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The SxS cards are not cheaper than P2 if you look at the cost of the newest cards.
Of course you could go with say the new 150 if you need to shoot long hours and don't have the opportunity to offload, but then you end up with AVCHD which is about as which have the editing efficiency equivalent to driving an oil tanker around town...
I'm kind of in the same boat...HPX 170 vs. Ex1. Havn't used 170/200 before, but used the Ex1 for one weekend. Apart from the images beeing very good of the camera, the ergonomics of the camera is a complete disaster. Although "only" about 1kg heavier than the 170, when you add large batteri, mattebox+rails and filters it all adds up and it's not the most comfy camera to use for a 8hour working day...
With the upcomming 64gb cards I will be able to shoot for about 2 hours if I need to shoot 1080 and for me that will be enough.
Still you should also take into consideration that the only way of shooting HD in other forms than hard compressed HDV/AVCHD is on tape, and you could buy a good amount of P2 cards what either renting of buying an higher end HD deck.
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