1. ...and 24p? nope, then where would Varicam be? A powerful package, to be sure.

Posted at 4:24PM on Jul 27th 2006 by Bill Nelson

2. DOP!! Serves me right for believing what you hear at NAB... Looked this camera over closely then, and was waved off by the lack of 24P, but Russell Heimlich steered me to the Panasonic website showing clearly that this Do-it-all camera supports 1080 at 59.94i, 50i, 29.97p, 25p, 23.98p, 23.98pA and 720 at 59.94p, 50p, 29.97p, 25p, and 23.98p ...Take your pick.


The new Firewire port is a spectacular final touch.

Daddy like!

Posted at 5:11PM on Jul 27th 2006 by Bill Nelson

3. Looks like Panasonic and Sony are finally listening.The Sony version XDCAM HD and the Panasonic AJ-HDX900 are worthy film options. As HDV with all its 22 to 1 compression with only 25 mbs could never be taken seriously . My complaint is obvious,what took them so long .The Viper,Cine alta 950 camp ,are just to expensive.Here are 2 cameras that would theoretically look far better up on the silver screen aswell as a brilliant Blu-ray master.Next step35mm size CMOS instead of CCDs. Cheers Rob .

Posted at 8:15AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Robert Vulic