@robblac Hi yes of course you're entitled to your opinion, and the panasonic is a very nice camera indeed. but i will now put forth my opinions, this video was made the day i got the camera and isn't my best work due to the lack of experience, you are watching the footage on you tube, i shoot on HDV which in terms of editing is much more convieniant ina professional enviroment due the large compression of AVCHD cameras like yours, i am able to achieve a much shallower DOF with my lens...
@robblac Continued... i have simple and complete creactive control over manual settings like Focus, Apature, Gain, White balance and shutter speed, which can also be programed for more effective automatic application, i have 3CCDs as opposed to CMOS, i have a larger and therefore more stable camera body, i have two XLR inputs essential for a proffesional production, i have a ring zoom compared to your unflexible rocker switch, and well the sony Z1 just has the profesional presence....
@robblac Continued... i can't imagine showing up to film an event after being hired as a professional with a tiny little camera. Unfortunatly there's an element of image to withold when your operating a buisness. But i'm sure for your puposes the Pansonic is great, a lot of consumer cameras use the technique of making these cameras which enhance colours beyond what they naturaly are which gives a false sense of image quality. which is fine but if i want to do that i just touch it up in post.
@dgpictures5"i can't imagine showing up to film an event after being hired as a professional with a tiny little camera" size isnt everything mate.. i to have complete manual control over focus, zoom, iris etc, due to amulti-functional ring, not just a rocker.yes i have 3 cmos sensors,and you may pip me in coulor reproduction but not by much, as to your xlr inputs, well, yous i only have a minijack in, but plenty prosumer mics are balanced enough.. its not an issue .check out the hdc-sd700.
@dgpictures5 Continued, as to your HDV being more convinient to edit,i dont have any issie with AVCHD, my little cam can shoot at 50p, and as i have a powerful p.c. i can handle even that footage fine,..to end, im sure that a professional cam like yours can produce better results, but a small prosumer like mine can produce. great results too.., i am a novie, i make no bones about it, but i have studied various different camera footage and guess what.. there aint much in it nowadays.
well as i've told other people in the past progressive is great but it's not essential for great looking footage. this video you were watching is in fact not de-interlaced at all, it was shot on HDV at 1080i and exported as 1080i mpeg2. the big advantage of pro camcorders vs their consumer counterparts is their lens's shallower DOF and their 3ccd colour representation, these are what i feel contribute mainly to the image quality. Thanks for watching hope i helped a little.
Yes you have helped me a great deal. I was about to give up on an HDV camera before I saw your shots. But seeing as how they don't make this model any more I'll look into the Z5.
Yes i think Sony discontinued the Z1 only a couple of months ago and Z5 does shoot progressive as is my understanding. and one more bit of advice i would defiantly go for HDV, unless you have a real industry grade editing computer set up, AVCHD is just too much for the indie film makers PC editing to handle, i run with 3GB of ram and it takes me twice as long to edit in AVCHD compared with footage from my Z1 on HDV.
Hey thanks i actually think i could do much better now cos i made this the day after i just got the camera it has so many more features i didn't know about then. if you are looking into buying one i'd certainly recommend it. Take a look at my short film Fruit Salad for what i think is a better example of what this camera can do.
im selling my CMOS camera for one of these, rolling shutter i am over it.
wicko771 1 month ago
@wicko771 Smart move, It's going to take a lot to make me move on from my couple of Pro HDV cameras.
dgpictures5 1 month ago
hey I have the same camera, and i was wondering what settings you use to export your video to make it look as it does on youtube?
