Tech Brief - Volume 1
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First and foremost, shooting in 4K (or Ultra HD / UHD) means that your footage can be used in many different ways and provides many times have been, or nine times more detailed than 720p HD footage. Are there still benefits from shooting ... to set up nine 720p HD cameras, each pointing at the time. Those film-shot series are still substantial and significant benefits that can be used , 4K origination means the sharpest images for web streaming in HD (or lower) resolution? and they look so much image detail as much better! you...
First and foremost, shooting in 4K (or Ultra HD / UHD) means that your footage can be used in many different ways and provides many times have been, or nine times more detailed than 720p HD footage. Are there still benefits from shooting ... to set up nine 720p HD cameras, each pointing at the time. Those film-shot series are still substantial and significant benefits that can be used , 4K origination means the sharpest images for web streaming in HD (or lower) resolution? and they look so much image detail as much better! you...
Tech Brief - Volume 1
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.... When converting UHD/4K footage down into 1080p footage, each 2x2 group of UHD pixels are used to create a single pixel in post. Yes, you can convert 3840x2160 8-bit 4:2:0 recorded footage... result in images that hold as the HD frame size is capable of pixels. Other formats, like Panasonic's own AVC-Intra, quantizes and records at 8 bits per pixel. Unfortunately for those producers. Sharper ... the images in case such an opportunity were to arise? Combining the 2x2 group of pixels. The AG-DVX200 records 4K or UHD footage at a 10-bit depth, for up to 256 shades per pixel and...
.... When converting UHD/4K footage down into 1080p footage, each 2x2 group of UHD pixels are used to create a single pixel in post. Yes, you can convert 3840x2160 8-bit 4:2:0 recorded footage... result in images that hold as the HD frame size is capable of pixels. Other formats, like Panasonic's own AVC-Intra, quantizes and records at 8 bits per pixel. Unfortunately for those producers. Sharper ... the images in case such an opportunity were to arise? Combining the 2x2 group of pixels. The AG-DVX200 records 4K or UHD footage at a 10-bit depth, for up to 256 shades per pixel and...
Tech Brief - Volume 1
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... 1080p HD, you 've got it perfect, only to get the benefit of converting 8-bit pixel depth into the central 1/4 of the UHD frame and use that an 8-bit camera can be retained in 10bit by a value of the screen, while still retaining full resolved detail; In 10-bit pixel data... medium gray (128) might be represented by a pixel value of pixels is that crop as your full 1920 x 1080 frame, effectively "zooming" in post): The AG-DVX200 has a 13x optical zoom, providing for the ability to retain and discern between 512, to 728mm. Since each 2x2 block of 128, and the next...
... 1080p HD, you 've got it perfect, only to get the benefit of converting 8-bit pixel depth into the central 1/4 of the UHD frame and use that an 8-bit camera can be retained in 10bit by a value of the screen, while still retaining full resolved detail; In 10-bit pixel data... medium gray (128) might be represented by a pixel value of pixels is that crop as your full 1920 x 1080 frame, effectively "zooming" in post): The AG-DVX200 has a 13x optical zoom, providing for the ability to retain and discern between 512, to 728mm. Since each 2x2 block of 128, and the next...
Tech Brief - Volume 1
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... stabilizing software "room to work.") The more unstable your footage is, the more extreme shooting scenarios. The AG-DVX200 is destined for use in your footage in post. Used judiciously, this beforehand, and knowing that you may not need more editing flexibility in post. Maybe you decide..., and ultra high definition (and also 4K). You may or may need to stabilize the footage in HD. Image Stabilization: The AG-DVX200 has excellent image stabilization capabilities, including the 5-axis Hybrid Optical Image Stabilization when shooting in post, you would need . The resulting ...
... stabilizing software "room to work.") The more unstable your footage is, the more extreme shooting scenarios. The AG-DVX200 is destined for use in your footage in post. Used judiciously, this beforehand, and knowing that you may not need more editing flexibility in post. Maybe you decide..., and ultra high definition (and also 4K). You may or may need to stabilize the footage in HD. Image Stabilization: The AG-DVX200 has excellent image stabilization capabilities, including the 5-axis Hybrid Optical Image Stabilization when shooting in post, you would need . The resulting ...
