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Karen LeClair · April 26th, 2003, 06:40 PM

I've been lurking here for a couple of months and have learned a lot. Now I'm going to buy my first mini dv cam, and I have decided to buy a Panasonic PV-DV953. I'm going to NC to visit my brother, so the first thing on my list will be a B&H cam order. Thanks everyone!

Ken Tanaka · April 26th, 2003, 09:09 PM

Good for you. Let us know how you like your new cam when you get it!

Frank Granovski · April 26th, 2003, 10:45 PM

Hello, and welcome. I see you live in Vancouver as well. We have lots of Vancouverites here. Have a good trip---North Carolina? Never been there but I've heard their beaches are nice. Good choice. I just looked a 953 over the other day.

Yow Cheong Hoe · April 27th, 2003, 12:56 AM

The 953 (if exactly the same as the MX500, except for NTSC-
PAL) will be a great cam, and being a first time user, you'll be extremely pleased with the colours and the features.

Happy shooting.

Tommy Haupfear · April 27th, 2003, 06:52 AM

You'll definitely be happy with the DV953. I took mine to an air show yesterday and even though we had an overcast I got some really good footage.

Here are some frame grabs. They are 16:9 mode, frame mode, 1/500 shutter (or higher), and unfortunately most are using digital zoom and are not manually white balanced. They are also highly compressed for fast loading on my photo hosting site.

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351224

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351225

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351228

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351230

Karen LeClair · April 27th, 2003, 02:30 PM

Thank you, Mr. Haupfear. Your pictures are interesting. I am already 100 percent convinced to go with the Panasonic PV-DV953. I leave May 8th for my 3 week visit to North Carolina, and I will be ordering this camcorder in a few days. I've read what the gods (wranglers) wrote and the angels (members) wrote for a couple of months. I must have read hundreds of posts. One thing puzzles me, what is a dork black? Does this mean the blacks in the video are super black? It doesn't matter really, or maybe this does with camcorders? Perhaps the word dork was misspelled and should have been dark?

Alex Knappenberger · April 27th, 2003, 02:36 PM

Haha. Thats something Frank made up, dork blacks. It's just because of some guy that used a MX8 (dv852) said something one time about his photos having dark blacks, and one time he mispelled dark, dork, and Frank caught it...

Karen LeClair · April 27th, 2003, 03:00 PM

Alex, Thank you very much for clearing that up for me. It's nice to see an intelligent sense of humour on this board.

Karen LeClair · April 27th, 2003, 03:05 PM

I just noticed, I am a new boot. Why am I only a new boot? I should be at least a new fur coat!

Ken Tanaka · April 27th, 2003, 03:59 PM

Karen,
The "New Boot" title is certainly not a reflection of fashion preference <g>. It's automatically assigned by our forum software based on your number of posts:

Tourist (Minimum Posts: 0)
New Boot (Minimum Posts: 3)
Regular Crew (Minimum Posts: 20)
Major Player (Minimum Posts: 100)
Trustee (Minimum Posts: 200)
Inner Circle (Minimum Posts: 300)

Alex French · April 28th, 2003, 11:29 AM

North Carolina is the best! Thats where I live. We have the great mountains 3 hours west and the beautiful beaches 2.5 hours to the east. You cant ask for anymore than that. Except maybe time off work to enjoy them. :(

April 26th, 2003, 06:40 PM	#1
Karen LeClair New Boot Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8	Hello all! I've been lurking here for a couple of months and have learned a lot. Now I'm going to buy my first mini dv cam, and I have decided to buy a Panasonic PV-DV953. I'm going to NC to visit my brother, so the first thing on my list will be a B&H cam order. Thanks everyone!

April 26th, 2003, 09:09 PM	#2
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Welcome Karen! Good for you. Let us know how you like your new cam when you get it! __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

April 27th, 2003, 12:56 AM	#4
Yow Cheong Hoe Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Singapore, Passport: Malaysia Posts: 407	The 953 (if exactly the same as the MX500, except for NTSC- PAL) will be a great cam, and being a first time user, you'll be extremely pleased with the colours and the features. Happy shooting. __________________ Cam: Panasonic MX350EN, SOLD my MX8EN Mac: G3 400MHz PowerBook, 256 MB, OS 9 PC: Pentium 4 2800MHz, 512 MB, WindowsXP SW: iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Ulead Video Studio, various little utilities

April 27th, 2003, 03:59 PM	#10
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Karen, The "New Boot" title is certainly not a reflection of fashion preference <g>. It's automatically assigned by our forum software based on your number of posts: Tourist (Minimum Posts: 0) New Boot (Minimum Posts: 3) Regular Crew (Minimum Posts: 20) Major Player (Minimum Posts: 100) Trustee (Minimum Posts: 200) Inner Circle (Minimum Posts: 300) __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

April 26th, 2003, 10:45 PM	#3
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Hello, and welcome. I see you live in Vancouver as well. We have lots of Vancouverites here. Have a good trip---North Carolina? Never been there but I've heard their beaches are nice. Good choice. I just looked a 953 over the other day.

April 27th, 2003, 06:52 AM	#5
Tommy Haupfear Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 1,415	You'll definitely be happy with the DV953. I took mine to an air show yesterday and even though we had an overcast I got some really good footage. Here are some frame grabs. They are 16:9 mode, frame mode, 1/500 shutter (or higher), and unfortunately most are using digital zoom and are not manually white balanced. They are also highly compressed for fast loading on my photo hosting site. http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351224 http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351225 http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351228 http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pu...sp?id_=2351230

April 27th, 2003, 02:30 PM	#6
Karen LeClair New Boot Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8	Thank you, Mr. Haupfear. Your pictures are interesting. I am already 100 percent convinced to go with the Panasonic PV-DV953. I leave May 8th for my 3 week visit to North Carolina, and I will be ordering this camcorder in a few days. I've read what the gods (wranglers) wrote and the angels (members) wrote for a couple of months. I must have read hundreds of posts. One thing puzzles me, what is a dork black? Does this mean the blacks in the video are super black? It doesn't matter really, or maybe this does with camcorders? Perhaps the word dork was misspelled and should have been dark?

April 27th, 2003, 02:36 PM	#7
Alex Knappenberger High School Student Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA Posts: 609	Haha. Thats something Frank made up, dork blacks. It's just because of some guy that used a MX8 (dv852) said something one time about his photos having dark blacks, and one time he mispelled dark, dork, and Frank caught it...

April 27th, 2003, 03:00 PM	#8
Karen LeClair New Boot Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8	Alex, Thank you very much for clearing that up for me. It's nice to see an intelligent sense of humour on this board.

April 27th, 2003, 03:05 PM	#9
Karen LeClair New Boot Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8	I just noticed, I am a new boot. Why am I only a new boot? I should be at least a new fur coat!

April 28th, 2003, 11:29 AM	#11
Alex French New Boot Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina / USA Posts: 12	North Carolina is the best! Thats where I live. We have the great mountains 3 hours west and the beautiful beaches 2.5 hours to the east. You cant ask for anymore than that. Except maybe time off work to enjoy them. :(