Panasonic 4K DVX200 Announced

[Jack Zhang]

Originally Posted by Andy Wilkinson

Yep, all good advice. The way Sony are spitting out new cams we might have a X100 and FS70 to consider by then!

Here's hoping their global shutter tech Pregius makes it into their new XDCAM 1'' lineup cameras. There's supposed to be a 1'' sensor at the end of the year that can do 4K 30p, the IMX255. Current figures show a single sensor can have 70DB SNR. (Still needs 60p)

[David Dixon]

Pricing now added at B&H - it's about what was predicted, maybe not as low as hoped.

[Josh Bass]

i think the disappointed folks re: price were too unrealistic to begin with...when has something this fully featured ever been that low ($3500) when introduced? and please no more about the color space or i will commit bodily harm to myself.

[Steve Kimmel]

Gotta love that someone already posted a review on B&H without having the camera!

[Josh Bass]

those damn time travelers are at it again...

[Jim Martin]

Just got the marketing bulletin......the sell price is going to be $4195.00!.....about where I thought it might land....so give us a ring if you'd like to pre-order....
http://www.evsonline.com/panasonic-a...zoom-lens.html



Jim Martin
EVSonline.com

[Andy Wilkinson]

I think it'll sell like hot cakes over your side of the pond, especially at that price.

[Chris Harding]

Ouch!! Anything that is $4195 in the USA will automatically be close to $6K down here by the time they have fiddled with exchange rates and sales tax ! I assume is will be just as expensive in the UK ??

[Andy Wilkinson]

At the moment most of the good pro video dealers here (CVP, H Preston etc.) still have it listed at the pre-order price they initially posted after NAB.

It's currently at (or very close to) £3,416 plus VAT (at 20% UK rate) which is £4,100 with that tax. My business will just claim back the VAT.

Hopefully, this will now drop a bit over the next few days in view of Panasonic's pricing update :-)

[Rich Adrion]

Caught this footage today, looks a bit better than previous clips that I have seen online.

First Look: Test Footage - Panasonic AG-DVX200 on Vimeo

[Cliff Totten]

Anybody know what the pixel count is on this sensor?

Is it a photography or video sensor? Is it the same one as the GH4?

If the image comes from more than 8 megapixels, is it a 1:1 readout or is it over sampled from a higher count. Does it line skip or use Sony's "every pixel" scaling engine?

[Rich Adrion]

I think that some of your questions were answered in previous posts in this thread

[Joachim Claus]

Originally Posted by Cliff Totten

Anybody know what the pixel count is on this sensor?

Is it a photography or video sensor? Is it the same one as the GH4?

If the image comes from more than 8 megapixels, is it a 1:1 readout or is it over sampled from a higher count. Does it line skip or use Sony's "every pixel" scaling engine?

I think I have read the following to your questions:

1. It is real video-sensor with same technology as the GH4-sensor.
2. It has a different format than the GH4-sensor. DVX200 sensor is 17.8mm x 10mm (16 : 9 format), GH4-sensor is 17.3mm x 13 (4:3 format).
3. The DVX200-sensor has 17.2 Megapixel (total) with 16.05 Megapixel effective.
I do not know an answer to your last question.

Joachim

[Jack Zhang]

Thank goodness for a native 16:9 sensor, however I'd never leave the aperture wide open on the wide end of the zoom, since it gives really nasty "orbing" that looks nothing like a prime or a 24-70.

[Rich Adrion]

V-Log Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i181...ature=youtu.be