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February 20th, 2009, 03:24 AM | #61 |
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Yea the viewfinder is small, however i didnt mind it all that much once i was using it. Its great that panasonic have finally gone to full 16x9 viewfinders/LCD in their HD cameras below the 2000. The new LCD technology is interesting and i did notice a few issues with it, some strange LCD flickering.. was probably a preproduction issue but i'd be interested in what Jan has to say on that issue.
It was also interesting to note that they didnt redesign the thumbnail menu and have just pillerboxed it the 16x9 frames. This was always an issue Jan brought up when people spoke about putting higher res/widescreen LCDs on the hand hand cameras, the fact that the menu was designed around a 4x3 frame.. Im so glad this camera has a widescreen LCD. Its funny reading on 'the other forum' everyone saying "can we get this LCD on our 200 or 170?.. noone seems to have realised its a 16x9 screen. |
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I'll guess HPX300 vs EX1 would be about the same in runtime on batteries, hpx more juice and larger bricks...EX1/3 less juice, smaller batteries. |
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February 22nd, 2009, 05:32 PM | #63 |
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February 22nd, 2009, 10:21 PM | #64 |
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Why there are no sensitivity specs for this camera?
All i see is minimum illumination ratings. (Sony provides both numbers for EX*). |
February 25th, 2009, 01:28 AM | #65 |
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Here’s a video of the camera on Vimeo if you haven’t seen it already:
Introducing the Panasonic HPX300 on Vimeo |
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http://www.videoscope.com/pdf_files/...mats_Guide.pdf Sony's own documentation states that the EX1/3 quantitizes color to 8 bits upon leaving the sensor. This would help to explain the higher power requirements of the 300. P.S. The Panny also has TC in/out and gen lock, which the EX1 [edited] doesn't have. Last edited by Peter Moretti; February 25th, 2009 at 12:50 PM. |
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There is a raging debate in the EX forum over if the EX1/3 supply 10 bits of meaningful color info out of their HD-SDI ports or if they just supply 8 bits of color info padded with two zeros. There seems to be no definitive answer, as of yet.
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/sony-xdca...ml#post1018214 |
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The 300 has a lot of good points, handheld ergonomics being top of the list. But the EX wins in other areas, namely 1/2" chips, and the ability to use SDHC cards via an adaptor. Hardly surprisingly, people are wanting the best of both worlds - basically an HPX300, but with 1/2" chips and SxS. Throw in the 50Mbs XDCAM-HD422 codec and you've got a package with full broadcast approval, but which should still be able to use cheap SDHC cards. |
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Here's hoping the boys at Sony do something right with the EX5 or EX7?
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February 26th, 2009, 05:51 AM | #74 |
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This camera looks nice but yet again a 1/3" chipper. I wonder if Sony have something around the corner in a 1/2" shouldermount to fit between the EX3 and the F350 camera price range. I hope so as I have a large investment in the SXS cards.
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