Panasonic's new AG-CX350 camcorder

Anyone know if 50mbps at 4:2:2 10bit at 1080p60 is possible with this camera?
The old PX270 was cable of recording at those specs.
I dont see the same recording specs in the current documentation for this camera.
Does anyone who owns this camera know if this is possible?
 
The AVC-Ultra codecs have been promised but I do not know when they will be added to the camera. I hope they add the 720p60 versions as well as in the PX270.
 
ycp said:
Anyone know if 50mbps at 4:2:2 10bit at 1080p60 is possible with this camera?
The old PX270 was cable of recording at those specs.
I dont see the same recording specs in the current documentation for this camera.
Does anyone who owns this camera know if this is possible?
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10-bit 4:2:2 recording at 1080p60 is possible, but the bitrate is 100 Mbps (for 1080p30 and below, 50 Mbps is used).

The list of recording formats is included in a table at the bottom of page 4 in this PDF:
https://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/broch_pdf/ag-cx350.pdf
 
Hi
I just aquired this Vlock to Panny adapter from a box of historical kit. Would it work with the Cx350?
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A side note - does the camera have 12v in.
 
I don’t know that adapter. You should ask the manufacturer what cameras it was made for to see if it’s the same battery system. It’s also possible that the physical shape of the 350 would interfere with the plate. Only way to really know is to try. It looks like that adapter has hare mounts on the bottom to interface with the camera it was originally meant for. Odds are this will not so happen to work with the 350. You definitely don’t want to be hanging stuff off the interfacing tabs that are only meant to support the battery itself.

Yes, the camera’s AC power supply input is 12v. It uses the same PS as the included 2-bay charger. This is the same unit that ships with the EVA1.
 
Mitch, the CX350 started shipping about a month ago, yet no one appears to have it in stock. What gives?
 
morgan_moore said:
Hi
I just aquired this Vlock to Panny adapter from a box of historical kit. Would it work with the Cx350?
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A side note - does the camera have 12v in.
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I don't think that adapter is going to work, judging by the battery contacts. The stock battery has 4 small slit-like contacts clustered together in the middle of the battery:
https://cinequipt.com/cms-files/size-867x867/ag-vbr59-2.k.jpg

This adapter seems to have larger flat contacts spaced across the width of the battery so I don't think it will be able to physically connect to the camera.
 
That particular adapter says "ProHD" on it. That's a JVC trademark. That adapter is made for the JVC HD100 camera, so no it wouldn't work on the Panasonic.
 
I just returned one to B&H, so look for a used one to appear on their site real soon if you want to save some cash. Used it for about a week and decided it’s not the camera for me. It’s a great camera, but for my needs, I prefer mechanical zoom/focus with hard stops. I loved everthing else about this camera though.
 
Hello everyone... Working with my new CX350 now. Snow is flying and I just set it up for Super Slow Motion. Footage looks great, really smooth motion of the large snowflakes. Very cool to see. Only problem is after a minute or so I get a card error. Incompatible card error. Also, if I'm shooting the 200Mb HEVC format and then switch to record in Super Slow motion it gives me an incompatible card error as well. I'm using high quality cards that have been formatted in the CX350 right before shooting. SanDisk Extreme Pro 128 gig capacity. Class 10 sdxc1 Just curious as I might be outa luck with these cards to shoot reliable Super Slow Motion with the card/camera combo.
Thanks
 
Helijib said:
Only problem is after a minute or so I get a card error.
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If you can record for a minute or less without errors, you should check the recorded clip to figure what the data-rate is that you are recording. This will give you a clear indication of the card-speed you need. ( likely you are going to have to use V60 or V90 cards )
 
Class 10 is insufficient for anything more than 50mbps. You really need a V30 card for that, and if you want to use 400mbps it requires a V60 card.
 
Yikes, I thought I was good to go with these cards I have from the camera specs. These cards are Sandisk Extreme Pro95mb/s sdxc V30 I, U3, Class 10.
 
Helijib said:
Hello everyone... Working with my new CX350 now. Snow is flying and I just set it up for Super Slow Motion. Footage looks great, really smooth motion of the large snowflakes. Very cool to see. Only problem is after a minute or so I get a card error. Incompatible card error. Also, if I'm shooting the 200Mb HEVC format and then switch to record in Super Slow motion it gives me an incompatible card error as well. I'm using high quality cards that have been formatted in the CX350 right before shooting. SanDisk Extreme Pro 128 gig capacity. Class 10 sdxc1 Just curious as I might be outa luck with these cards to shoot reliable Super Slow Motion with the card/camera combo.
Thanks
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There are two different Super Slow recording modes:
  • Super Slow Long GOP records at 200 Mbps
  • Super Slow All-I records at 400 Mbps

Which of these is used depends on the base record format when Super Slow is enabled (if the base format is 1080p Long GOP, the Super Slow will be Long GOP and similarly for All-I). Somewhat confusingly, however, the camera will show the bitrate of the base recording format on screen when Super Slow is enabled. So it might say 1080p59.94 Long GOP 100M [Super Slow] or 1080p59.94 All-I 200M [Super Slow]. But Super Slow recording actually doubles the bitrate over the base recording format (as you might expect since it is twice as many frames). This means that the recording bitrate is actually twice what is shown on screen (400 Mbps when 200M is shown in Super Slow mode).

There is a useful chart of the SD card speed designations required to record in different formats in the manual:
https://pro-av.panasonic.net/manual/html/AG-CX350P.PJ.EN.ED.AN.PX(DVQP1830ZA)_E/chapter03_06_01.htm

If you are able to record other 200Mbps video formats successfully to the card, I would think that the Super Slow Long GOP (200 Mbps) should work as well. This recording format requires U3 or V30 rated cards with a 30 MB/s (240 Mbps) minimum guaranteed write speed. In order to record Super Slow All-I (400 Mbps) you need faster cards, at least V60 or higher with 60 MB/s (480 Mbps) guaranteed minimum write speed.
 
Dave and Barry, Thanks a million.
Dave thats some really good info. I have a pile of those U3 Class 10 V30 cards and it looks like from the link you sent if I'm shooting the HEVC LONGGOP at 200M, I should be good to go... I hope. What I am going to have to do is get a faster card for the situations where I might want to shoot slow motion. Thank you so much for taking the time to get back to me. I'm off on a big work trip and I'm just upgraded to the CX3560 from the UX180, like two days before I'm off to work. eeek. So thanks.
 
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