstanding in the most difficult scenarios. With Standard Def and High Def recording, the future-proof path is there for news organizations that haven’t made the commitment to High Def News just yet.
Its reliability is outstanding, even in harshest field conditions. Video data is recorded on the P2 card as MXF files that can be downloaded to a nonlinear editing system or server or edited straight from the P2 card. These cards can be mounted and look like a regular hard drive from the NLE’s point of view. This means no time wasted digitizing footage.. This speeds up the workflow, giving you a smooth, fast production system that integrates IT into the news gathering process.
Cavemandude
The BUSINESS WIRE release
Panasonic Unveils World's First Hand-Held Solid-State Memory High Definition Camcorder; Revolutionary DVCPRO HD Camera Records in HD and SD on P2, and 720p Variable Frame Rate Recording
NAB2005
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2005--
Customer Commitments include NRK (Norway), Birns & Sawyer, 17 U.S. TV Stations
Representing a quantum leap in camcorder technology, Panasonic Broadcast introduced today at NAB 2005 the AG-HVX200, the world's first 1080i/720p/480i multi-format camcorder.
Offering flexibility and versatility never before available to video professionals, the AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 hand-held camcorder provides 1080i and 720p recording with the production-proven image quality of 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD. The AG-HVX200 shoots on a P2 card in 1080/60i, 30p and 24p; in 720/60p, 30p and 24p; and in DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV. By eliminating all moving parts from the camera recording path when shooting on a P2 card, Panasonic has ensured the AG-HVX200 is extremely reliable and resistant to environmental hazards, such as the shock, vibration, and humidity that threaten camcorders based on mechanical recording transports.
"Television viewers have been promised that high definition will deliver beautiful, widescreen image and audio quality into their homes. To deliver on this promise, professional video users need to shoot with a cost-effective HD camcorder that is not bit rate starved or suffering from motion artifacts," said John Baisley, President, Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company. "The AG-HVX200 is the revolutionary HD camera users have been dreaming about, and have also come to expect from Panasonic.
"The AG-HVX200 inherits many of the functions of our popular, shoulder-mount AJ-HDC27 VariCam(R) camcorder, including the exceptional DVCPRO HD quality images, variable frame rates to capture fast-speed and slow-speed action, and a cine-like gamma curve and cine-like color matrix to emulate the look of film. In addition, the AG-HVX200 has a Mini-DV tape recording capability that allows customers to shoot 16:9 images on DV tape and edit with existing workflow."
Seventeen U.S. TV stations; Birns & Sawyer, Inc., a premiere Hollywood, CA rental/sales firm; and NRK, the public broadcaster in Norway; have all placed orders for the AG-HVX200.
"NRK has a long experience of working with handheld cameras in many different applications. We are excited about the development of the AG-HVX200. In particular, its 720/50p capabilities (in PAL mode) and the IT capabilities of P2 are an important step for NRK towards a progressive HD migration," said Arild Hellgren, technical director in NRK.
Steve Smith, Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Liberty Corporation, who is purchasing AG-HVX200s for four of its stations converting to DVCPRO P2, said, "Our number one priority was to find a small, handheld camcorder to use in daily operations, and Panasonic's new P2 recording camcorder fulfills this need incredibly well, plus it records in both standard definition and high definition."
Tailor made for production and postproduction, the DVCPRO HD format offers users cost-effective, proven intra-frame compression, where each frame stands on it own for editing, and its full 4:2:2 color sampling allows the image to hold up under color correction. Additionally, the DVCPRO HD format includes robust uncompressed audio, which is perfect for audio sweetening in post production. In addition, established third-party nonlinear editing systems such as Apple, Avid and Canopus are available to work with the AG-HVX200 and DVCPRO HD via the IEEE 1394 interface.
"Apple and Panasonic have delivered many industry firsts, such as a Firewire enabled high definition VTR and native support for real-time DVCPRO HD in the Emmy Award-winning Final Cut Pro editing software," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Application Marketing. "This year the combination of Final Cut Pro 5 with P2 support and Panasonic's new solid state HD camcorder will change the economics of professional HD production forever."
"Avid was one for the first companies to support both Panasonic's DVCPRO HD and the P2 series of products, so we are excited to see these two technologies coming together with the launch of the handheld P2-HD AG-HVX200," said Chas Smith, General Manager of Avid Video. "Given our knowledge and experience around these formats, we expect to deliver support in Avid products right around the time of the new camera's debut. Most importantly, our customers can look forward to ongoing compatibility and interoperability between our companies' products, given our mutually strong commitment to MXF."
