Thanks to all - Camera for sale cheap

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romy101

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Thanks to all of those who helped me with my camera troubles. I sent the camera back to panasonic and they gave it an all clear. They didn't find anything wrong with it. Either way I learned a whole heap going through this.

The camera is still for sale on ebay for cheap. I am gonna save up for something newer with 2/3 chip or 35mm because I am being asked to so more outdoors stuff now with some creative DOF. I guess I can use my partners DSLR in the mean time. If anyone needs an extra HPX, here it is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-AG-HP...rofessional_Video_Cameras&hash=item4157fdebcc
 
I doubt you can find a more compact camera than the 3xx series with a 2/3" chip, but if creative control of DOF and you don't want or need a run & gun style camera, you could always go for an AF101.
Ideally I would have gone with a 2/3" chip too, back when I was choosing a camera, but it turned out a little complicated. I could have gotten the 500, but it's long in the tooth, the Sony PMW 350K is almost ideal, but only 4:2:0 35mbps long-gop, and with a Nanoflash it brings the price up to where I could now start considering more expensive camcorders, and then I'd be spending at least 2~3x more. The market seems in desperate need of an inexpensive 2/3"er.
 
Kolor-Pikker said:
NEX FS100... I dunno, I had somewhat bad feelings when I heard of this camera before, but looking at Nigel Cooper's early review today (http://www.dvuser.co.uk/content.php?CID=268)... ouch. The NEX cam looks like I could snap it in half just by looking at it wrongly.
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That's one review. This guy says it's built as good as an EX1:

http://vimeo.com/21372344

And in this one the reviewer really tosses the camera around. It looks robust enough:

http://blog.abelcine.com/2011/03/25/sony%E2%80%99s-new-nxcam-super-35-fs100/
 
Well I hope so, I'm just skeptical of anything that doesn't look like a single, solid chunk of metal and plastic. Maybe I'm just spoiled.
 
Kolor-Pikker said:
I doubt you can find a more compact camera than the 3xx series with a 2/3" chip, but if creative control of DOF and you don't want or need a run & gun style camera, you could always go for an AF101.
Ideally I would have gone with a 2/3" chip too, back when I was choosing a camera, but it turned out a little complicated. I could have gotten the 500, but it's long in the tooth, the Sony PMW 350K is almost ideal, but only 4:2:0 35mbps long-gop, and with a Nanoflash it brings the price up to where I could now start considering more expensive camcorders, and then I'd be spending at least 2~3x more. The market seems in desperate need of an inexpensive 2/3"er.
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The HPX3100 is the same size as the HPX300/370 but with 2/3" chips. A bit over twice as expensive.
 
Barry_Green said:
The HPX3100 is the same size as the HPX300/370 but with 2/3" chips. A bit over twice as expensive.
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Yes, but that's not including a lens and viewfinder so the real cost is more like 3x the price, maybe closer to 4x considering the 370's rebate.
 
Barry_Green said:
The HPX3100 is the same size as the HPX300/370 but with 2/3" chips. A bit over twice as expensive.
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Tempting, but counting the fact that it doesn't come with a lens or VF, you'd have to at least spend for a Fujinon XA17x7.6BRM and HVF21G to make the camera usable, making the price more like 30k... a little rich for me, it's almost twice the amount I spent on my entire kit thus far.
That said, I still think I see a 3100 in my future, I just need to beat more money out of my sleazebag clients.

Edit: haha, beat me to it.
 
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