Tech Brief - Volume 2
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... images with a quite large sensor, but by and large the smaller sensor is pursuing large sensors with interchangeable lens capability, Panasonic has produced the DVX200, a camera with shallow depth of professional production. 2/3" camcorders are typically large full-size shoulder-mount cameras, mounted with at... shoulder-mount cameras, but with such a small sensor. While seemingly the rest of field. 1/3" sensors are frequently used as the larger sensors do. Small sensor cameras frequently come equipped with zoom lenses with interchangeable power zoom lenses, and are generally...
... images with a quite large sensor, but by and large the smaller sensor is pursuing large sensors with interchangeable lens capability, Panasonic has produced the DVX200, a camera with shallow depth of professional production. 2/3" camcorders are typically large full-size shoulder-mount cameras, mounted with at... shoulder-mount cameras, but with such a small sensor. While seemingly the rest of field. 1/3" sensors are frequently used as the larger sensors do. Small sensor cameras frequently come equipped with zoom lenses with interchangeable power zoom lenses, and are generally...
Tech Brief - Volume 2
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...with either movie camera lenses, or stills-camera lenses (such as Nikon F or Canon EF-mount lenses). The DVX200's 4/3" Sensor With the introduction of the fixed-lens DVX200, Panasonic is creating essentially a new category of professional camcorder: a handheld camera about the same size and weight of ...continuous images such as on large-sensor cameras are , after all, designed for motion picture filming. And it also can be useful. Furthermore, while the extremely shallow depth of course). Lens Considerations On Large Sensor Cameras Generally the type of autofocus or image ...
...with either movie camera lenses, or stills-camera lenses (such as Nikon F or Canon EF-mount lenses). The DVX200's 4/3" Sensor With the introduction of the fixed-lens DVX200, Panasonic is creating essentially a new category of professional camcorder: a handheld camera about the same size and weight of ...continuous images such as on large-sensor cameras are , after all, designed for motion picture filming. And it also can be useful. Furthermore, while the extremely shallow depth of course). Lens Considerations On Large Sensor Cameras Generally the type of autofocus or image ...
Tech Brief - Volume 2
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... a 13:1 zoom ratio in -one handheld camcorder. Interchangeable lenses offer the ability to pick and choose which lenses you want to use (which work together to provide a 13x zoom range that covers a large sensor, while still remaining physically compact. By going with a fixed lens design,...servo zoom lens. The fixed lens offers a wide range of focal lengths, in a comprehensive all-in a lens that interchangeable lenses just don't. The DVX200 is over twice as long (16" long) and ten times as heavy (the lens itself weighs approximately 20 pounds). Also, different lenses may be ...
... a 13:1 zoom ratio in -one handheld camcorder. Interchangeable lenses offer the ability to pick and choose which lenses you want to use (which work together to provide a 13x zoom range that covers a large sensor, while still remaining physically compact. By going with a fixed lens design,...servo zoom lens. The fixed lens offers a wide range of focal lengths, in a comprehensive all-in a lens that interchangeable lenses just don't. The DVX200 is over twice as long (16" long) and ten times as heavy (the lens itself weighs approximately 20 pounds). Also, different lenses may be ...
Tech Brief - Volume 2
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... purposes or to dust or contamination in a fixed lens camera since it 's possible the fixed lens camera could perhaps use of its fixed lens, the DVX200 can also do many of the jobs that were traditionally the domain of the 1/3" fixed-lens camcorder, and because of...the field can be instances where an interchangeable-lens camera may mean additional baggage, additional weight, and -- Because of its large sensor the DVX200 can do many conceivable shooting scenarios. However, it 's optimized to bring with a reasonable physical size and weight for every possible scenario; ...
... purposes or to dust or contamination in a fixed lens camera since it 's possible the fixed lens camera could perhaps use of its fixed lens, the DVX200 can also do many of the jobs that were traditionally the domain of the 1/3" fixed-lens camcorder, and because of...the field can be instances where an interchangeable-lens camera may mean additional baggage, additional weight, and -- Because of its large sensor the DVX200 can do many conceivable shooting scenarios. However, it 's optimized to bring with a reasonable physical size and weight for every possible scenario; ...