"The AG-HVX200 handheld camcorder is impressive. The P2 format has been making great headway in ENG. Adding the outstanding quality of DVCPRO HD capture and flexibility of the handheld form factor makes it even more compelling for broadcasters," said Hiro Yamada, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canopus. "EDIUS's realtime mixed HD/SD format editing, full frame rate resolution output, scalable design and a fast, flexible interface offers broadcaster professionals the perfect editing companion for Panasonic's new camcorder."
With the AG-HVX200, HD and SD video is recorded on the P2 card as IT-friendly MXF files that can be downloaded to a nonlinear editing system or server, or edited virtually instantly from the P2 card by connecting an IEEE 1394 or USB2.0 interface. P2 cards mount like a regular hard drive from a NLE system's point of view, which eliminates the time-taking task of digitizing footage. This speeds up workflow and ensures a smooth, fast acquisition-through-editing system that integrates the benefits of IT throughout the production and newsgathering process. For newsgathering, the AG-HVX200's pictures are enhanced with its built-in news gamma curve that assists the ENG photographer by suppressing over-saturation in highlight areas during sudden contrast changes. With its pre-record function, the AG-HVX200 starts recording from the moment it's switched on, so users can feel confident that they won't miss an important shot. With easy selection of SD or HD recording, news organizations that commit to the AG-HVX200 today are assured a future-proof migration to HD news on their own timetable.
For unprecedented mobility and ease of use, the AG-HVX200 uniquely combines a native progressive 16:9 3-CCD high definition imaging system and a HD-quality Leica Dicomar wide-angle zoom lens with a super-smooth, cam-driven manual zoom, focus ring, and aperture dial in a rugged package. On the newly-announced 8G P2 card, the AG-HVX200 records for 32 minutes in DVCPRO or DV, 20 minutes in 720p/24, 16 minutes in DVCPRO50, and eight minutes in 1080i/60 and 720p/60. The camcorder includes two P2 card slots to permit continuous recording, and the cards are hot swappable to assure non-stop recording. Like VariCam, the
AG-HVX200 can capture fast or slow action in 720p at various frame rates. The AG-HVX200's 4:3 viewfinder displays a 16:9 image in letterbox, which allows the user to view vital camera operating information in areas above and below the image. In addition, its 3.5" LCD monitor is available to assist shooting as well as to view and select thumbnail clips to speed editing. The LCD monitor allows random access to the thumbnail-displayed scenes (on the P2 card) for instant playback and the creation of an in-camera storyboard.
Audio performance is superb with 4-channel non-compressed 48KHz/16-bit digital audio in DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO50 and two channels in DVCPRO and DV. The HVX200 is loaded with system interfaces (including IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0), and professional interfaces including two XLR audio (with +48 volt phantom power) inputs, a component (D4) output, composite in/out, S-video in/out, audio (RCA) in/out, and headphone output.
For operator convenience, the camcorder is highly customizable with features including six user scene files, three user setup buttons, and Camera Setup Memory (up to eight camera setups can be saved to a SD Memory card). Other key features include Shot Mark and Time Code Stamp functions, and interval recording in Mini-DV on tape. The AG-HVX200's targeted weight is under five pounds.
The AG-HVX200 will be available in Fall 2005 at a suggested list price of $5,995.
Panasonic's DVCPRO P2 series products are fully compatible with DVCPRO, the industry's standard for digital newsgathering, and provide a seamless migration path to DVCPRO HD. DVCPRO P2 offers nonlinear acquisition and instant access to material, high-speed file transfer, laptop field editing without requirement for proxy videos, and compatibility with off-the-shelf data storage drives for low-cost archiving, while eliminating traditional digitizing and ingesting operations. The core DVCPRO P2 products eliminate transports and mechanisms, resulting in a significant maintenance cost-savings because of the absence of any moving parts that can break down or wear out from repetitive use. P2 cards can be re-used, since a card can be re-written on without performance degradation. Moreover, DVCPRO P2 products are resistant to environmental stresses such as shock and vibration. For more information, visit www.panasonic.com/p2.
About Panasonic Broadcast
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Co. is a leading supplier of broadcast, professional video and presentation products and systems. Panasonic Broadcast is a unit company of Panasonic Corporation of North America. The company is the North American headquarters of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) of Japan, and the hub of its U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations For more information on Panasonic Broadcast products, access the company's web site at www.panasonic.com/broadcast.
