I should clarify - the HV20 is NOT a good choice for paid work unless you are really experienced with it and know how to tweak it, have a client who understands that "that thing that looks like it came out of a cereal box" can produce excellent images, and ideally - if you'll be projecting - you can work with a field monitor or a third party high res LCD for focusing. The overall image quality is indeed better than its far more expensive competition, and it does do 24P (as long as you're willing to edit in ProRes or a similar codec in post), but manual control and focusing require some serious practice with it.
Brook On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've worked with both. > > If you put aside the format question, the Panasonic is light years beyond > the Sony in every other respect. It's an incredible camera.The Sony model > is basically a hacked consumer HDV that adds a semi-pro mic interface. The > image quality is inferior to that of the Canon HV20 which costs less than > half as much, but you do get the mic interface, a focus ring instead of a > focus dial, and a more professional looking camera than the HV20 if that > matters. On the minus side, you also get the horrible Sony touch-screen > interface. > > For my money, the DVX100 is the only SD camera on the market still worth > considering, and if I had to choose between these two cameras for a shoot > I'd pick the Panasonic unless HD was absolutely required as a delivery > format - and even then, I might opt for the panasonic in 24P if the budget > for a really high quality upconversion was available - though that budget > could just as well be applied to a higher end XDCam of DVCProHD rig. > > I think that for HDV, once you get below the $5000 price range, the HV20 > is the only one worth the money unless you are doing paid work that REQUIRES > hdv and don't have the budget for Sony EX1 or the Panasonic HVX200. > > > > Brook > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've used the Panasonic as a rental camera before, and it's quite > > nice. > > It has a lot of manual control for audio & video settings, a nice lens > > and good on-board mic performance. > > > > > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:09 pm, Heath wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the below models > > > > > > Panasonic Pro AG-DVX100B > > > Sony HVR-A1U CMOS High Definition Camcorder > > -- > > Brian Richardson > > - http://whatthecast.com > > - http://siliconchef.com > > - http://dragoncontv.com > > - http://www.3chip.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > -- _______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
