Worth getting DVX?

ryvac said:
totally agree.
I never care about resolution.
HD is just too sharp and unreal. it is more then a human eye can see in real life.
Now, why would you want to see anything more then you see in real life?
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the human eye has over 500 mega pixels.
 
semila58 said:
I've said it a million times, but it's late and I need to finish this vodka, so here's my two cents again. The DVX is such a wonderful camera. Rent a couple movies- "Incident At Loch Ness" and "Iraq In Fragments". Both shot on the DVX. And both uprezzed to HD and projected on 35mm film. The quality of this camera is outstanding.

And since everybody is jumping on the HD cameras, you can find a DVX100B with low hours at a good price with money left over for a tripod and UV filter. Because your new camera will need a tripod and a UV filter. This is important. Your new camera will need a tripod and a UV filter!
As far as compressing videos for the web, the DVX footage can look great. I use the free MPEGStreamclip program: http://www.squared5.com/ It gives fantastic results. I don't know what was used to compress these two videos for the web, but they're both shot on the trusty ol' DVX and look damn fine:
http://www.vimeo.com/4291410
and
http://www.mysimilo.com/

Peace,
S-

Edit: If you're not focusing on narrative work or interview type situations you could skip the tripod. But for the love of god and all that is good get an inexpensive UV filter to protect that lens!
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Seeing this great DVX footage is making me appreciate mine even more. Check out this fest video I made this weekend. I've gotten so wrapped up in wanting shallow DOF that I've forgotten that it's not the camera, its the user (and editor!).
http://www.vimeo.com/5166797
 
coalclear said:
umm. no.

lets not make the argument that the dvx is better because it shoots lower resolution because that argument is just completely ridiculously wrong. To appreciate it more you might want to start watching more movies on blu-ray, and then if it is still your serious contention that dvd quality looks better or more 'real' than blu-ray than fine (im rolling my eyes btw).
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To each his own. No need to slam the guy because of his opinion, just as I won't slam yours even though it differs from mine.
 
Feel like a parrot trapped in a time warp where every week repeats itself - but YES, the dvx still kicks ass. In saying that, I still prefer having the ability to shoot HD. Forget the FX1.

Maybe look for a used 150 as mentioned by SPZ, certainly where I would be looking if I were in your shoes.

TBH, I havent been a huge fan of blueray to date. It is of course much sharper than SD DVD, but I find at blue ray level its simply too sharp for me to feel its at all cinematic - as in that projected image you see at a cinema. BUT to my eyes something shot on an HD camera then downverted to SD DVD, looks much better than SD - SD DVD. And to reiterate - I SAID TO MY EYES. I dont care if there are number etc to say this isnt technically correct. And as an FYI - Im watching on a Sony Bravia - but have felt the same about any cinematic image I have seen on any (friends) 1080 panel.

Sorry getting a little OT, but just wanted to explain myself.
 
Noel, i have a Bravia 42" X panel as well and when I watch blueray movies on it, I'm a bit overwhelmed by it as well. Maybe its too detailed, maybe its its because its new and we've been watching SD DVD for a long time, I don't know but I do know that i've had it for over a year now and still haven't gotten used to it.
To my eyes its too sureal and its filmic qualities are gone. I know its playing back at 24hz too but sometimes to me it looks as if the footage is interlaced as well.
But in the end I guess it comes done to the more blueray we watch, the more "normal" it will become.
 
Ok, some people do care about resolution...but I just wanted to say that "I never care about resolution"
it's just me but I never cared about resolution and whiter teeth:) (those two words never get me)
 
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I looked at HMC150 but my Macbook pro isn't fast enough to edit AVCHD, so I'd also have to upgrade that.
 
Fox said:
I looked at HMC150 but my Macbook pro isn't fast enough to edit AVCHD, so I'd also have to upgrade that.
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You can record SD to the SD card, and just record AVCHD when you need it. Also, if you have FCP, you can convert AVCHD to Prores, which is much more edit friendly. Panasonic has a free program to do quick avchd to prores conversions.
 
William_Robinette said:
To each his own. No need to slam the guy because of his opinion, just as I won't slam yours even though it differs from mine.
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fair enough. I just thought it was it was a strange argument that's all. And the whole 'more resolution than the eye can see' is just misleading nonsense, just trying to play devils advocate here..
 
well i'm cool with my 100b so far...just got it in december. We dont broadcast in HD(nor will they anytime soon) out here so the step up wasnt nessesary for me as yet...but i may have the oppurtunity to work with it come october...so i'm wanna upgrade the old pc. I didnt know it cud shoot SD though...thought it was just HD. Interesting
 
HMC all the way

HMC all the way

Has anyone seen the HMC footage? Here are some that wern't shot like a home movie on vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/4759740

If I had this to do all over again, I would go HMC. You can buy the SD cards on the cheap, and the footage is sweet. yes, in SD or HD. It is the successor to the DVX. There were early issues with the codec and transfer to Final Cut, but since have seemed to have cleared up. I would look into it, but the HMC seems the way to go for ultra low budget, fine quality HD.

That being said, My DVX has brought several awards (including a Telly,) so it really is a piece of work. Always impressed with its footage and light sesitivity!

OFF TOPIC - BTW, I see a lot of talk about "UPREZZING" SD footage. I haven't come across a program that does this. Is this from the Magic Bullet suite? What program are you using to Upres?

Thanks!
 
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Instant HD from Red Giant. I dont use it personally but have heard that its good.
 
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Spiral said:
Has anyone seen the HMC footage? Here some that wasn't shot like a home movie on vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/4759740

If I had this to do all over again, I would go HMC. You can buy the SD cards on the cheap, and the footage is sweet. yes, in SD or HD. It is the successor to the DVX. There were early issues with the codec and transfer to Final Cut, but since have seemed to have cleared up. I would look into it, but the HMC seems the way to go for ultra low budget, fine quality HD.

That being said, My DVX has brought several awards (including a Telly,) so it really is a piece of work. Always impressed with its footage and light sesitivity!

OFF TOPIC - BTW, I see a lot of talk about "UPREZZING" SD footage. I haven't come across a program that does this. Is this from the Magic Bullet suite? What program are you using to Upres?

Thanks!
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Those clips are STELLAR.
Very....interesting...
Hmmm...
What to do, what to do.
 
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