Panasonic Unveils World's First Hand-Held Solid-State Memory High Definition Camcorder; Revolutionary DVCPRO HD Camera Records in HD and SD on P2, and 720p Variable Frame Rate Recording
NAB2005
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2005--
Customer Commitments include NRK (Norway), Birns & Sawyer, 17 U.S. TV Stations
Representing a quantum leap in camcorder technology, Panasonic Broadcast introduced today at NAB 2005 the AG-HVX200, the world's first 1080i/720p/480i multi-format camcorder.
Offering flexibility and versatility never before available to video professionals, the AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 hand-held camcorder provides 1080i and 720p recording with the production-proven image quality of 100 Mbps DVCPRO HD. The AG-HVX200 shoots on a P2 card in 1080/60i, 30p and 24p; in 720/60p, 30p and 24p; and in DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV. By eliminating all moving parts from the camera recording path when shooting on a P2 card, Panasonic has ensured the AG-HVX200 is extremely reliable and resistant to environmental hazards, such as the shock, vibration, and humidity that threaten camcorders based on mechanical recording transports.
"Television viewers have been promised that high definition will deliver beautiful, widescreen image and audio quality into their homes. To deliver on this promise, professional video users need to shoot with a cost-effective HD camcorder that is not bit rate starved or suffering from motion artifacts," said John Baisley, President, Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company. "The AG-HVX200 is the revolutionary HD camera users have been dreaming about, and have also come to expect from Panasonic.
"The AG-HVX200 inherits many of the functions of our popular, shoulder-mount AJ-HDC27 VariCam(R) camcorder, including the exceptional DVCPRO HD quality images, variable frame rates to capture fast-speed and slow-speed action, and a cine-like gamma curve and cine-like color matrix to emulate the look of film. In addition, the AG-HVX200 has a Mini-DV tape recording capability that allows customers to shoot 16:9 images on DV tape and edit with existing workflow."
Seventeen U.S. TV stations; Birns & Sawyer, Inc., a premiere Hollywood, CA rental/sales firm; and NRK, the public broadcaster in Norway; have all placed orders for the AG-HVX200.
"NRK has a long experience of working with handheld cameras in many different applications. We are excited about the development of the AG-HVX200. In particular, its 720/50p capabilities (in PAL mode) and the IT capabilities of P2 are an important step for NRK towards a progressive HD migration," said Arild Hellgren, technical director in NRK.
Steve Smith, Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Liberty Corporation, who is purchasing AG-HVX200s for four of its stations converting to DVCPRO P2, said, "Our number one priority was to find a small, handheld camcorder to use in daily operations, and Panasonic's new P2 recording camcorder fulfills this need incredibly well, plus it records in both standard definition and high definition."
Tailor made for production and postproduction, the DVCPRO HD format offers users cost-effective, proven intra-frame compression, where each frame stands on it own for editing, and its full 4:2:2 color sampling allows the image to hold up under color correction. Additionally, the DVCPRO HD format includes robust uncompressed audio, which is perfect for audio sweetening in post production. In addition, established third-party nonlinear editing systems such as Apple, Avid and Canopus are available to work with the AG-HVX200 and DVCPRO HD via the IEEE 1394 interface.
"Apple and Panasonic have delivered many industry firsts, such as a Firewire enabled high definition VTR and native support for real-time DVCPRO HD in the Emmy Award-winning Final Cut Pro editing software," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Application Marketing. "This year the combination of Final Cut Pro 5 with P2 support and Panasonic's new solid state HD camcorder will change the economics of professional HD production forever."
"Avid was one for the first companies to support both Panasonic's DVCPRO HD and the P2 series of products, so we are excited to see these two technologies coming together with the launch of the handheld P2-HD AG-HVX200," said Chas Smith, General Manager of Avid Video. "Given our knowledge and experience around these formats, we expect to deliver support in Avid products right around the time of the new camera's debut. Most importantly, our customers can look forward to ongoing compatibility and interoperability between our companies' products, given our mutually strong commitment to MXF."
"The AG-HVX200 handheld camcorder is impressive. The P2 format has been making great headway in ENG. Adding the outstanding quality of DVCPRO HD capture and flexibility of the handheld form factor makes it even more compelling for broadcasters," said Hiro Yamada, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canopus. "EDIUS's realtime mixed HD/SD format editing, full frame rate resolution output, scalable design and a fast, flexible interface offers broadcaster professionals the perfect editing companion for Panasonic's new camcorder."