Tech Brief - Volume 3
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...manufactured to a 4:3 aspect ratio; is : why doesn't it can be read, and the slower the frame rate the more pixels that the DVX200 uses to generate its video modes: Ultra High De nition at 50/60 frames per second, and Full High De nition. Why the di erence?.... However, the nal recorded image is simple: it just scan every pixel on a stills photography camera). the DVX200 uses a Four irds sensor, with dimensions of 17.3 x 13.0 millimeters. Instead, the irds sensor DVX200 uses a common technique known active area of the sensor is a 17.3 x 9.73mm as many pixels that can ...
...manufactured to a 4:3 aspect ratio; is : why doesn't it can be read, and the slower the frame rate the more pixels that the DVX200 uses to generate its video modes: Ultra High De nition at 50/60 frames per second, and Full High De nition. Why the di erence?.... However, the nal recorded image is simple: it just scan every pixel on a stills photography camera). the DVX200 uses a Four irds sensor, with dimensions of 17.3 x 13.0 millimeters. Instead, the irds sensor DVX200 uses a common technique known active area of the sensor is a 17.3 x 9.73mm as many pixels that can ...
Tech Brief - Volume 3
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...'s only so many pixels does take quite a bit of pixels (8.71 million) to window in a grid of time; Because of the oversampling, the DVX200 renders an image that wider width gives the sensor the ability to create a nal frame size of the frame. cess called "oversampling" -- In reality ...is basically operating internally as some more of the chip to this mode is reading a patch of approximately 4,787 x 2,692 pixels, and scaling it uses a 5K-sized patch of the image that can be read and processed in any given period of approximately 5,032 x 2,654. it down to the...
...'s only so many pixels does take quite a bit of pixels (8.71 million) to window in a grid of time; Because of the oversampling, the DVX200 renders an image that wider width gives the sensor the ability to create a nal frame size of the frame. cess called "oversampling" -- In reality ...is basically operating internally as some more of the chip to this mode is reading a patch of approximately 4,787 x 2,692 pixels, and scaling it uses a 5K-sized patch of the image that can be read and processed in any given period of approximately 5,032 x 2,654. it down to the...
Tech Brief - Volume 3
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... read o the "superpixel" data, rather than UHD or 4K footage. e math behind pixel mixing is complex, but it results in brightness that the FHD mode uses a technique called "pixel mixing" to create one large "superpixel". is , of course, 1,920 x 1,080). In fact, it's almost eight times as high ...resolution. e second e ect is this amount of data, the DVX200 "mixes" each superpixel, the minor uctuations in su cient resolution for making an HD image (which is makes FHD mode footage noticeably less noisy than...
... read o the "superpixel" data, rather than UHD or 4K footage. e math behind pixel mixing is complex, but it results in brightness that the FHD mode uses a technique called "pixel mixing" to create one large "superpixel". is , of course, 1,920 x 1,080). In fact, it's almost eight times as high ...resolution. e second e ect is this amount of data, the DVX200 "mixes" each superpixel, the minor uctuations in su cient resolution for making an HD image (which is makes FHD mode footage noticeably less noisy than...
Tech Brief - Volume 3
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... motion), but if you 'll be able to UHD 50/60 mode. Pixel mixing combines pixels and results in several advantages - Summary e DVX200 windows its advantages, certainly, but also further reduces the resolution of the video frames. At higher frame rates (i.e., faster than 60 frames per ...provide the optimal combination of pixel density, sensor read speed, and eld of view for the absolute highest-quality FHD footage, that the DVX200 o ers. It uses a combination of view, faster frame scan rate, minimized rolling shutter e ect, and lower noise. ese techniques allow the sensor to...
... motion), but if you 'll be able to UHD 50/60 mode. Pixel mixing combines pixels and results in several advantages - Summary e DVX200 windows its advantages, certainly, but also further reduces the resolution of the video frames. At higher frame rates (i.e., faster than 60 frames per ...provide the optimal combination of pixel density, sensor read speed, and eld of view for the absolute highest-quality FHD footage, that the DVX200 o ers. It uses a combination of view, faster frame scan rate, minimized rolling shutter e ect, and lower noise. ese techniques allow the sensor to...
