P2 & long format at DVinfo.net

Calvin Dean · October 15th, 2007, 02:40 PM

Here's the only problem I have with P2. Let's say you have to shoot a long speech in HD then turn "the tape" over to the client. What do you do?

Chris Hurd · October 15th, 2007, 03:17 PM

How long is the speech?

http://www.p2info.net/articles/misc/p2cardcaps.php

Anyway, the answer is simple: record for hours and hours uninterrupted to the FireStore FS-100. Copy the FireStore contents to a portable drive and hand it to the client. Much less expensive than handing over the equivalent on DVCPRO HD cassette tape.

Calvin Dean · October 15th, 2007, 05:30 PM

How long? There have been times when I've been asked to shoot multiple speeches during an entire morning session. Who knows if I'd have time to copy and reformat. I'm just trying to think thru a few worst case scenarios. Too bad the Panny 200 doesn't shoot HD tape with an option to shoot on miniDV for SD. During these "transition" times, it's good to have both.

Bob Woodhead · October 15th, 2007, 08:57 PM

Record to external HDD via one of the laptop tools (Scopebox, Adobe OnLocation, CaptureHD, etc). Record forever.

Chris Hurd · October 15th, 2007, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calvin Dean

Too bad the Panny 200 doesn't shoot HD tape...

The whole point of the HVX200 is that it's tapeless HD acquisition. If it shot DVCPRO HD to tape, then it would be no less expensive than other tape-based DVCPRO HD camcorders (starting price about $18,000 or so). The HVX200 is the *least expensive* way to shoot DVCPRO HD, and the fact that it's tapeless for DVCPRO HD acquisition is what makes it so affordable.

If you want to shoot DVCPRO HD to tape, then you have that option available; but because that option is tape-based, it's going to be considerably more expensive than the HVX200 (because the primary expense of DVCPRO HD is the tape transport chassis).

October 15th, 2007, 02:40 PM	#1
Calvin Dean New Boot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Olive Branch, MS Posts: 22	P2 & long format Here's the only problem I have with P2. Let's say you have to shoot a long speech in HD then turn "the tape" over to the client. What do you do?

October 15th, 2007, 03:17 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	How long is the speech? http://www.p2info.net/articles/misc/p2cardcaps.php Anyway, the answer is simple: record for hours and hours uninterrupted to the FireStore FS-100. Copy the FireStore contents to a portable drive and hand it to the client. Much less expensive than handing over the equivalent on DVCPRO HD cassette tape. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

October 15th, 2007, 05:30 PM	#3
Calvin Dean New Boot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Olive Branch, MS Posts: 22	How long? There have been times when I've been asked to shoot multiple speeches during an entire morning session. Who knows if I'd have time to copy and reformat. I'm just trying to think thru a few worst case scenarios. Too bad the Panny 200 doesn't shoot HD tape with an option to shoot on miniDV for SD. During these "transition" times, it's good to have both.

October 15th, 2007, 08:57 PM	#4
Bob Woodhead Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 59	Record to external HDD via one of the laptop tools (Scopebox, Adobe OnLocation, CaptureHD, etc). Record forever.