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The slightest things, the shortest life, Unfocused edge of shadow glanced, A sweet smell near a maple door, A star’s reflection on the floor. In this handful of all things and their radiance, How do we sense The presence Of existence? Shot with an overcranked AG-HVX200AP Music and lyrics by Robert Edgar
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Panasonic DVCPro HD P2 AG-HVX200AP. Both for you and me, I'll keep it simple. On this camera, there are a slide button to switch between 2 media; P2 card or mini-DV tape. And beside this switch, you can see a button to switch from ...
HVX200 vs HVX200A showdown under cover of darkness timelapse
The snap-shot reveals I shot this side by side on the panasonic AG-HVX200P (left) and the AG-HVX200AP (right), both P2 DVCPROHD 720p 30PN. A series of several shots in which the cameras, positions and lighting were not changed. I kept the iris completely open for all of the shots changing 1st the gain, then shutter speed and finally utilizing two frames per second undercrank in conjuction with 350.0 degree Syncro Scan Shutter. When I read up on the improvements that the 200A made I was eager to test it out. However I was somewhat dissapointed in the differences between the two. The primary difference is that there IS reduced noise with the 200A, something you wont really see in this youtube split screen. Something you may notice is that I was able to get a sharper focus from the 200A because of the slightly better image in the viewfinder. This is probably the most valuable improvement. The series of shots begin by showing how poorly the HVX200 performs in low light with 0db all the way up to 12dB. It flat out sucks. I often shoot on 1/15th shutter because I'll get the brightness of 12dB gain without the grain. At this speed however movement looks a bit lagged due to the double exposure of the image but it's worth the tradeoff for me. Even brighter is 1/30th shutter with 12dB gain which reduces the lagged look but adds grain. The final shot is in 720p 30pn and I drop the frames per second down to two using an edited scene file on an SD card in the camera PLUS I kick the shutter down to 350 degrees in FILM CAM mode. The effect is identical to a long exposure from a still camera at night. If untouched, the long exposure will bring greater light detail and a crisp image, but if you were to bump your shot then you would end up with streaking. The flip side is that with the greater exposure to what little light there is you can shoot some amazing time lapse that gives a blur or streaking effect to fast moving objects while a slow moving background remains focused. I recommend purchasing "the hvx book" by Barry W. Green. Extremely helpful in understanding the capabilites / limitations of the hvx200. Includes a section called "optimizing for low video noise" that says in short "no 1/3 chip cam (ours) is going to deliver the noise free performance of a 2/3 cam" but "you can can reduce image noise" through various menu settings Added music from Happy Rhodes - Skimming the Hovergear and I added time lapse to the end of the video just to finish the song.
HVX200 vs HVX200A showdown under cover of darkness timelapse
The snap-shot reveals I shot this side by side on the panasonic AG-HVX200P (left) and the AG-HVX200AP (right), both P2 DVCPROHD 720p 30PN. A series of several shots in which the cameras, positions and lighting were not changed. ...
Panasonic AG-HVX200AP Test Shoot
Test shoot with new HD camera and new wireless mics
The slightest things, the shortest life, Unfocused edge of shadow glanced, A sweet smell near a maple door, A star’s reflection on the floor. In this handful of all things and their radiance, How do we sense The presence Of existence? Shot with an overcranked AG-HVX200AP Music and lyrics by Robert Edgar
No input signal
Panasonic DVCPro HD P2 AG-HVX200AP. Both for you and me, I'll keep it simple. On this camera, there are a slide button to switch between 2 media; P2 card or mini-DV tape. And beside this switch, you can see a button to switch from ...
HVX200 vs HVX200A showdown under cover of darkness timelapse
The snap-shot reveals I shot this side by side on the panasonic AG-HVX200P (left) and the AG-HVX200AP (right), both P2 DVCPROHD 720p 30PN. A series of several shots in which the cameras, positions and lighting were not changed. I kept the iris completely open for all of the shots changing 1st the gain, then shutter speed and finally utilizing two frames per second undercrank in conjuction with 350.0 degree Syncro Scan Shutter. When I read up on the improvements that the 200A made I was eager to test it out. However I was somewhat dissapointed in the differences between the two. The primary difference is that there IS reduced noise with the 200A, something you wont really see in this youtube split screen. Something you may notice is that I was able to get a sharper focus from the 200A because of the slightly better image in the viewfinder. This is probably the most valuable improvement. The series of shots begin by showing how poorly the HVX200 performs in low light with 0db all the way up to 12dB. It flat out sucks. I often shoot on 1/15th shutter because I'll get the brightness of 12dB gain without the grain. At this speed however movement looks a bit lagged due to the double exposure of the image but it's worth the tradeoff for me. Even brighter is 1/30th shutter with 12dB gain which reduces the lagged look but adds grain. The final shot is in 720p 30pn and I drop the frames per second down to two using an edited scene file on an SD card in the camera PLUS I kick the shutter down to 350 degrees in FILM CAM mode. The effect is identical to a long exposure from a still camera at night. If untouched, the long exposure will bring greater light detail and a crisp image, but if you were to bump your shot then you would end up with streaking. The flip side is that with the greater exposure to what little light there is you can shoot some amazing time lapse that gives a blur or streaking effect to fast moving objects while a slow moving background remains focused. I recommend purchasing "the hvx book" by Barry W. Green. Extremely helpful in understanding the capabilites / limitations of the hvx200. Includes a section called "optimizing for low video noise" that says in short "no 1/3 chip cam (ours) is going to deliver the noise free performance of a 2/3 cam" but "you can can reduce image noise" through various menu settings Added music from Happy Rhodes - Skimming the Hovergear and I added time lapse to the end of the video just to finish the song.
HVX200 vs HVX200A showdown under cover of darkness timelapse
The snap-shot reveals I shot this side by side on the panasonic AG-HVX200P (left) and the AG-HVX200AP (right), both P2 DVCPROHD 720p 30PN. A series of several shots in which the cameras, positions and lighting were not changed. ...
Panasonic AG-HVX200AP Test Shoot
Test shoot with new HD camera and new wireless mics