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[Barry_Green]

So, where's the first serious footage for a hot weekend discussion?

Hopefully nowhere. Footage from a preproduction engineering sample is in no way representative of the final footage from a properly-finished, properly-tuned, properly-finessed camera. Any early footage is bound to be disappointing, and pointlessly so because the disappointment would come from unfinished footage.

People may not like it, but the only reasonable and rational way to go about this is to wait for the camera to be actually producing images that are representative of what the final product will look like.

Maybe they'll be releasing footage from this week's DoP tour at the factory, maybe not, I don't know. But I wouldn't expect them to unless they're very confident that the images represent what they intend the final camera to look like.

If you want to discuss footage that matters, all I can tell you is -- wait until at least September. I've been down this road with them many, many times (through the DVX100B, HVX200, HPX500, HPX170, HMC150, HMC40, AC90, and AF100 at least). And this is the way it works -- first is a hand-built engineering prototype, then there's a second hand-built engineering sample (the stage they're at today) where many or most of the features are at least enabled, even if they're not working fully yet. Then there will be a couple of months of refinement of those prototypes while they gear up the production line. Then, around a month before it rolls out, they'll produce some models that are representative of what the final product will be. THOSE are the ones where you can maybe expect to see proper footage from.

And based on their anticipated release schedule of "October", that's why I say -- don't bother looking for footage, or looking at footage, until September at the earliest.

The only time I've ever seen them vary from this schedule was with the AF100, where they held a similar type of DoP tour as what they're doing now, and people released footage. And then the internet complained about the footage for months. Hopefully Panasonic learned the lesson and won't be releasing preproduction footage again, but ... they may, we'll see.

 

[dhardjono]

Long time not been at this post since ac 160 came out now i am back because i just bought the dvx 200 i been using mostly 5d3 canon dslr and when i get tired i use ac 160 . so glade barry doing the tutorial on panasonic website. My question is what a good setting for wedding i like to shoot on 4 k but i stay 1080 for now . I am confuse about the fast scan and regular mode in the recording setup. Can any one help with a set up for weddings getting it tomorow morning the camera.

 

[Jason R. Johnston]

Long time not been at this post since ac 160 came out now i am back because i just bought the dvx 200 i been using mostly 5d3 canon dslr and when i get tired i use ac 160 . so glade barry doing the tutorial on panasonic website. My question is what a good setting for wedding i like to shoot on 4 k but i stay 1080 for now . I am confuse about the fast scan and regular mode in the recording setup. Can any one help with a set up for weddings getting it tomorow morning the camera.

...Scene 1, full manual, natural color, fill screen with white and push AWB on either preset A or B, zoom in and focus, zoom out and compose, make sure you're not reverse rolling. It's not hard. The hard part is dealing with the bride's mom!!!!! jk

And the difference between fast scan and everything else is the camera uses more resources to scan the image faster.....slower scan is what gives you jelly roll in your whip pans....a faster scan largely prevents this from happening, but because the camera is working harder, you can't have nice things like VFR. You'll never learn a camera in any auto modes, so you need to just dive in to full manual. If from years of using a 5D you don't know the relationship between film speed, shutter angle and aperture value, then....well....then you're kinda screwed and need to learn. DVX200 is just a camera...and it works like any other camera. Memorizing WHERE the controls are and what they do is part of the curve....but it's basically no different than it is compared to Arri Amira. Sure, there's differences, but you make an image with the same principals. Also, for a wedding, I hope you have wireless audio equipment or at least a way to directly record from the venue's PA system.

Props for having the balls to go shoot a complicated event having just received the camera the previous day.

Oh, also...adding to a year-old thread and veering off-topic is called hijacking. Don't hijack threads. Start new ones. People like me have to go three pages deep to help you. Not fun.

 

[dhardjono]

yes i did not know where i was this is some one else topic like i say have not been to this forum since 4 years ago sorry for hijack and thanks for info maybe i make my new topic in main page