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SKODA
12-11-2005, 11:28 PM
Hi there friends.

I have been looking over the specs for the new Panasonic HVX camera. There are still many unknowns, but one thing's for sure, I'd sure like to shoot to disk with this camera.

There is the problem that HD 1080x1920 can't redily be compressed into DV100. It has to be sampled at 1080x1440. Unless they can get around that.

The thing that intrests me though is that on some picutes of the camera I've seen, there seems to be an HDMI out. I am curious if there is any known method for "capturing" an HDMI signal to disk, or if one would even want to.

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curious_69_george
12-18-2005, 12:58 PM
Where have you seen the HDMI?

There is no mention of this on any of the specification lists. They only say component, S-video, Composite.

There is a firewire and a USB.
Rickmeister
01-10-2006, 01:59 PM
actually... what are the advantages of capturing directly to harddisk? when on set you have to arange some extra things if you want to do it that way... is this beter for the quality? or filming on tape, and capturing afterwards doesn't make any difference to the quality?

some advantages are ofcourse you don't have to capture it again...
no risk of losing a tape, or damaging a tape and losing footage that way...
losing quality because of damage to the tape...
on the other hand I'll have to buy a laptop, with a large HDD... and have to carry it all the way with me, along with all the other stuff...

hmm, anyone?
RelaxoRy
01-16-2006, 03:28 AM
I'm always scared harddrives fail. Tapes are harder to kill, and are lighter. Perhaps its just a backup strategy.

For feature/short film work, HD packs are good. For doco or multiple day long shoots, tapes. *shrug?*

actually... what are the advantages of capturing directly to harddisk? when on set you have to arange some extra things if you want to do it that way... is this beter for the quality? or filming on tape, and capturing afterwards doesn't make any difference to the quality?

some advantages are ofcourse you don't have to capture it again...
no risk of losing a tape, or damaging a tape and losing footage that way...
losing quality because of damage to the tape...
on the other hand I'll have to buy a laptop, with a large HDD... and have to carry it all the way with me, along with all the other stuff...

hmm, anyone?
BrianHarbauer
01-17-2006, 06:31 PM
The advantage to capturing to hard disk (such as a firestore) is that you can load your editors native codec in the hard disk, so when you hit record on the camera, it's capturing *.avi clips to your hard drive. That way there's no need to go back through tape and capture, it's already captured and IN the editors native codec. All you need to do is transfer the files from the (firestore) to your editing HDD. Also, if you decide you recorded a horrible take, then you simply hit delete and save space. You can't go back 5 takes on tape and decide to delete it, and still have continuas capture... You can with a hard disk though. Tape dropout would not be a problem when capturing to hard disk either.

There's pro's and cons to both. Just a disclaimer but I do not own or use a firestore, or any other on-camera HDD for that matter... cost to much for me.:D I'd rather spend my money on a good mic or other equipment.
Darkeyesuk2000
02-04-2006, 07:22 PM
i have read some interisting thing on this camera at www.dv.com (http://www.dv.com) some good some bad, i hope panasonic is not trying to pull the wool over the capabillites of this camera. The big test is if any one shoots with this camera, how will it look on the big screen?
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