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Panasonic AG-AF100 Series IBC Announcement
Panasonic has released more info on the AG-AF100 micro 4/3rds series camera series for IBC:
Memory Card Camera Recorder | Panasonic Dual SD slot 24Mbps AVCHD, 1080/24p and 720/60p. |
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Remote zoom?
Well, there are some threads about this camera already, but what strikes me most when looking at the specifications from your link is the following line:
"Camera Remote (super mini jack x 1; zoom, S/S, mini jack x 1; focus, iris)" A remote zoom would be fantastic (and definitely important for my work), but how on earth should it be possible? As far as I remember the pics from the back of the AF101, this remote jack is labelled only as S/S (start/stop) - but contrary to the HMC151 for example no mentioning of "zoom", which makes sense. So could Panasonic have figured out a way to offer remote zoom or am I right in guessing, itīs just an error on the homepage? |
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This camera looks fantastic, but why do they insist on using low bitrate AVCHD?
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It has HD-SDI out. If you want high bitrate material you attach an external recorder capable of issuing high bitrate recording.
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wished they had a 35Mbps codec. I'm sure Sony will roll out something next. Wonder what Canon is going to do about it.
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Given this camera is manual lens only, it will mainly be used in controlled lighting situations. I think this codec will be surprisingly fine for that environment. Plus, as a first product I am guessing that Panasonic wants to judge demand and operational efficiency before the trumpet fanfare rollout of the more expensive P2 version. |
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This seems like a logical move for Panasonic. They seem to stick with a few formats, so right now it is either AVCHD or P2. If this was P2, it would cost a lot more. As long as the HD-SDI output is straight off the chips then you attach a Nano Flash or KiPro Mini & record whatever your heart desires.
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I wonder how much of a chunk this will take out of the 5D2/7D market... It's obviously a better camera in so many ways, but the price difference (for the indie film world) and lack of lens choices is significant.
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The AF100 will actually have a huge range of lens choices Because the Micro 4/3 flange depth is very short, with adapters you could put Nikon, Canon, PL, and many other lenses directly on the camera without modification. The price point is very low to me considering that it has HD-SDI & HDMI output for monitoring and recording, pro audio inputs, and all the bells and whistles of a video camera. With all the audio boxes and other accessories required, I think a similarly equipped DSLR would come pretty close in price... and still wouldn't have the video functions and clean output. Andy
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Yes, but noone ever looks at the overall price after goodies. :)
(I agree with you though, and for what you get seems like a very fair price.) DPreview.com has the price at $10,000... someone is confused out on the web.
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Sadly, Jan Crittenden has confirmed that HD-SDI is only 8-bit. It seems kind of dumb. Panasonic seems to be going out of its way to promote bit depths and data rates for its so-called digital cinema camera that are below those of its broadcast products. I realized they were undoubtedly trying to contain costs with the AF100. Still, it seems a little ass-backwards.
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Anyone have a guess as to what low light/noise levels are realistic out of this when compared to say the 1Dmk4 or 5Dmk2?
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DSLR + Mixer + Audio Record + Loupe + Mount = $$$ I think this camera, the one Sony is making & hopefully whatever Canon is cooking up, will kill the current HDSLR craze & truly create a new subset of video cameras. Though that really still depends on if they get it right with their new round of cameras. There already seems to be some big negatives to this camera, so maybe it might take a couple tries. IE a year later they'll release a AG-AF170 w/ all the things that should have been in the first release.
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