HVX200 1080P being released next month ?

[Phil Hover]

1080i24p is the mode - 24p over a 1080/60i signal.

Reducing the 24p signal to native frames would result in a 20% savings in 1080. With 720/24p native recordings the result is 60% savings.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Originally Posted by Earl Thurston

This is just speculation, but what if he means 1080p24n to the P2 cards? i.e. 24fps natively, without being carried in a 1080i60 stream. That sounds like something that could potentially be implemented through a firmware update. It would allow the P2 cards to record longer.

That would be great and is something that should have been implemented in the first place. We can only hope...

[Paulo Teixeira]

I can easily see why someone who has bought the HVX200 be completely shock about a successor coming out so soon. For example I bought the HC1 during the time it came out and now Sony in less than a year came out with the HC3 but at least it has fewer features than the HC1.

When I first heard about the HVX200 I been wanting to bring it with me to Europe last summer but their were 2 problems: One being the price and two it didn’t come out soon enough so I ultimately bought the HC1. If what Alfred Appiah says is correct than I will definitely try to get this camcorder the day it came out ASAP. Imagine if it does also mean that their will be an option to record in the H.264 MP4 format.

For now the only thing that will get both HVX200 owners and non owners happy is Panasonic releasing a 16 gig card.

[Barry Green]

16-gig card was being talked about as probably coming out by the end of the year.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Originally Posted by Paulo Teixeira

I can easily see why someone who has bought the HVX200 be completely shock about a successor coming out so soon.

It wouldn't be shocking if an updated model came out in the near future, but I wouldn't expect any huge feature enhancements. What Alfred posted doesn't make sense though... Most of what he said is coming is already a part of the current camera (1080p support, etc..).

And to confirm what Barry says about the 16GB card, it is "expected" sometime later this year. But I don't think Panasonic has officially announced any dates.

[Kevin Shaw]

Originally Posted by Chris Hurd

This is nothing new. Canon did the exact same thing with the original XL1, using Pixel Shift to up the resolution from sub-SD chips. Nobody complained very much about that. Don't see why it's suddenly a big deal now. Do you like what the camera puts out, ultimately that's all that really matters.

Perhaps some of the concern stems from how secretive Panasonic was about this at first, and some from technical assessments of the effectiveness of the result. With HD cameras one of the main design goals is higher resolution, and having sensors with only 25% the number of pixels of the highest output resolution is an impressive stretch. As you say the quality of the results is what matters, and test results for the HVX200 suggest its actual resolution is low relative to other HD cameras. But that doesn't seem to be slowing enthusiasm for this camera, so whether it's a big deal or not is a matter of personal preference.