Panasonic unveils AG-HPX250 AVCIntra plus P2

Wow, finally a good zoom on a prosumer camera! 21x, that's great news.

I haven't been paying attention for a while; I know 3-MOS is 3 CMOS sensors, and in this case 1/3in, and about 2x sensitivity of CCDs...

But how does that stack up to the lowlight capabilities of something like a 7D? Or 5D Mark II? Or Red Scarlett?

Also, how are the shallow DOF capabilities?
 
this is pretty much exactly the camera i was expecting from panny this year. very nice.

one question though... why do manufacturers seem to be switching to CMOS sensors across the board? are they really that much better than CCD? i was hoping the that hpx170 successor would retain its CCD imager, as rolling shudder / jello is pretty much the bane of my existence. also flash photog looks awful on CMOS chips, so for event shooting (which this camera seems otherwise perfect for) you are going to have to tolerate a lot of that crap. its an amazing camera though. but damn. one chink in the armor i suppose.
 
dv416 said:
this is pretty much exactly the camera i was expecting from panny this year. very nice.

one question though... why do manufacturers seem to be switching to CMOS sensors across the board? are they really that much better than CCD? i was hoping the that hpx170 successor would retain its CCD imager, as rolling shudder / jello is pretty much the bane of my existence. also flash photog looks awful on CMOS chips, so for event shooting (which this camera seems otherwise perfect for) you are going to have to tolerate a lot of that crap. its an amazing camera though. but damn. one chink in the armor i suppose.
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I have found the rolling shutter to have become pretty much a non issue with modern cmos cameras (never had an issue with my AF100, had some with the GH1, but only really when being poorly shot handheld). The 1/2 frame flashes are a real issue for me, and part of the reason I am slow to sell my HPX170 for concert work. For situations where there are going to be alot of flashes fired, you really need CCDs. For everything else, I have found CMOS sensors to be fine in recent cameras.
 
Oliver Rush said:
I have found the rolling shutter to have become pretty much a non issue with modern cmos cameras (never had an issue with my AF100, had some with the GH1, but only really when being poorly shot handheld). The 1/2 frame flashes are a real issue for me, and part of the reason I am slow to sell my HPX170 for concert work. For situations where there are going to be alot of flashes fired, you really need CCDs. For everything else, I have found CMOS sensors to be fine in recent cameras.
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I think this is a personal thing which directly related to what you shoot. If you shoot interviews and studio lit productions CMOS will be grand. If you shoot sports with a lot of telephoto camera movement the world will be diagonal, which is not good. Especially with a 21x lens!
 
i think for me, the best thing about the 250 is that it is going to reduce the price of the 170.
 
dv416 said:
if it makes you feel any better, i bet the "new" camera MSRP probably wont go down tons. the used however... different story. used hvx200s have dropped $1000 over the last year alone. hoping the same for 170s.
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Yea that happens to all equipment....I just hate the idea that if **** hits the fan i can't get my money out of my equipment. It was nice knowing i'd only loose a few hundred if i needed to sell.
 
Will there be much difference in picture quality between the AG-HPX170 and this one ...
 
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I would think quite a difference in image quality compared to a 170. 1920x1080 CMOS chips vs up-rezzed SD chips will make a big difference. PLus, the AVC-intra 100 codec. I would expect clarity levels like that of the HPX370 cams.
This new cam has winner written all over it. And the fact that the BBC accepted the 370 for HD acquisition bodes well for this camera.
 
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