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hvx200 is not the best cam
I would suggest a z1u or a z7u over the hvx200 any day of the week...
number of issues with the hxv
granted it's a good cam but there is no tape and in order to record HD on tape with the hvx you will be spending a dollar a min..
now you can record on P2 cards and log and transfer within fcp but the issue you have now is no archive.. if you crash the HD that you move all that content too your fucked...
say for instance you pay girls a grand a scene.. now you got 10 scenes on a hard drive and you happen to crash that hard drive which will happen.. now you lost revenue that you could have had, plus out 10k that you spent on the scenes.. it's not worth it...
HDV is a great format to shoot in unless you got big bucks.. for the most cost effective way to shoot HD HDV is the way to go...
you shoot on to a MINI DV tape in HD... now some will argue saying the HDV codec which is really just mpeg2 is not good cause it's to compressed... well just ask them this.. what codec is a dvd... they will answer mpeg2 and the arguemnt will be over...
granted broadcast companies do not like delivery of HDV so what you do is just convert everything over in your timeline if you have to broadcast (TV shows)
but for internet and DVD even bluray HDV is the best most cost effecient way to shoot... hit me up on ICQ if you want to pick my brain ill help ya out...
as for quality there all night and day from SD but I personally like the z1u over the hvx or the z7u
im not a fan of shooting in progressive... you get cleaner output if you render it progressicve within compressor
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