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John M Burkhart · September 12th, 2005, 12:08 AM

Has anyone managed to get their hands on the HVX-200 at IBC? Does Panasonic have working models there yet? Just some first impressions would be great.

Dean Harrington · September 12th, 2005, 03:40 PM

http://homepage.mac.com/mikedcurtis...eTheater50.html

The guy on this site shoots a bit on the camera.

Chris Hurd · September 12th, 2005, 04:17 PM

Yup, that's from HD For Indies, an excellent site. Great stuff there!

Greg Boston · September 12th, 2005, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean Harrington

http://homepage.mac.com/mikedcurtis...eTheater50.html

The guy on this site shoots a bit on the camera.

That link doesn't work! Perhaps the 3 dots after curtis need to be filled in with actual text.

-gb-

Barry Green · September 12th, 2005, 05:00 PM

There are partially-working models being shown, yes. As to whether show attendees are getting "hands on" time with 'em, I don't think so; I think they said they were engineering samples and that there are only two of them. But yes they're there and they're showing a live image from them.

Mathieu Ghekiere · September 12th, 2005, 05:24 PM

How was the footage?

Kevin Dooley · September 12th, 2005, 05:34 PM

I did a google site search for mikedcurtis and I think I found the original link:

it's homepage.mac.com / mikedcurtis / iMovieTheater50.html

I added spaces so that the forum didn't truncate it again... anyway, here's a link that should work:

http://homepage.mac.com/mikedcurtis/...Theater50.html

Boyd Ostroff · September 12th, 2005, 05:40 PM

Well at least we've learned that it doesn't fall apart when shaken vigorously. Other than that I didn't learn much from Mike's clip...

Kevin Dooley · September 12th, 2005, 07:45 PM

Which, of course, is the biggest question on all our minds...

Rob Lohman · September 13th, 2005, 02:25 AM

All models I saw at ibc where mockups except one. Which was (as they claimed)
the first working model. However, it wasn't fully working. Jan (Crittenden) told
me this model only did 1080i yet. No progressive (or 720) at the moment.

The expected release date of the camera in North America should be December
2005. With the European (PAL) version following somewhere in Q1 2006.

I believe the price without any P2 cards would be $5995 and with two (2)
8 GB (!!) P2 cards around $9995. I believe an 8 GB P2 card at maximum quality
(in DVCPRO HD) would give you a recording time of around 15 minutes. Hopefully
that is correct.

It was also mentioned that current 4 GB P2 cards are around $1700 and are
expected to drop below $1000 somewhere in October.

The image looked great on the monitor but a tad too sharp for my taste I
think. But it was a bit hard to judge. And of course this is a pre-production
model with unknown settings. Could've been the monitor as well. Or me :)

Mikko Wilson · September 13th, 2005, 02:52 PM

Man I *hate* too sharp pictures ;)

- there where actually a bunch of workign cameras.. 5 in fact: 2 at panasonic (and 2 moddles), 1 at apple, and they shot some stuff to P2 with it and had it in a G5, at Canopus, they had some, supposedly 24P stuff in.. and it relly didn't look interlaved to me. And the 5th one, to my understanding, was at a private demo room.. with Avid i think..

All the footage(does a P2 card even have feet?) and live pictures form teh HVXs looked really promising.. Heck, i'd be happy if that was the final footage myself!

We are in for a treat.

- Mikko.

Mikael Widerberg · September 13th, 2005, 03:52 PM

It might not be at all, but it looks like a toy compared with the GY-HD100.

Robin Hemerik · September 15th, 2005, 06:21 AM

Too bad that there probably isn't any P2 card shipped with it. That makes it a lot more expensive than I thought.

September 12th, 2005, 12:08 AM	#1
John M Burkhart Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 97	Hands on at IBC? Has anyone managed to get their hands on the HVX-200 at IBC? Does Panasonic have working models there yet? Just some first impressions would be great.

September 12th, 2005, 03:40 PM	#2
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	video listed..... http://homepage.mac.com/mikedcurtis...eTheater50.html The guy on this site shoots a bit on the camera.

September 12th, 2005, 04:17 PM	#3
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September 12th, 2005, 05:34 PM	#7
Kevin Dooley Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 414	Full link I did a google site search for mikedcurtis and I think I found the original link: it's homepage.mac.com / mikedcurtis / iMovieTheater50.html I added spaces so that the forum didn't truncate it again... anyway, here's a link that should work: http://homepage.mac.com/mikedcurtis/...Theater50.html __________________ Kevin Dooley Media Director, Pantego Bible Church

September 12th, 2005, 07:45 PM	#9
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September 12th, 2005, 05:00 PM	#5
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	There are partially-working models being shown, yes. As to whether show attendees are getting "hands on" time with 'em, I don't think so; I think they said they were engineering samples and that there are only two of them. But yes they're there and they're showing a live image from them.

September 12th, 2005, 05:24 PM	#6
Mathieu Ghekiere Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,195	How was the footage?

September 12th, 2005, 05:40 PM	#8
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Well at least we've learned that it doesn't fall apart when shaken vigorously. Other than that I didn't learn much from Mike's clip...

September 13th, 2005, 02:25 AM	#10
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	All models I saw at ibc where mockups except one. Which was (as they claimed) the first working model. However, it wasn't fully working. Jan (Crittenden) told me this model only did 1080i yet. No progressive (or 720) at the moment. The expected release date of the camera in North America should be December 2005. With the European (PAL) version following somewhere in Q1 2006. I believe the price without any P2 cards would be $5995 and with two (2) 8 GB (!!) P2 cards around $9995. I believe an 8 GB P2 card at maximum quality (in DVCPRO HD) would give you a recording time of around 15 minutes. Hopefully that is correct. It was also mentioned that current 4 GB P2 cards are around $1700 and are expected to drop below $1000 somewhere in October. The image looked great on the monitor but a tad too sharp for my taste I think. But it was a bit hard to judge. And of course this is a pre-production model with unknown settings. Could've been the monitor as well. Or me :) __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

September 13th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#11
Mikko Wilson Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Juneau, Alaska, USA Posts: 624	Man I hate too sharp pictures ;) - there where actually a bunch of workign cameras.. 5 in fact: 2 at panasonic (and 2 moddles), 1 at apple, and they shot some stuff to P2 with it and had it in a G5, at Canopus, they had some, supposedly 24P stuff in.. and it relly didn't look interlaved to me. And the 5th one, to my understanding, was at a private demo room.. with Avid i think.. All the footage(does a P2 card even have feet?) and live pictures form teh HVXs looked really promising.. Heck, i'd be happy if that was the final footage myself! We are in for a treat. - Mikko. __________________ Mikko Wilson - Steadicam Owner / Operator - Juneau, Alaska, USA +1 (907) 321-8387 - mikkowilson@hotmail.com - www.mikkowilson.com

September 13th, 2005, 03:52 PM	#12
Mikael Widerberg Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 73	It might not be at all, but it looks like a toy compared with the GY-HD100.

September 15th, 2005, 06:21 AM	#13
Robin Hemerik Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 36	Too bad that there probably isn't any P2 card shipped with it. That makes it a lot more expensive than I thought.