Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

I love my Canon DSLR, don't get me wrong, but after a year and half of using it I'm very ready for a "true" video camera form factor.

Even though the VG20 doesn't look much bigger then a DSLR, I'm guessing it's gotta be a little easier to just shoot video with. And the ability to still shoot stills is one that I know 'd use.

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

I just got through shooting a horror type flick in a shack with a single light bulb. Interior shot for night but during day. We blocked off all windows... I shot with the 5 d, mostly with single bulbs light fixtures. We knew it was going to black and white so color correction wasn't big issue. But the 5D was spectacular in the low light situation.

While I have gotten pretty good wih the 5D, I too would like the VG20 to be its replacement in many shooting situations. But I doubt its going to outdo the 5D in low light.

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

Any info on whether or not the mini-HDMI out will be clean? Looks like it's not on the 5n....

Which is going to be a make it or break feature for a lot of shooters. Hope that some of the added price of the VG20 means the HDMI output is clean.

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

I would like to know if Sony will let the VG20 use something like the HXR-FMU128 for backup purposes; I know it would eat lots of FS100 sells and probably it won't happen but one can only wish...

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

The spec for the FMU 128 is that it is a device made specifically for the Sony NX5.
That suggests that it probably will not work on any other cameras.
But there are other back up devices that should do the job.

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

The manual specifically states peaking is NOT sent out the HDMI. The VG10 was clean.

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

I wonder if the 60i / 50i is now "real" as the VG10 produces 50i / 60i which has identical fields, so its still really 25p, 30p - this impacts some of my slo mo work - and the aliasing on the VG10 is awful - I'd love to see if it has improved on the VG20 body

Paul

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

I have been using the 5N (only in 25p so far) which IMO is much improved on the Video side compared to the VG10/original NEX5

Aliasing on the VG10 drove me crazy, the 5N, is not perfect but VERY much improved and does not crop the picture anymore!, in-fact the picture is so much better, I have started to get very excited about the VG20, with the same chip and quality of the 5N plus the cine gamma and zero gain control it should blow the VG10 away!

Re: NEX-VG20 in November
 

You can see some footage shot in the KineRAW-S8p (tm) camera, 2592x1104x12bit@24.000fps full 100% True RAW uncompressed at about 103MB/s data rate, that gives about 9 minutes of non-stop recording on a 60GB SSD, you can dump to a HDD in the other slot, I was using a 500GB 2.5" notebook drive to dump to.



The camera shoots many resolutions and frame rates from 1fps to 220fps. It shoots 2.35:1, 2:1 (2400x1200), 16:9 (23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 59.94).

In 2.35:1 there are 48fps and 72fps to reduce rolling shutter by skip printing.

It also shoots standard 2K anamorphic 'Panavision (tm)' Cineon (tm) and Celco (tm) 1828x1556 resolution for transfer to 35mm printing negatives, I'm working on a video to demo that now.

If you would like to see some of the uncompressed BMP frames used to make the videos, you can follow the instructions on my Vimeo page for the videos.