Originally Posted by mikesouth

the panny is the shit its the only camera anywhere near its price range that shoots true hidef (not HDV) and tony is right it doesnt record any HD or HDV to tape...only to disk or to the P2 sticks

on the other hand with TRUE over/undercranking, true 24P and true HD you cant touch anything even close to it till you get in the 60K range

The true HD is a dream to edit compared to HDV which has to be converted to an intermediate format for frame accurate editing.