12thst1000 7 months ago
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robblac 1 year ago
@robblac Hi yes of course you're entitled to your opinion, and the panasonic is a very nice camera indeed. but i will now put forth my opinions, this video was made the day i got the camera and isn't my best work due to the lack of experience, you are watching the footage on you tube, i shoot on HDV which in terms of editing is much more convieniant ina professional enviroment due the large compression of AVCHD cameras like yours, i am able to achieve a much shallower DOF with my lens...
dgpictures5 1 year ago
@robblac Continued... i have simple and complete creactive control over manual settings like Focus, Apature, Gain, White balance and shutter speed, which can also be programed for more effective automatic application, i have 3CCDs as opposed to CMOS, i have a larger and therefore more stable camera body, i have two XLR inputs essential for a proffesional production, i have a ring zoom compared to your unflexible rocker switch, and well the sony Z1 just has the profesional presence....
dgpictures5 1 year ago
@robblac Continued... i can't imagine showing up to film an event after being hired as a professional with a tiny little camera. Unfortunatly there's an element of image to withold when your operating a buisness. But i'm sure for your puposes the Pansonic is great, a lot of consumer cameras use the technique of making these cameras which enhance colours beyond what they naturaly are which gives a false sense of image quality. which is fine but if i want to do that i just touch it up in post.
dgpictures5 1 year ago
@dgpictures5"i can't imagine showing up to film an event after being hired as a professional with a tiny little camera" size isnt everything mate.. i to have complete manual control over focus, zoom, iris etc, due to amulti-functional ring, not just a rocker.yes i have 3 cmos sensors,and you may pip me in coulor reproduction but not by much, as to your xlr inputs, well, yous i only have a minijack in, but plenty prosumer mics are balanced enough.. its not an issue .check out the hdc-sd700.
robblac 1 year ago
@dgpictures5 Continued, as to your HDV being more convinient to edit,i dont have any issie with AVCHD, my little cam can shoot at 50p, and as i have a powerful p.c. i can handle even that footage fine,..to end, im sure that a professional cam like yours can produce better results, but a small prosumer like mine can produce. great results too.., i am a novie, i make no bones about it, but i have studied various different camera footage and guess what.. there aint much in it nowadays.
robblac 1 year ago
> great! can you tell me what compression did you use for uploading this video??
israelmirenda 1 year ago
@israelmirenda I believe i uploaded this as an mpeg2 file.
dgpictures5 1 year ago
Superb imagery.
GanEdenAustralia 2 years ago
Thanks:)
dgpictures5 2 years ago
How did you de-interlace the image with that level of quality? Because this camera can't shoot in psf mode.
bumtownv2 2 years ago
well as i've told other people in the past progressive is great but it's not essential for great looking footage. this video you were watching is in fact not de-interlaced at all, it was shot on HDV at 1080i and exported as 1080i mpeg2. the big advantage of pro camcorders vs their consumer counterparts is their lens's shallower DOF and their 3ccd colour representation, these are what i feel contribute mainly to the image quality. Thanks for watching hope i helped a little.
dgpictures5 2 years ago
Yes you have helped me a great deal. I was about to give up on an HDV camera before I saw your shots. But seeing as how they don't make this model any more I'll look into the Z5.
bumtownv2 2 years ago
Yes i think Sony discontinued the Z1 only a couple of months ago and Z5 does shoot progressive as is my understanding. and one more bit of advice i would defiantly go for HDV, unless you have a real industry grade editing computer set up, AVCHD is just too much for the indie film makers PC editing to handle, i run with 3GB of ram and it takes me twice as long to edit in AVCHD compared with footage from my Z1 on HDV.
dgpictures5 2 years ago
This is the first video review I've watched so far this evening that actually makes me want to go out and buy the camera.
revsorg 2 years ago
Hey thanks i actually think i could do much better now cos i made this the day after i just got the camera it has so many more features i didn't know about then. if you are looking into buying one i'd certainly recommend it. Take a look at my short film Fruit Salad for what i think is a better example of what this camera can do.
dgpictures5 2 years ago
woaow
the quality is amazing
very poetic film, well done 5/5
SpiderFan23 2 years ago
Awesome detail, felt like Alan Titchmarsh was gonna appear on screen and start naming flowers lol. Nice buy :D
sparrowblade 2 years ago
I could name most of them.
GanEdenAustralia 2 years ago