Panasonic cameras look more like Super 16 cameras/stock to me from a colorimetry and tonality standpoint-and yes, they are noisier as well, which adds to the organic, filmic feel, to my eye." "Overall, I find the look of Sony cameras to be unacceptable out of the box and to possess a "clinical, videoish" image that Panasonic cameras don't have. Panasonic cameras look more like Super 16 cameras/stock to me from a colorimetry and tonality standpoint-and yes, they are noisier as well, which adds to the organic, filmic feel, to my eye. Overall, I find the look of Sony cameras to be unacceptable out of the box and to possess a "clinical, videoish" image that Panasonic cameras don't have. But this might take some time to find on the used market. For my client's needs, I believe the HPX2700 is the right camera, a bigger step above the HDX900 than I expected.Ī used HPX2000 w/Intra board is my first choice in an under $14K camera. The 350 is a more flexible camera, however, offering DVCAM(no 24P), 720P with variable frame rates and 1080P from a native, full raster CMOS sensor. I stated in that thread that if somebody has to have native 1080X1920 sensors, then my choice would be a used HPX3000 for $20K. I don't like the color, I don't think the codec holds a candle to AVC-Intra 100, I don't think it has the tonality and film like look that all Varicams are known for, but I'm not a pixel counter, I just know what I like when I see a pleasing image. It's super sharp(too sharp for my taste), super quiet, super sensitive. CMOS, Panasonic colorimetry, five card capacity, 1/2 price deal at the time($19,950 plus VF w/camcorder trade-in), 3 HD SDI outputs-so it's no surprise that David would talk down the HPX500.ĭon't get me wrong-the 350 is worth looking at. This despite the 10-bit(4 times better than any 8-bit format in gray scale), 4:2:2, I-Frame, 100Mbps AVC-Intra Native frame rate codec, the proven Film-Rec gamma from the Varicam, improved to 600% dynamic range, 32 bit A-D processing, CCD's vs. On another thread in this forum, "Sony PMW-350 or Panasonic HPX2700?", David and Alister Chapman sided with the 350.
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