Panasonic AG-AF100 series

[Tom Hardwick]

Good words Dan. If you've got a film inside you, shoot it NOW.
If you wait for the approaching train rather than hopping on the one in the station you can find yourself waiting for ever. Getting a bit poetically romantic here, but you know what I mean.

The film has far more to do with you, the person cradling the hardware, than ever it has to do with the hardware.

tom.

[Ed David]

First the HPX370 and now this camera - Panasonic is back on top!

[Craig Kovatch]

This unit records at 24mbps long-GOP and 4:2:0. Other than a larger sensor, is this unit going to offer a whole lot more over the EX-3?

[Paulo Teixeira]

It looks like the AG-AF100 will be a lot easier to hold, at least depending on the type of lens you put on it.

[Peter Moretti]

Originally Posted by Craig Kovatch

This unit records at 24mbps long-GOP and 4:2:0. Other than a larger sensor, is this unit going to offer a whole lot more over the EX-3?

Well 30% off the price.

[Mikel Arturo]

4:2:0?
In this "Cinema" Cam?
Man, 4:2:2.

[Floris van Eck]

I expect it to have 4:2:2 as well. Panasonic isn't stupid.

[Glen Vandermolen]

I saw it at NAB and from what I was told, it can output uncompressed video through the HD/SDI port and it will have 4:2:2. A Panny rep said you can output it to a P2 deck and record directly to a P2 card. Otherwise it will hold many, many hours of compressed video on the SD cards. It looked to be about 20% larger than an HPX200, and taller, with a large carrying handle that might be detachable.

And what does this camera have that the EX-3 doesn't? Lenses, lenses, lenses! Canon mount, Nikon, Olympus, PL, Zeiss - true 35mm depth of field, in a near-35mm chip. In a true video camcorder, with 2 XLR ports. This is what pretty much what everyone on this forum was begging for. I honestly didn't see this one coming, not from Panasonic. I expect Canon and Sony to fire back with similar models by next NAB. A Panny rep said the camcorder's codec was better than Canon's D-SLRs.

I wonder of you can attach a B4 mount lens? Hmmm....

[Thomas Smet]

All the current DSLR's inlcuding the Canon 5d and 7d record 4:2:0 so this isn't anything bad. Considering the amazing stuff that has been seen from DSLR's I doubt 4:2:0 is going to be a huge issue. If this camera actually does a proper low pass filter to get good quality video from a DSLR then this is going to be huge. If you want 4:2:2 get a NanoFlash and add it to this puppy. 24 mbit AVCHD is also a much better format then 35 Mbit mpeg2 so yes the encoding quality will be better then the EX1 or EX3. AVCHD is a much better encoding technology and 24 mbit AVCHD can look like 50 mbit+ mpeg2.

[Simon Wyndham]

I expect Canon and Sony to fire back with similar models by next NAB.

Sony already have. They announced a similar camera at the same time as Panasonic.

[Ethan Cooper]

Just a guess here but I'd say Sony's camera will be considerably more expensive. Just seems that way to me.

[Jim Snow]

Originally Posted by Simon Wyndham

Sony already have. They announced a similar camera at the same time as Panasonic.

Do you have a link or any other information?

[Simon Wyndham]

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/digital-...shown-nab.html

[Craig Kovatch]

Just to clarify, the Panny will record 4:2:2 uncompressed, but ONLY via HD/SDI. Is this unit going to come a lens?

[Jenn Kramer]

I heard a Pany rep say that it was going to run around $6k with a lens, but we're a long way from December, so don't start making purchase plans just yet.