I did a quick search to see if anyone had already discussed this new camera and found nothing, so I'd like to get the ball rolling.
Positives---
1/3" 3-CCD
Captures full 1080 (not uprezed from 1440)
1080 60i/50i/30p/25p/24p and 720 at 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p
2 XLR inputs with mic/line switchable
Records to SDHC cards (3hrs of 1080/24p on a 32GB card)
28mm (35mm equivalent) 13x Leica
Negatives---
$4,500 bucks
Is it even worth it? The HVX-200 P2 cam is only $700 bucks more. Yeah I know, going with P2 you have all the extra expense of the cards, yada yada. I'm just doing a quality/price comparison here though. I wander what the image quality difference is between the two? With that said, I'll throw the other Panny into the mix... the one that everyone here IS talking about... the HDC-SD100. What are the major differences there?
AG-HMC 150 ($4,500), AG-HVX200 P2 ($5,200), HDC-SD100 ($1,300)
Discuss...........
Press Release on the HMC 150-
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...02008010809224