HPX250: What sensor size is the PX270?
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Mike Harvey
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Different tools for different jobs. I have an AF100, a GH4, and a HMC150 (which I want to replace with a PX270). They each get used for different jobs. For many applications, shallow depth of field is a bad thing, or at the very least a pain in the rear. And having a motorized zoom lens is a necessity, particularly sports and a lot of event/ENG type work. S35 (or m4/3) doesn't really give you any benefit over 1/3" or 2/3" in those situations.
Yes it depends on what you are doing. Small sensor, built-in motorized zoom cameras are good for run and gun type events, and easier to get reliable focus when shooting said events. Large sensor cameras obviously can produce beautiful images and shallow DOF and work great for jobs where you can better control things and have time to set up shots. For instance, a PX270 would be far easier to shoot a wedding than trying to rig an FS100 with it's horrible form factor and the PX270 has one flexible lens without having to change lenses. In a fast-paced live event, you can't very well make everyone stop or re-do while you re-configure your camera and it's easy to improperly focus when you have an active, hectic crowd of subjects and lighting conditions changing.
If you do multiple type jobs like we do - weddings, commercials, action/sports/automotive/, documentary, dance/theater, interviews, nature, FX, etc... then you have to have several different cameras (tools) for the different needs.
If you do multiple type jobs like we do - weddings, commercials, action/sports/automotive/, documentary, dance/theater, interviews, nature, FX, etc... then you have to have several different cameras (tools) for the different needs.
Tack hammers and sledged hammers are both hammers but you wouldn't use a tack hammer to break up concrete. It's all about using the right tool for the job. Just as no single hammer can do every hammer job, I've yet to see a single camera that can do every camera job. Price, functionality, form factor, image quality ... well, you get the idea. We pick the tool(s) which best fit our needs and budgets.
For interviews, I use my HPX500 2/3rd inch chips. Nice shallow DOF. For fast run-an-gun, I use my HPX250. I don't have to worry about focus. The auto focus works great. At wide, with the auto focus turned off, and at f5.6, everything is in focus. Nice.
Also, sometimes I shoot 10bit. The images are sharp and have great color.
I just did a VNR for the US Postal Service last Wed. for the Hot Rod stamp unveiling. It was uploaded to their video servers for the news world wide. I used the HPX500 and the HPX250 and they matched well. You can see it at uspsvideo.com
Also, sometimes I shoot 10bit. The images are sharp and have great color.
I just did a VNR for the US Postal Service last Wed. for the Hot Rod stamp unveiling. It was uploaded to their video servers for the news world wide. I used the HPX500 and the HPX250 and they matched well. You can see it at uspsvideo.com
lonewolf2koc@hotmail.com
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Certain type of productions such as live events (news, sports, concerts, awards shows) just do not look right w/ large sensor cinematic 4K@24p cams and vice versa. Camera format is largely based on the type of production used and there's no single format that can serve all.
For starter, it will take a very long time, perhaps not in our lifetime to shrink those huge 25 lbs. 400-600 mm PL lens to the smaller form factor as of 2/3". You will always need a crew of 2-3 people just to carry the whole setup from location to location. Not practical in many scenarios.
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Bassman2003
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Sorry for being blunt here but where have you been to have not heard of 1/3" sized cameras? They just started the independent owner/videographer business model some 15 years ago... On top of that writing some condescending post like nobody else "gets it" because they don't use a SDOF camera?
News flash, most of us do use SDOF cameras as well but not everything is a movie.