With the AG-HVX200, HD and SD video is recorded on the P2 card as IT-friendly MXF files that can be downloaded to a nonlinear editing system or server, or edited virtually instantly from the P2 card by connecting an IEEE 1394 or USB2.0 interface. P2 cards mount like a regular hard drive from a NLE system's point of view, which eliminates the time-taking task of digitizing footage. This speeds up workflow and ensures a smooth, fast acquisition-through-editing system that integrates the benefits of IT throughout the production and newsgathering process. For newsgathering, the AG-HVX200's pictures are enhanced with its built-in news gamma curve that assists the ENG photographer by suppressing over-saturation in highlight areas during sudden contrast changes. With its pre-record function, the AG-HVX200 starts recording from the moment it's switched on, so users can feel confident that they won't miss an important shot. With easy selection of SD or HD recording, news organizations that commit to the AG-HVX200 today are assured a future-proof migration to HD news on their own timetable.
For unprecedented mobility and ease of use, the AG-HVX200 uniquely combines a native progressive 16:9 3-CCD high definition imaging system and a HD-quality Leica Dicomar wide-angle zoom lens with a super-smooth, cam-driven manual zoom, focus ring, and aperture dial in a rugged package. On the newly-announced 8G P2 card, the AG-HVX200 records for 32 minutes in DVCPRO or DV, 20 minutes in 720p/24, 16 minutes in DVCPRO50, and eight minutes in 1080i/60 and 720p/60. The camcorder includes two P2 card slots to permit continuous recording, and the cards are hot swappable to assure non-stop recording. Like VariCam, the
AG-HVX200 can capture fast or slow action in 720p at various frame rates. The AG-HVX200's 4:3 viewfinder displays a 16:9 image in letterbox, which allows the user to view vital camera operating information in areas above and below the image. In addition, its 3.5" LCD monitor is available to assist shooting as well as to view and select thumbnail clips to speed editing. The LCD monitor allows random access to the thumbnail-displayed scenes (on the P2 card) for instant playback and the creation of an in-camera storyboard.
Audio performance is superb with 4-channel non-compressed 48KHz/16-bit digital audio in DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO50 and two channels in DVCPRO and DV. The HVX200 is loaded with system interfaces (including IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0), and professional interfaces including two XLR audio (with +48 volt phantom power) inputs, a component (D4) output, composite in/out, S-video in/out, audio (RCA) in/out, and headphone output.
For operator convenience, the camcorder is highly customizable with features including six user scene files, three user setup buttons, and Camera Setup Memory (up to eight camera setups can be saved to a SD Memory card). Other key features include Shot Mark and Time Code Stamp functions, and interval recording in Mini-DV on tape. The AG-HVX200's targeted weight is under five pounds.
The AG-HVX200 will be available in Fall 2005 at a suggested list price of $5,995.
Panasonic's DVCPRO P2 series products are fully compatible with DVCPRO, the industry's standard for digital newsgathering, and provide a seamless migration path to DVCPRO HD. DVCPRO P2 offers nonlinear acquisition and instant access to material, high-speed file transfer, laptop field editing without requirement for proxy videos, and compatibility with off-the-shelf data storage drives for low-cost archiving, while eliminating traditional digitizing and ingesting operations. The core DVCPRO P2 products eliminate transports and mechanisms, resulting in a significant maintenance cost-savings because of the absence of any moving parts that can break down or wear out from repetitive use. P2 cards can be re-used, since a card can be re-written on without performance degradation. Moreover, DVCPRO P2 products are resistant to environmental stresses such as shock and vibration. For more information, visit www.panasonic.com/p2.
About Panasonic Broadcast
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Co. is a leading supplier of broadcast, professional video and presentation products and systems. Panasonic Broadcast is a unit company of Panasonic Corporation of North America. The company is the North American headquarters of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) of Japan, and the hub of its U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations For more information on Panasonic Broadcast products, access the company's web site at www.panasonic.com/broadcast.
Cavemandude
Well-known member
Here is a promo video for the HVX200:
http://panasonic.biz/sav/p2/sample/countdown.wmv
and here is a brochure:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sales_o/p2/AG-HVX200P.pdf
Cavemandude
http://panasonic.biz/sav/p2/sample/countdown.wmv
and here is a brochure:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sales_o/p2/AG-HVX200P.pdf
Cavemandude
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Woah! hey!
those pictures look deffirent form teh ones from NAB yesterday. the controls on teh back of the camera are in different places!
- Mikko.
those pictures look deffirent form teh ones from NAB yesterday. the controls on teh back of the camera are in different places!
- Mikko.
Barry_Green
Moderator
It is noticeably bigger than the DVX.