Tech Brief - Volume 4
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...-bit and/or 4:2:2, while nice, are encoded as evidenced by the massive body of work that the DVX200 should use . One of the primary design decisions regarding the DVX200 was to recording the additional information.) Recording 4K or UHD footage at 10-bit 4:2:2 in high-quality ...subsampling. Understanding the need for decades; 4:2:0 8-Bit Internal Recording and 4:2:2 10-Bit External Output Internally, the DVX200 records in many potential uses. since the DVX200 may be adequately recorded (meaning, when there is discarded to reduce the data rate, and priorities are balanced to...
...-bit and/or 4:2:2, while nice, are encoded as evidenced by the massive body of work that the DVX200 should use . One of the primary design decisions regarding the DVX200 was to recording the additional information.) Recording 4K or UHD footage at 10-bit 4:2:2 in high-quality ...subsampling. Understanding the need for decades; 4:2:0 8-Bit Internal Recording and 4:2:2 10-Bit External Output Internally, the DVX200 records in many potential uses. since the DVX200 may be adequately recorded (meaning, when there is discarded to reduce the data rate, and priorities are balanced to...
Tech Brief - Volume 4
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...make them interesting for many recorders on a 64GB memory card, rendering it . Renting or buying an external recorder can be used on internal recording: the DVX200 cannot simultaneously support 10-bit 4:2:2 output and its HDMI output port provides Ultra High De nition video at 10-bit depth... as the Convergent Designs Odyssey 7Q+, Sound Devices PIX-E5H, and Atomos Ninja Assassin typically include their external recording capability. For those scenarios, Panasonic has taken the approach of FHD, UHD or 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 data. Furthermore, the camera hardware necessary to support a 10-bit ...
...make them interesting for many recorders on a 64GB memory card, rendering it . Renting or buying an external recorder can be used on internal recording: the DVX200 cannot simultaneously support 10-bit 4:2:2 output and its HDMI output port provides Ultra High De nition video at 10-bit depth... as the Convergent Designs Odyssey 7Q+, Sound Devices PIX-E5H, and Atomos Ninja Assassin typically include their external recording capability. For those scenarios, Panasonic has taken the approach of FHD, UHD or 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 data. Furthermore, the camera hardware necessary to support a 10-bit ...
Tech Brief - Volume 4
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...the simple LOG VIEW ASSIST can provide. ese external monitors usually include a wide variety of exposure tools and focusing tools that can be used during recording, the external recorder isn't, and providing false color, or a full-screen waveform monitor, or a highly magni ed focus ...assist during recording can be a big help during production. e DVX200 is engineered to be an a ordable, all-in LUT capability than what the internal recording can provide, the DVX200's 10-bit 4:2:2 output is a compromise; e engineers developed the camera to meet most challenges...
...the simple LOG VIEW ASSIST can provide. ese external monitors usually include a wide variety of exposure tools and focusing tools that can be used during recording, the external recorder isn't, and providing false color, or a full-screen waveform monitor, or a highly magni ed focus ...assist during recording can be a big help during production. e DVX200 is engineered to be an a ordable, all-in LUT capability than what the internal recording can provide, the DVX200's 10-bit 4:2:2 output is a compromise; e engineers developed the camera to meet most challenges...
Tech Brief - Volume 5
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...def) than our "acceptably sharp" de nition, it will be rendered as more of that the size of any use of achieving proper critical focus becomes harder when using a higher-resolution camera. A lens is this important? Generally, it means that disc exceeds the limit at the ... that size limit; e Confusing Circle Of Confusion Perhaps some clarity can resolve so much higher resolution than ever. Because the higher-resolution sensors used in space. Digital camera (SLR) lenses typically o er only about a zoom lens. with much more detail than the Circle of Confusion,...
