HDR-FX1 Vs AG-HVX200 « Videomaker Community Forums

miked
Member

I am looking at purchasing two cameras. Will use for church services to be burnded to dvd and distributed, and also weddings, outreach events, etc. Looking at HDR-FX1 , someone recommended AG-HVX200 . Panasonic seems a little pricy. Anyone familiar with it, what is Cineswitch?
Please Help

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
Member

The FX1 is more of an event camera, the Panny for making movies.

Event shooters have entirely different needs than those producing movies.

Posted 5 years ago #
djko1208
Member

I recently purchased the sony for weddings and proms and love it. The picture clarity is excellent and very easy to use.

Posted 5 years ago #
giovannisperanza
Member

For a wedding, the Sony is enough.
But as soon as you want to do a (REAL) slowmotion, or you have anything that MOVES in the picture, i recommend you to buy the Panasonic.
I used both, Sony has only 1080i, instead Panasonic (which is a Varicam) has 1080p, and all others. It's the only camera at this price featuring the 1080p resolution at 50Hz for an amazing slowmotion.
Not to mention the colors, and the lens.

Posted 5 years ago #
videolab
Member

The problem with the panasonic is that it does not record HD to tape. You must use the P2 cards which are expensive right now. Also the amount of time you can record on these cards is also still low compared to a couple of tapes.

Posted 5 years ago #
Andrew Burke
Member

videolab has a point regarding the limited recording time on P2 media.

However, other recording option are available. You can also record HD to a hard-drive, be it mounted on your hip or installed inside your laptop.

I reviewed the Panasonic HVX200 and the FireStore FS-100 (which records HD to it's portable hard drive) for the same issue of Videomaker, and I'm impressed with the combination.

Here 'tis:

http://www.videomaker.com/blog/2006/05/74-panasonic-hvx200-focus-fs-100-workflow-test

http://www.videomaker.com/article/12912/

-Andrew @ VM

Posted 5 years ago #
Robert M Wright
Member

For church services, the FX1 would make a lot more sense. P2 cards simply don't have the capacity yet, to record a full service. Also, an FX1 is about as cost effective as you can get, for shooting events.

Posted 4 years ago #
Ken
Member

Pardon a dumb question, but .......
Why are you looking at high definition camcorders, when you're going to distribute on DVD?
Do most of the recipients have Blue Ray players or HD-DVD players? (seems unlikely :? )
You could save money and get a couple really nice standard definition camcorders, like maybe VX2100's.

Just my 1 cent worth :)
Ken Hull

Posted 4 years ago #
compusolver
Member

You don't have your Blue-Ray player/burner yet, Ken? Everyone I know already has one.
(Not.) OK, maybe he just wants to future-proof his video camera investment, though we may well be five years or more away from popular hi-def players. Maybe ten years? Do I hear twenty?

Posted 4 years ago #
bsuratt
Member

Ken Wrote:
Pardon a dumb question, but .......
Why are you looking at high definition camcorders, when you're going to distribute on DVD?
Do most of the recipients have Blue Ray players or HD-DVD players? (seems unlikely :? )
You could save money and get a couple really nice standard definition camcorders, like maybe VX2100's.

Just my 1 cent worth :)
Ken Hull

I am using the Sony HDR-FX7 and can see a definite improvement in quality when downconverting to SD DVD. The lens and other features on a HDV camcorder have to be much better for HDV than regular DV and it shows!

Posted 4 years ago #
Andrew Burke
Member

I will second Bsuratt's observation. Downconverting does produce a sharp picture.

Posted 4 years ago #