Low Light HPX500 Footage at DVinfo.net

Joe Lawry · June 4th, 2007, 03:18 PM

Myself and a work some work mates were lucky enough to have a Panasonic NZ rep come out and see how our SPX800 cameras were going last week and we got talking about the 500.. to cut the story short he ended up having the first HPX502 (auz/nz version) in the country sitting in the back of his car, it'd just arrived in nz.

He ended up leaving it with us for the weekend to have a play.

Heres the footage.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rf06oc - 1080 50i 42mb - H264 at HQ 1440 x 1080

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0hrba5 - 1080 50i - testing the gain - 0, 3 and 12 db. - 103mb

http://www.sendspace.com/file/zcs9lp - 720 25pn at 12fps - traffic. - 40mb

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dxo8fr - the 1080i two minute sequence we cut down converted to 720p - 234mb.

Joe

Che Butterfield · June 5th, 2007, 10:24 AM

Really enjoyed the sequence. Nice night shots of Auckland? at night. Great music selection. The only problem... I now have an insatiable hunger for 500 footage.

Simon Sommerfeld · August 15th, 2007, 06:04 PM

Hey Kiwis,

Nice looking pictures.

Being expat NZ myself, i'm curious if there are any HPX500 Shooters in NZ? What HD cameras are people using down there? Also, how has the P2 workflow caught on?

Best,

Simon Sommerfeld
San Francisco CA

Joe Lawry · August 15th, 2007, 06:37 PM

No idea on shooter numbers with 500s sorry, and i know panasonic are having a hard time to get them into rental shops last i heard because as soon as you add an hd lens on, the price jumps and you might as well rent a Varicam. There'll be a couple out there though, however a good 90% of the shooters buying new gear here have adopted xdcam 530's..

Theres a lot of HVX's in use, and then for big budget hd its all varicam or 900s.

Lots of XDCAM IMX in use by TVNZ (hence the shooters buying them) but there are only a couple of XDHD cams floating around, noones using them really.

P2 is slowly being adopted, TV3 are using it inhouse with spx800's and 900s and its their sister channel C4 that is using hvx's as well.

Simon Sommerfeld · August 21st, 2007, 02:41 PM

Thanks for all the info Joe.

The HPX500 is very appealing "lower-budget" proposition for production companies and there is a lot of interest in it here in the US. I'm looking at it especially because of it's 50 and 60 Hz recording capability, and the variable frame rates. It's horses for courses, but the 500 is a very versatile camera.

What sort of projects do you work on? Do you keep busy?

Joe Lawry · August 21st, 2007, 03:25 PM

I work in outside broadcast with Panasonic SPX800 dvcpro50 cameras, all running triax to a small OB van. However we use P2 and FCP as our main production/post workflow when not doing OB.

Giuseppe Pugliese · April 16th, 2008, 10:39 PM

Dead links, can you please update :)

Joe Lawry · April 17th, 2008, 03:52 PM

No longer work for that company and do not have a copy of the footage sorry. Theres gotta be lots of low light footage around for the hpx, its been out awhile.

June 4th, 2007, 03:18 PM	#1
Joe Lawry Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 418	Low Light HPX500 Footage Myself and a work some work mates were lucky enough to have a Panasonic NZ rep come out and see how our SPX800 cameras were going last week and we got talking about the 500.. to cut the story short he ended up having the first HPX502 (auz/nz version) in the country sitting in the back of his car, it'd just arrived in nz. He ended up leaving it with us for the weekend to have a play. Heres the footage. http://www.sendspace.com/file/rf06oc - 1080 50i 42mb - H264 at HQ 1440 x 1080 http://www.sendspace.com/file/0hrba5 - 1080 50i - testing the gain - 0, 3 and 12 db. - 103mb http://www.sendspace.com/file/zcs9lp - 720 25pn at 12fps - traffic. - 40mb http://www.sendspace.com/file/dxo8fr - the 1080i two minute sequence we cut down converted to 720p - 234mb. Joe

August 15th, 2007, 06:04 PM	#3
Simon Sommerfeld Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Redwood City California Posts: 33	HPX500 Shooters in NZ? Hey Kiwis, Nice looking pictures. Being expat NZ myself, i'm curious if there are any HPX500 Shooters in NZ? What HD cameras are people using down there? Also, how has the P2 workflow caught on? Best, Simon Sommerfeld San Francisco CA

August 21st, 2007, 02:41 PM	#5
Simon Sommerfeld Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Redwood City California Posts: 33	Hpx500 Thanks for all the info Joe. The HPX500 is very appealing "lower-budget" proposition for production companies and there is a lot of interest in it here in the US. I'm looking at it especially because of it's 50 and 60 Hz recording capability, and the variable frame rates. It's horses for courses, but the 500 is a very versatile camera. What sort of projects do you work on? Do you keep busy?

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June 5th, 2007, 10:24 AM	#2
Che Butterfield New Boot Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 24	Really enjoyed the sequence. Nice night shots of Auckland? at night. Great music selection. The only problem... I now have an insatiable hunger for 500 footage.

August 15th, 2007, 06:37 PM	#4
Joe Lawry Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 418	No idea on shooter numbers with 500s sorry, and i know panasonic are having a hard time to get them into rental shops last i heard because as soon as you add an hd lens on, the price jumps and you might as well rent a Varicam. There'll be a couple out there though, however a good 90% of the shooters buying new gear here have adopted xdcam 530's.. Theres a lot of HVX's in use, and then for big budget hd its all varicam or 900s. Lots of XDCAM IMX in use by TVNZ (hence the shooters buying them) but there are only a couple of XDHD cams floating around, noones using them really. P2 is slowly being adopted, TV3 are using it inhouse with spx800's and 900s and its their sister channel C4 that is using hvx's as well.

August 21st, 2007, 03:25 PM	#6
Joe Lawry Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 418	I work in outside broadcast with Panasonic SPX800 dvcpro50 cameras, all running triax to a small OB van. However we use P2 and FCP as our main production/post workflow when not doing OB.

April 16th, 2008, 10:39 PM	#7
Giuseppe Pugliese Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York Posts: 392	Dead links, can you please update :)

April 17th, 2008, 03:52 PM	#8
Joe Lawry Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 418	No longer work for that company and do not have a copy of the footage sorry. Theres gotta be lots of low light footage around for the hpx, its been out awhile.