Various posts & questions about Panasonic DV / GS / MX camcorders

Eli Schwartz · March 30th, 2003, 09:38 AM

Hi all

1.The AC adapter that was supplied with the cam is VSK0592 (model no).

2. you can see that in the front of it there is a socket written CAR
DC IN .

3. at the manual(NV-MX500EN) page 59(printed) or page 7(pdf)it is
written that car adapter is VW-KBD2E (it is another charger ).

4. there is a Cigaret lighter adapter VW-KA7E (try search it on the
net) that is suite for the mx300/350 charger .

my question is if the above item VW-KA7E fit and can be used with the
VSK0592 ?
and if not why panasonic bother put the (CAR DC IN) socket.

Thanks in advance
Eli

Bram Corstjens · March 31st, 2003, 08:06 PM

I'm dying to see just a small video recorded in the evening in an average living room with average lights.

I'm surprised how little examples there are! After searching the net for over 2 days I only found 8 photo's and no sample movie at all! Especially with camera's, image qualtiy is also a subjective matter. People like to see for themselves how good/bad the image quality is before they spend $2000 on a cam

DpReview for example has LOADS of photo's from almost all digital camera's on the market! Why is there no "DvReview" with short sample movies from all cam's on the market?

I *know* some of you have this cam... a 5 to 10 sec pan through the room will be enough...
As long as the movie is not larger than 10 mb, you can mail it to me at bram.corstjens@planet.nl

Many thanx for those that take the time!!!

Tom Hardwick · April 17th, 2003, 12:58 AM

My MX300 has this clever trick where you can reverse the image on the side screen so that if you're talking to camera you can have it set so that the screen image is what you see in a mirror. You enter the menu, go to "other functions" and toggle between normal and mirror.

For the most natural look you'd have it set to 'mirror' - that way if the light is striking the right side of your face the side screen shows you the same thing ~ that the light is coming from the right. This then looks 'correct' and is far more natural than the normal setting.

The only snag is that in this mirror mode you're only allowed to see the battery charge symbol - everything else is turned off. If you have the normal mode selected you can still check your w/bal, the aperture, shutter speed, see that you're in manual, have OIS turned on, have the time code visible, know that you're in a program mode and have the zebras turned on - all that stuff.

There's another quirk. Unless the side-screen is click-stopped into the forward facing position, all that information is written upside down. Oh, and Sony camcorders have never offered this image flipping trick - they only show you the 'mirror' view.

tom.

Frank Granovski · April 17th, 2003, 04:23 AM

PlasmaSMP has created another ad for Pana. Click here to view:

http://www.dvfreak.com/dv-comm1.gif

John Jay · April 20th, 2003, 04:25 PM

http://www.askdirect.co.uk/uview?cal...64&topcatid=10

with key spec

Frank Granovski · September 26th, 2003, 04:00 PM

Wow!

For those of you who are thinking of the GS100, or need those extra things which are only available in Japan, keep our good member Allan in mind. He is reliable and reasonable, and he would be happy to get you what you need.

Frank

Alex Zabrovsky · October 7th, 2003, 08:58 AM

A friend of mine is going to SF for business next week and hopefully will have abotu a half day for sightseeing. As being avid photographer (like myself) he would visit some reliable shop over there to check for some accessories and also I wuold be aksing him to bing me a battery for my GS100 (larger then the default one, something like 2040 mAh ?) as well a set of Pana cassettes.

Would be grateful if someone familiar with that area would point me to the specific, reliable shop where the battery can be found in stock for reasonable price.

Exact address (and probably driving directions) is desirable to save him his valuable time.

Thanks in advance, Alex

Frank Granovski · January 12th, 2004, 03:18 AM

For almost a year, though he thought it had been much longer, Pokey had been collecting empties to save up for a new Pana 953. No, not the 24P, nor the Black Mamba. He could never afford them---and why would he need them when the 953 is such a steal? (Pokey knows the 953 is the poor man's DVX, and he also knows that black is just a trend.) So arduously and diligently, day after day and week after week, Pokey had pressed forth struggling with his rusty shopping cart, up and down Vancouver's richest alleyways, keeping his goal in mind. It's no job for a bum, you know. And by golly, he's now almost got the dough. He's just gotta collect enough wine bottles for the 14.5% PST and GST. This is Canada, where hard work pays off and dreams do come true. Another couple of weeks and Pokey's gonna be a film maker! :-))

http://www.dvfreak.com/mx5_go.htm
http://www.dvfreak.com/pana_mx5.htm

Disclaimer: not intended for the ironically challenged nor the satirically stunted. :-))

Dan Brown · January 18th, 2004, 09:19 PM

I was playing with using yellow, red, green and blue cards to set white balance on my Panny. It's pretty neat. I was wondering if any other users have any tricks, ideas, or color references to elmulate filters using manual WB. Like, a suitable WB card to do day-for-night shooting, warming, cooling, etc.?

