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00Nader00

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Hello all, I am new to this forum and the hvx200.

I read the manual and I recently bought a p2 card (64 GB). I feel really lost at sea about all the different things you can do with the hvx. I used to have a canon hv20 which I was really comfortable with (though I never used it in HD b/c of the tapes and how expensive they are) but I more or less understood that camera.

Now I have this hvx200 which I bought for film purposes (ie shooting short movies etc) and I was wondering if there was a site or place I could learn about what Gain does, how to really understand when and how to use the different frame rates etc.

I have done simple google searches, but nothing really explains to me what they do and when to use them. I saw a video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_H37sg5BMc

this was helpful but left me with more questions than anything. Are there any other videos like this or sites that are dummy proof to learn about this sort of stuff?


Thank you in advance, your fellow filmmaker,

Nader
 
well first off, yes there is The HVX/DVD And Book By Barry green. Id start there, Gain controls
the picture's brightness correct me if im wrong? lol but search good for hvx reviews, books.
ectt


hope that helped.

cant wait for my hpx!

:)
 
I used to have a canon hv20 which I was really comfortable with (though I never used it in HD b/c of the tapes and how expensive they are)
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that camera shoots HDV. you can record that on plain old mini DV tape. somebody fed you some sales koolaid...
 
Yeah. I read about that too, but I was unsure of whether regular tapes make a difference or not to HD recording so I just stayed away from it.
 
thekeygun said:
I'd also recommend the HVX boot camp DVD by Barry Green.
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We highly recommend the Bootcamp DVDs also!

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OK so I have been doing some more research on everything and my head feels like it's going to explode.

I am really on edge about all this since I got taken to the cleaners with this camera (bought it used for 3900 found out it was broken a day later then had to pay 870 to get it fixed) so I am not really happy.

It has been a long and grueling 3 week process until I finally got my camera back and working.

I will tell you what I have so you can maybe let me know if I am missing anything:

hvx 200

MBP 15 inch model (2008).

I have the fire wire cable that I used for my hv20 to import footage, and I did import it, I just havent gotten the hang of FCE (I only have final cut express).

Can I view the footage without it going onto FCE? Can it even go on FCE?

The HVX dvd says you can rename the card, but I have had no luck doing that and the other pages I found on the net were confusing. I downloaded a p2 formatter but I suppose I have to have the p2 card hooked up to the computer for that to work (although I didnt see a rename option)

I feel like cracking my head open.

Anyway, thanks for the help,

Nader
 
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