Cincuenta!.........,.

u guys must be skimpin' on the cards.... we have a 3- 60gig cards

enuff for about 12 hours of video in HD (hdv)

The cards are cheap... (in comparison)

Which Sony was that? I've been looking at the FX1 and HVR-Z1U and I thought they both would move back and forth between SD and HD

What did you pay for the 60 gig cards? Are they P2 cards? As far as I knew 8 gig was the biggest they had so far.

dawg, no offense but you have no fucken idea what you´re talking about. how could possibly compare DVCPRO and HDV, and actually conclude that HDV is better? comparing the HVX to the Z1 is like comparing a M3 to a ford escort. 4:2:2 color space alone makes the whole difference. there is absolutely no amount of color correction in the world you can do to HDV footage, to make it remotely look like DVCPRO 50 or 100 footage.
HDV has so much compression artifacts to it, that is pretty much renders it shitty on output. you cannot try to squeeze HD footage on 25mbs DV tape without hella compression. compression simlply equals bad!

i would write more but i´m in brazil havin a good time. don´t be silly man. the Panny blows the fuckin Z1 no doubt. 4:2:2 vs 4:1:1 nothing to compare :)

i own both cams by the way. the Panny will change the way people shoot and think. want a tipo? don´t buy 8 gig cards. buy 4 gig cards, shot in 720pN (native) to get more footage on the cards. burn your 4 gig cards onto a single 4.5 gig DVD for backups/archive. works beatiful.

oh and yes, i am shooting with the HVX down here in brazil. shot with it in LA (3 day short) before i left to get a hang of it, as far as work flow (dumping P2 cards to my powerbook and stuff). if you´re using PC laptop, you can actually view the footage right away with the P2 Viewer from panasonic.

this cam is the bomb man.
- no more tape capture.
- review clips through thumbs on camera (no more rewind, forward shit).
- 4:2:2 color sampling.
- your CPU does not choke when editing (compared to HDV). nobody shoots 1080 anyways. it´s all about 720p. and 720p DVCPRO footage just looks so fucking good, even projected.
- too many too list. but you have to actually work with the cam to realize the fundamental shift.

aight man. let me stop jackin off with the panny. i´m out :)

One thing that people seem to be missing is the quality of lens. You can pick up a HDV cam for around $1000-$2000 but you lack the 3ccd lenses. That's where a lot of people go wrong. You sacrifice the quality. Sony's HDR-FX1 has both, and it will shoot HD or DV. You can shoot either or, depending on your consumer/client. I'm having to sell my GL2 so that I can pick up the extra work, and I'm ok with that.

And there is such thing as over doing it, if you got the $8,000 or so to pick up the Pani, then great, but most producers in "pornland" don't have that budget, at least not this guy. $3,500 is much easier to come up with than $7-$8 grand. That extra $$ can be put to locations, backdrops, better quality talent, accessories, etc.

Just my little input....

One thing that people seem to be missing is the quality of lens. You can pick up a HDV cam for around $1000-$2000 but you lack the 3ccd lenses. That's where a lot of people go wrong. You sacrifice the quality. Sony's HDR-FX1 has both, and it will shoot HD or DV. You can shoot either or, depending on your consumer/client. I'm having to sell my GL2 so that I can pick up the extra work, and I'm ok with that.

And there is such thing as over doing it, if you got the $8,000 or so to pick up the Pani, then great, but most producers in "pornland" don't have that budget, at least not this guy. $3,500 is much easier to come up with than $7-$8 grand. That extra $$ can be put to locations, backdrops, better quality talent, accessories, etc.

Just my little input....

Maybe I should mention that I not just shoot adult, I do some mainstream video work as well. Not as often as I would like but enough to consider this camera and offer clients every option possible.

What did you pay for the 60 gig cards? Are they P2 cards? As far as I knew 8 gig was the biggest they had so far.
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Cool cam!!! :thumbsup

It just got delivered. The battery is charging right now. Can't wait to start shooting with it. :thumbsup

I shoot well over 300 minutes each day. Yes the process of putting it from DV to PC pisses me off, but fuck having to keep changing cards.

That's top notch

I have the dvx100B, 24p is good for film quality look, but not for porn.

I'd say it could be the best HD camera out there because it actually has 24p HD, can't get any better.

Dude if you seriously shoot that much then you can simply get the external 100 gig drive you can put on your belt. Great solution. I think it will all go tapeless in the future, I do like the fact I can still shoot Mini DV as well:thumbsup

Sebastian

I always believe more is better. Yes it is a bitch to edit down but I would rather have something I dont need than not having something I need. I agree with you that tape will be dead very soon.

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/hvxbook/
he wrote the bible for the dvx100

Nice video cam! :)

Backups!

Mini-dv gives you a real life back-up once you have downloaded your footage.

Also how reliable are those discs? The ones for my Nikon fuckup all the time.