Thanks...

Mike Cecotka · February 12th, 2004, 11:05 PM

Hi,

There is posibility I'll be videotaping seminar in Orlando and maybe will need help of second videographer (no experience necessary :) )

If you have GS 100 (preffered) or Sony VX 1000 You can contact me at
film@videographer.com

Thanks
Mike S. Cecotka

Frank Granovski · April 3rd, 2004, 06:08 AM

Everything you wanted to now about your cam's battery:

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

(It seems that my DVL batteries aren't going to last too much longer!)

Frank Granovski · April 3rd, 2004, 06:14 AM

NTSC/PAL conversion info, or why you should not buy a NTSC cam if you live in PALsville, or why you shouldn't buy the black mamba if you live Down-Under. :-))

http://videoexpert.home.att.net/artic2/197stand.htm
http://videoexpert.home.att.net/artic2/198stand.htm

Frank Granovski · April 5th, 2004, 01:18 AM

I can't take it any more. Reassemble your MX300. I'm having nightmares about it being in pieces and collecting dust in your kitchen cupboard. Do you want me to try and get you a MX300 service manual?

By the way, in how many pieces is it? :-))

Frank Granovski · April 25th, 2004, 06:01 PM

The JVC GR-DV900U has a bright lens. How "bright" the Black Mamba's lens?

Frank Granovski · April 26th, 2004, 04:17 AM

One thing that puzzled me in the early days was miniDV's resolution. I was amazed at the sharp rich footage, even though these cams were the first kids on the block. The resolution was a far cry from DV's capable 540 line playback resolution but they required little light---perhaps due to the bigger CCDs and less pixels. Today most cams are even sharper and they are all closer to the 540 line playback, but a number of other things have changed, one for the better one for the worse. The better is better priced. D_mn! cams are cheap now. The worse, of course, is the LUX. These sharper cams require more light. However, in the end we learn to live with the good and the bad, keeping in mind that our cams are tied in with our broadcast systems; and that doesn't require a lot of lines but does require a little light.

So, tell us about the ugly, or what's your ugly regarding miniDV? (The tape? A horror story?) Please do tell.

:-))

March 30th, 2003, 09:38 AM	#16
Eli Schwartz New Boot Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: israel Posts: 6	car battery charger for mx500(0) Hi all 1.The AC adapter that was supplied with the cam is VSK0592 (model no). 2. you can see that in the front of it there is a socket written CAR DC IN . 3. at the manual(NV-MX500EN) page 59(printed) or page 7(pdf)it is written that car adapter is VW-KBD2E (it is another charger ). 4. there is a Cigaret lighter adapter VW-KA7E (try search it on the net) that is suite for the mx300/350 charger . my question is if the above item VW-KA7E fit and can be used with the VSK0592 ? and if not why panasonic bother put the (CAR DC IN) socket. Thanks in advance Eli

March 31st, 2003, 08:06 PM	#17
Bram Corstjens Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 126	Can someon make a short movie with the MX500? I'm dying to see just a small video recorded in the evening in an average living room with average lights. I'm surprised how little examples there are! After searching the net for over 2 days I only found 8 photo's and no sample movie at all! Especially with camera's, image qualtiy is also a subjective matter. People like to see for themselves how good/bad the image quality is before they spend $2000 on a cam DpReview for example has LOADS of photo's from almost all digital camera's on the market! Why is there no "DvReview" with short sample movies from all cam's on the market? I know some of you have this cam... a 5 to 10 sec pan through the room will be enough... As long as the movie is not larger than 10 mb, you can mail it to me at bram.corstjens@planet.nl Many thanx for those that take the time!!!

April 17th, 2003, 12:58 AM	#18
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	The MX300 and its flipping side screen My MX300 has this clever trick where you can reverse the image on the side screen so that if you're talking to camera you can have it set so that the screen image is what you see in a mirror. You enter the menu, go to "other functions" and toggle between normal and mirror. For the most natural look you'd have it set to 'mirror' - that way if the light is striking the right side of your face the side screen shows you the same thing ~ that the light is coming from the right. This then looks 'correct' and is far more natural than the normal setting. The only snag is that in this mirror mode you're only allowed to see the battery charge symbol - everything else is turned off. If you have the normal mode selected you can still check your w/bal, the aperture, shutter speed, see that you're in manual, have OIS turned on, have the time code visible, know that you're in a program mode and have the zebras turned on - all that stuff. There's another quirk. Unless the side-screen is click-stopped into the forward facing position, all that information is written upside down. Oh, and Sony camcorders have never offered this image flipping trick - they only show you the 'mirror' view. tom.

