PANASONIC AG-DVX100BE vs DVX100E at DVinfo.net

David J. Payne · July 18th, 2007, 09:21 AM

Hi guys, Im after a stupid persons explanation of the difference between these two models. I understand the BE is newer and I think might have 16:9?

Any help would be great!

Yow Siang · July 18th, 2007, 08:05 PM

No the B version does not have Native 16:9 but it crops the image in LCD or squeeze for you so you can frame safely for 16:9 look and effect.
B version support multicamera stmp. and has lower video noise.

Barry Green · July 19th, 2007, 04:24 AM

There are many, many improvements from the original DVX100E to the DVX100AE to the DVX100BE.

The original had no 16:9 mode, no autofocus in progressive, no color bars in progressive, no gain in progressive mode, etc. The 100A added all that and lots more. Then the 100B added a couple dozen more features, including things like the ability to sync timecode through firewire, transferring scene files through firewire, unsqueezing the viewfinder & LCD, lower noise, all sorts of stuff.

David J. Payne · July 19th, 2007, 10:40 AM

thanks so much guys. Lower video noise is a great relief. Will this improve the stupidly noisy zoom?

:edit: just seen you said video noise... thats good but does anyone know if the zoom mechanism is just as loud as the previous model?

ALso what do you mean by multicamera stmp?

Do you think that I will still get a similar video quality between the two? I want to be able to use one of each, set them to the same settings in manual mode and find that the video looks identical or very similar. Do you think this is easily achieved?

thanks again

July 18th, 2007, 09:21 AM	#1
David J. Payne Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southend-On-Sea, England Posts: 368	PANASONIC AG-DVX100BE vs DVX100E Hi guys, Im after a stupid persons explanation of the difference between these two models. I understand the BE is newer and I think might have 16:9? Any help would be great!

July 19th, 2007, 10:40 AM	#4
David J. Payne Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southend-On-Sea, England Posts: 368	thanks so much guys. Lower video noise is a great relief. Will this improve the stupidly noisy zoom? :edit: just seen you said video noise... thats good but does anyone know if the zoom mechanism is just as loud as the previous model? ALso what do you mean by multicamera stmp? Do you think that I will still get a similar video quality between the two? I want to be able to use one of each, set them to the same settings in manual mode and find that the video looks identical or very similar. Do you think this is easily achieved? thanks again Last edited by David J. Payne; July 20th, 2007 at 03:08 AM.

July 18th, 2007, 08:05 PM	#2
Yow Siang Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 153	No the B version does not have Native 16:9 but it crops the image in LCD or squeeze for you so you can frame safely for 16:9 look and effect. B version support multicamera stmp. and has lower video noise.

July 19th, 2007, 04:24 AM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	There are many, many improvements from the original DVX100E to the DVX100AE to the DVX100BE. The original had no 16:9 mode, no autofocus in progressive, no color bars in progressive, no gain in progressive mode, etc. The 100A added all that and lots more. Then the 100B added a couple dozen more features, including things like the ability to sync timecode through firewire, transferring scene files through firewire, unsqueezing the viewfinder & LCD, lower noise, all sorts of stuff.