FX1 Manual Features? at DVinfo.net

Xander Christ · September 14th, 2004, 01:23 AM

Anybody know if the FX1's manual features are all available at once (i.e. do we have control of the shutter and aperture, or is it aperture priority and shutter priority)? Is there auto-gain features or is the gain 100% manual? If everything is manual and the only options apparently missing are zebras and XLR input, I'm game for this camcorder.

How about the lens on the FX1? Is the widest f-stop (1.6) available at both the wide and tele ends of the lens? How much does the lens stop down at the telephoto side of the lens?

Anyone have 1080/60i samples from the camcorder? I've seen the down-converted 720/25p that's floating around the forums. I'd like to get my hands on original, non-transcoded files if possible to see how my HD conversion software handles 3CCD HDV originated material (MPEG2 steams might give me problems).

Xander Christ · December 11th, 2004, 04:44 AM

Can anyone tell me what the aperture is for the FX1 at full wide (I'm assuming its f/1.6) and at full telephoto? I got all the info on the above questions, except this one.

Barry Green · December 11th, 2004, 12:36 PM

FX1 gives you full control of all features: shutter, aperture, gain, wb, everything.

Lens is f/1.6 at the wide end, f/2.8 at the telephoto end.

It does have zebras, but no XLR's.

I do have a few clips of 1080/60i but I'd have to sort through them and find which ones they are...

Chris Hurd · December 11th, 2004, 10:19 PM

Xander,

Run, don't walk, to my HDR-FX1 and HVR-Z1U Feature Set Comparison Chart. Pretty much everything you want to know is there.

September 14th, 2004, 01:23 AM	#1
Xander Christ Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 115	FX1 Manual Features? Anybody know if the FX1's manual features are all available at once (i.e. do we have control of the shutter and aperture, or is it aperture priority and shutter priority)? Is there auto-gain features or is the gain 100% manual? If everything is manual and the only options apparently missing are zebras and XLR input, I'm game for this camcorder. How about the lens on the FX1? Is the widest f-stop (1.6) available at both the wide and tele ends of the lens? How much does the lens stop down at the telephoto side of the lens? Anyone have 1080/60i samples from the camcorder? I've seen the down-converted 720/25p that's floating around the forums. I'd like to get my hands on original, non-transcoded files if possible to see how my HD conversion software handles 3CCD HDV originated material (MPEG2 steams might give me problems).

December 11th, 2004, 10:19 PM	#4
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Xander, Run, don't walk, to my HDR-FX1 and HVR-Z1U Feature Set Comparison Chart. Pretty much everything you want to know is there. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

December 11th, 2004, 04:44 AM	#2
Xander Christ Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 115	Can anyone tell me what the aperture is for the FX1 at full wide (I'm assuming its f/1.6) and at full telephoto? I got all the info on the above questions, except this one.

December 11th, 2004, 12:36 PM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	FX1 gives you full control of all features: shutter, aperture, gain, wb, everything. Lens is f/1.6 at the wide end, f/2.8 at the telephoto end. It does have zebras, but no XLR's. I do have a few clips of 1080/60i but I'd have to sort through them and find which ones they are...