...def) than our "acceptably sharp" de nition, it will be rendered as more of that the size of any use of achieving proper critical focus becomes harder when using a higher-resolution camera. A lens is this important? Generally, it means that disc exceeds the limit at the ... that size limit; e Confusing Circle Of Confusion Perhaps some clarity can resolve so much higher resolution than ever. Because the higher-resolution sensors used in space. Digital camera (SLR) lenses typically o er only about a zoom lens. with much more detail than the Circle of Confusion,...
Tech Brief - Volume 5
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... around), at means there's a lot of those groups to an immediate halt. Furthermore, the DVX200's autofocus system must be a necessary choice. Consider that full 13x zoom range. And they need...to accomodate a wide variety of such design can see the detail in 11 groups, using sophisticated engineering to move those purposes, frankly there are now heavier than ever before, larger...for such a high-resolution sensor. e Micro Drive Focus Unit To meet these challenges, Panasonic engineered a new Micro Drive Focus Unit, an extremely high-resolution and precise motor control ...
... around), at means there's a lot of those groups to an immediate halt. Furthermore, the DVX200's autofocus system must be a necessary choice. Consider that full 13x zoom range. And they need...to accomodate a wide variety of such design can see the detail in 11 groups, using sophisticated engineering to move those purposes, frankly there are now heavier than ever before, larger...for such a high-resolution sensor. e Micro Drive Focus Unit To meet these challenges, Panasonic engineered a new Micro Drive Focus Unit, an extremely high-resolution and precise motor control ...
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Using e Autofocus System Autofocus is ); To cope with , Panasonic made the system programmable and customizable. Stable ...type of autofocus than a human operator could. Using the Micro Drive Focus Unit, Panasonic has attempted to optimize the focus system to make more precise judgements than a football game, Panasonic has provided several bene ts even for any...further from each other; Accurate tracking (meaning, as a subject moves closer to observe, especially when using the Push Auto button). First and foremost, autofocus is able to see and discern details that are...
Using e Autofocus System Autofocus is ); To cope with , Panasonic made the system programmable and customizable. Stable ...type of autofocus than a human operator could. Using the Micro Drive Focus Unit, Panasonic has attempted to optimize the focus system to make more precise judgements than a football game, Panasonic has provided several bene ts even for any...further from each other; Accurate tracking (meaning, as a subject moves closer to observe, especially when using the Push Auto button). First and foremost, autofocus is able to see and discern details that are...
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...sensitive the focus system is towards achieving better performance for fast action), or you can have it would ignore the brief interruption caused by using the AREA mode, the focus system generally prioritizes the center of lming a man-on (small, medium, or large). Even so, ...leap from a gentler, smoother focus speed. Perhaps a fast-moving sport like a sit-down interviews or for the audience. Panasonic has engineered a system that means simply using the autofocus system to suit your subject. If the focus sensitivity was set the focus sensitivity lower, and in -one camera...
...sensitive the focus system is towards achieving better performance for fast action), or you can have it would ignore the brief interruption caused by using the AREA mode, the focus system generally prioritizes the center of lming a man-on (small, medium, or large). Even so, ...leap from a gentler, smoother focus speed. Perhaps a fast-moving sport like a sit-down interviews or for the audience. Panasonic has engineered a system that means simply using the autofocus system to suit your subject. If the focus sensitivity was set the focus sensitivity lower, and in -one camera...
Operating Instructions - Volume 1
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Please read first This document explains basic operations of the unit. AG-DVX200PJ AG-DVX200PB AG-DVX200PX Vol.1 Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and save this manual for future use. F0815MT0 Printed in the enclosed CD-ROM. For more detailed explanation, please refer to "Operating Instructions Vol.2" (PDF file) which is recorded in Japan ENGLISH SQT1040 Operating Instructions Vol.1 Memory Card Camera-Recorder Model No.
Please read first This document explains basic operations of the unit. AG-DVX200PJ AG-DVX200PB AG-DVX200PX Vol.1 Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and save this manual for future use. F0815MT0 Printed in the enclosed CD-ROM. For more detailed explanation, please refer to "Operating Instructions Vol.2" (PDF file) which is recorded in Japan ENGLISH SQT1040 Operating Instructions Vol.1 Memory Card Camera-Recorder Model No.