April 17th, 2003, 04:23 AM	#19
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Another new Pana ad PlasmaSMP has created another ad for Pana. Click here to view: http://www.dvfreak.com/dv-comm1.gif

April 20th, 2003, 04:25 PM	#20
John Jay Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: US & THEM Posts: 827	3 chip PAL way under a grand sterling http://www.askdirect.co.uk/uview?cal...64&topcatid=10 with key spec __________________ John Jay Beware *PLUGGER-BYTES*

September 26th, 2003, 04:00 PM	#21
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	MX Forum's 400th thread! Wow! For those of you who are thinking of the GS100, or need those extra things which are only available in Japan, keep our good member Allan in mind. He is reliable and reasonable, and he would be happy to get you what you need. Frank

October 7th, 2003, 08:58 AM	#22
Alex Zabrovsky Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 175	Buying GS100 accessories in San Francisco A friend of mine is going to SF for business next week and hopefully will have abotu a half day for sightseeing. As being avid photographer (like myself) he would visit some reliable shop over there to check for some accessories and also I wuold be aksing him to bing me a battery for my GS100 (larger then the default one, something like 2040 mAh ?) as well a set of Pana cassettes. Would be grateful if someone familiar with that area would point me to the specific, reliable shop where the battery can be found in stock for reasonable price. Exact address (and probably driving directions) is desirable to save him his valuable time. Thanks in advance, Alex

January 12th, 2004, 03:18 AM	#23
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	A smile for the MX5 For almost a year, though he thought it had been much longer, Pokey had been collecting empties to save up for a new Pana 953. No, not the 24P, nor the Black Mamba. He could never afford them---and why would he need them when the 953 is such a steal? (Pokey knows the 953 is the poor man's DVX, and he also knows that black is just a trend.) So arduously and diligently, day after day and week after week, Pokey had pressed forth struggling with his rusty shopping cart, up and down Vancouver's richest alleyways, keeping his goal in mind. It's no job for a bum, you know. And by golly, he's now almost got the dough. He's just gotta collect enough wine bottles for the 14.5% PST and GST. This is Canada, where hard work pays off and dreams do come true. Another couple of weeks and Pokey's gonna be a film maker! :-)) http://www.dvfreak.com/mx5_go.htm http://www.dvfreak.com/pana_mx5.htm Disclaimer: not intended for the ironically challenged nor the satirically stunted. :-))

January 18th, 2004, 09:19 PM	#24
Dan Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 235	Manual WB on DV852? I was playing with using yellow, red, green and blue cards to set white balance on my Panny. It's pretty neat. I was wondering if any other users have any tricks, ideas, or color references to elmulate filters using manual WB. Like, a suitable WB card to do day-for-night shooting, warming, cooling, etc.? Thanks... __________________ dB

February 12th, 2004, 11:05 PM	#25
Mike Cecotka Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 53	Looking for GS 100 owners - Orlando, Florida Hi, There is posibility I'll be videotaping seminar in Orlando and maybe will need help of second videographer (no experience necessary :) ) If you have GS 100 (preffered) or Sony VX 1000 You can contact me at film@videographer.com Thanks Mike S. Cecotka

April 3rd, 2004, 06:08 AM	#26
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Battery info Everything you wanted to now about your cam's battery: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm (It seems that my DVL batteries aren't going to last too much longer!)

April 3rd, 2004, 06:14 AM	#27
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	NTSC/PAL info NTSC/PAL conversion info, or why you should not buy a NTSC cam if you live in PALsville, or why you shouldn't buy the black mamba if you live Down-Under. :-)) http://videoexpert.home.att.net/artic2/197stand.htm http://videoexpert.home.att.net/artic2/198stand.htm

April 5th, 2004, 01:18 AM	#28
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Please, Tom... I can't take it any more. Reassemble your MX300. I'm having nightmares about it being in pieces and collecting dust in your kitchen cupboard. Do you want me to try and get you a MX300 service manual? By the way, in how many pieces is it? :-))

April 25th, 2004, 06:01 PM	#29
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	"Bright" lens? The JVC GR-DV900U has a bright lens. How "bright" the Black Mamba's lens?

April 26th, 2004, 04:17 AM	#30
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	the good and the bad One thing that puzzled me in the early days was miniDV's resolution. I was amazed at the sharp rich footage, even though these cams were the first kids on the block. The resolution was a far cry from DV's capable 540 line playback resolution but they required little light---perhaps due to the bigger CCDs and less pixels. Today most cams are even sharper and they are all closer to the 540 line playback, but a number of other things have changed, one for the better one for the worse. The better is better priced. D_mn! cams are cheap now. The worse, of course, is the LUX. These sharper cams require more light. However, in the end we learn to live with the good and the bad, keeping in mind that our cams are tied in with our broadcast systems; and that doesn't require a lot of lines but does require a little light. So, tell us about the ugly, or what's your ugly regarding miniDV? (The tape? A horror story?) Please do tell. :-))