| thinking of getting a new camera for production work. its between the panasonic HVX 200 and the Sony HVR V1?

thinking of getting a new camera for production work. its between the panasonic HVX 200 and the Sony HVR V1?

Aaron M asked:


the camera is to be used for shooting documentaries, indie stuff, shorts…etc. have used and like the panasonic DVX 102B. but i’ve been given funding and wanna upgrade. looking for ruggedness, durability, and a camera that can get me as close to 35mm film look as possible.

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2 Responses to “thinking of getting a new camera for production work. its between the panasonic HVX 200 and the Sony HVR V1?”

  1. psyx on May 28th, 2009 10:38 pm

    I always trust any SONY product, they’re much more durable and work great

  2. Ethan T on May 30th, 2009 6:34 pm

    The HVX200 is DVCPro25/50/HD. It must use expensive memory modules (P2 cards) to manage this large amount of data. You cannot record HD to tape with this camera, and must either use P2 cards or a connected portable hard drive (such as Firestore). The workflow is more complicated than recording direct to tape, but the image is very nice.

    The HVR V1 (and other prosumer Sony cameras) is HDV, a highly compressed mpeg recording format, which was designed to be used with existing MiniDV tapes. In general, the HDV format is considered to be inferior to DVCPro25/50/HD, although it is easier to shoot as you can record HD on the tape and not deal with the all-digital workflow of using P2 cards or Firestore drives (the HVX200).

    Ultimately, its up to you. But the general concensus is this: If you can make the HVX200 fit your needs: do it. Otherwise, HDV (Sony, Canon, etc) format is for you.