Movie Making Manual/Cinematography/Cameras and Formats/AG-HVX200
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| Table of Cameras | Table of Formats |
The Panasonic HVX-200 is a low-cost professional fixed lens HD camera released in December 2005 (NTSC) and April 2006 (PAL).
| AG-HVX200 | |
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| Model number | |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic |
| Intro date | 2005 |
| Category | Low budget HD |
| Price | $6k |
| Format(s) | DVCproHD, DVCpro50, DVCpro, DV |
| Mediums | MiniDV, P2 |
| Sensor resolution | 1280x720 (0.9MP) with pixel shift |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 / 4:3 (SD only) |
| Sensor tech | native 1080/60 progressive CCD (not confirmed by Panasonic, might be smaller and use pixel-shifting) |
| Sensor manufacturer | |
| # sensors | 3 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" |
| Recording res & fps | 1080/60i, 1080/24p, 1080/30p, 720/60p, 720/24p, 720/30p, 480/60i, 480/24p, 480/30p Some variable framerates in 720p |
| Shutter mechanism | |
| Shutter speeds | 1/30th - 1/2000th depending on mode |
| Luma sampling freq. | |
| Chroma subsampling | 4:2:2 |
| Colour model | |
| Colour depth | |
| Low light performance | 6 lux |
| Available sensitivities | |
| Lens | Wide angle Leica Dicomar high definition lens with optical image stabilizer |
| In-built filters | ND, size=82mm |
| Adjustable gamma | CineGamma™ and NewsGamma |
| Viewfinder | electronic |
| LCD size | 3.5" |
| Dynamic Range | 7 stops? |
| Signal to Noise Ratio | |
| Video outputs | HD component (D4), composite, s-vid |
| Video inputs | composite, s-vid |
| Audio inputs | 2 x XLR |
| Audio Compression | PCM |
| # audio channels | 4 |
| audio sample rate | 48kHz |
| audio quantisation | 16bit |
| Digital IO | IEEE1394, USB2 |
| Weight | |
| Notes | not yet released |
Features
edit- Variable frame rates and resolutions, including (in the NTSC version):
- 1080: 60i, 30p
- 720: 60p, 48p, 36p, 32p, 30p, 26p, 24p, 22p, 20p, 18p, 12p
- 480: 60i, 30p, 24p
- Professional/Robust format (DVCPRO-HD)
- Tapeless recording (P2 memory cards)
- Professional Audio (48 kHz 16-bit 4-channel PCM audio, 2xXLR)
Competitors
editIn the field of semiprofessional HDTV cameras, the main competitors of the HVX200 (all of which use the HDV format) are (as of January 2006):
Films made with the HVX200
edit- American Standard (2007)
- Cloverfield (2008)