Panasonic HMC41 on Vimeo at DVinfo.net

Hans Ledel · August 20th, 2009, 08:05 AM

I found this on Vimeo and it is supposed to be from the HMC41

Test Panasonic AG-HMC41E. on Vimeo

Cheers

Hans

Scott Hayes · August 20th, 2009, 08:14 AM

damn, that looks pretty impressive.

Randy Painter · August 20th, 2009, 09:50 PM

That does look pretty good. I was holding off buying a cam but got impatient and got the 150. No regrets though. Still, this would make an awesome B cam.

Bob Diaz · August 22nd, 2009, 10:39 AM

I examined the footage on both my iMAC's screen and my HDTV's screen. Because this is second (or third) generation and highly compressed I can't be 100% sure what is a compression artifact and what is from the camera. In the night shots, some of the shots showed an odd compression noise pattern, it might be image noise from high gain.

Over all the image looked sharp and the colors were good. Granted it was only a 720/25p image, but the 720p still looked good. The camera appeared to do low light filming better than I would have expected. I'm sure the gain was high in some shots, but the image held up reasonably well.

It would be nice to be able to see the source file and know the settings. Even better, to have a side by side comparison with the HMC-150. ... I guess we'll have to wait for that.

Now I'm going to go nuts waiting for DV Expo and my chance to get my hands on a unit...

Bob Diaz

August 20th, 2009, 08:05 AM	#1
Hans Ledel Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 184	Panasonic HMC41 on Vimeo I found this on Vimeo and it is supposed to be from the HMC41 Test Panasonic AG-HMC41E. on Vimeo Cheers Hans __________________ Remember, that English is my second language.

August 20th, 2009, 08:14 AM	#2
Scott Hayes Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 692	damn, that looks pretty impressive.

August 20th, 2009, 09:50 PM	#3
Randy Painter Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: st cloud, Mn Posts: 79	That does look pretty good. I was holding off buying a cam but got impatient and got the 150. No regrets though. Still, this would make an awesome B cam.

August 22nd, 2009, 10:39 AM	#4
Bob Diaz Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LA, California Posts: 170	I examined the footage on both my iMAC's screen and my HDTV's screen. Because this is second (or third) generation and highly compressed I can't be 100% sure what is a compression artifact and what is from the camera. In the night shots, some of the shots showed an odd compression noise pattern, it might be image noise from high gain. Over all the image looked sharp and the colors were good. Granted it was only a 720/25p image, but the 720p still looked good. The camera appeared to do low light filming better than I would have expected. I'm sure the gain was high in some shots, but the image held up reasonably well. It would be nice to be able to see the source file and know the settings. Even better, to have a side by side comparison with the HMC-150. ... I guess we'll have to wait for that. Now I'm going to go nuts waiting for DV Expo and my chance to get my hands on a unit... Bob Diaz