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I own several Panasonic cameras, starting with the HPX3700 and working on down. I shoot a lot features, commercials and documentaries, especially wildlife. In some cases, I have to use longer lenses and bigger sensor cameras (those other guys)

The AF-100 (having not used it...yet) appears to offer some serious benefits from senor size to sensitivity to smaller size and lighter weight. A few items I really wished were integrated in to it:

- P-tap or any form of external power. I need to use various on-board devices such as the 8" Panasonic monitor, on board recorder, on board LED, etc
- The option to physically have an Anton Bauer or V-Mount battery solution. I've spent good $ on top power solutions for my other Panasonic cameras already.
- a 10 bit minimum HD-SDI out or even Dual link

Yes, I realized some of these items would add cost and even weight, but the alternative will see me with a much bigger, heavier and costly rig in order to meet the demands of some of my production needs.

At the end of the day, I am only one guy, but I'm sure there are others out there that have, or at least will have, similar requirements.

PS - Does anyone know what the manufactures base ISO rating for this camera is? I've heard 400 and 800, but no ones has definitively given the word.
 
DirectorDOP said:
- P-tap or any form of external power. I need to use various on-board devices such as the 8" Panasonic monitor, on board recorder, on board LED, etc
- The option to physically have an Anton Bauer or V-Mount battery solution. I've spent good $ on top power solutions for my other Panasonic cameras already.
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Oh but you can do that my good man. Just need one of these http://www.antonbauer.com/Products/QR-DSLR and you can find the same kind of set ups for vmount.

Sorry but no go on the 10bit HD-SDI.... on this model.
 
it has been confirmed 100% final no ifs ands or buts by panasonic top brass there will not EVER be 10bit hd-sdi out on this camera sorry. maybe in the next iteration af200 or something but on this one it will be 8 bit only period, end of story, case closed, wam bam thank you mam
 
People get caught up to much with the numbers. I remember two projects I color corrected and graded. P2 footage from an HPX500 and some from a Canon 7D. I was able to push the p2 footage more with grading, colors, etc. than the 7d. But the camera operator on the HPX500 had some bad footage and at the end of the day the 7d footage looked better due to excellent footage.


So what's the point of this story? While yes 10bit and other mumbo jumbo is better, you can achieve amazing results with lesser gear if you shoot it correctly. 7D footage going up against a 10K camera and the 7D material looked better.....

Af100 with 8 bit will be more than fine & I can't wait to get my hands on one!
 
I think that the AF100 will be a very popular camera and panasonic will sell a ton of them. I've expressed my thoughts at various times to Panasonic people about the need for a pro version which would have AVC I 10 bit recording and some more robust features . If Panasonic does sell a ton of the 100's I would hope the likelihood of a pro version would increase.
Until then make the best of the 100.
 
Ahhh yes, and Sony comes along with the F3 - PL mount installed, Dual-link RGB 10-bit out, and 4 pin XLR power. Funny, I was asking for this months ago. I still have an AF-100 on order and at that price point, no one can touch it... but would have been an even better camera for me with the above features for sure.
 
- 2.35 shooting option.
- DVCproHD codec for couple couple of Ks more, with 10 bit color and data rate > 50mb/sec.
- Atleast the option to trade/upgrade if better codec comes out in a camera say AF200.
-3(XLR) Inputs (for 2 lavaliers n boom), would help in avoiding the mixer and seperate recorder.
 
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I am really hope someone develops a mount similar to the Anton Bauer mount for the Sony ex3.
It's a block mount that utilizes the standard battery cavity as the dock. Then it's a simple dtap connection from there.
This congfig also would provide a great counter weight and provide hours of shooting with a Dionic or Hytron.

http://www.antonbauer.com/Products/QREX3
 
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