Jarred Land |
March 7th, 2006 10:10 AM |
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Originally Posted by Steve Mullen
Images certainly count, but when you read the review at http://digitaljournalist.org/issue06...eracorner.html and count the sheer number of technical errors you realize why camera companies -- at least until the HVX200 -- published specifications.
The review is clear, honest, and very well written -- until he starts to describe HVX200 technology. He then falls pray to Panasonic's PR.
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Remember, his first line is a disclaimer that he has no idea what he's doing, hes new to video.
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1) He claims the camera is "optimized for 720-line progressive scan video recorded to DVCPRO HD." TRUE -- perhaps more than he realized given its CCD resolution. Interestingly, he does conclude "If you find, like me, that 720p looks at least as good as 1080i ... ." One has to wonder WHY he didn't comment on what that says about the HVX200.
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what does that say? I prefer shooting in 720 as well.
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2) He notes clearly that "My shooting mode with this camera is to stick with 720/24PN recording mode going to the P2 cards." But, he claims the 720p optimized "HVX records at 100 mbits/second as opposed to 25 mbits/second for HDV." Sorry, 720p HDV is 19Mbps not 25Mbps.
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Given the HDV title under your name, I assume you do realize that HDV can very well be 25Mbps. At least for this I hope as you do not have a disclaimer.
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But more importantly, at 720p24 the actual HDV compression has a data rate of 47Mbps while at 24PN the HVX records a data rate of 40Mbps. Therefore, HDV 24p is almost 25% less compressed than 24PN DVCPRO HD.
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True 24 frames on the HVX, not 60i.. are you kidding me, please, Steven, i cant believe its you getting this stuff wrong. Im gonna stop there cause it just gets worse.
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