sebastien corre

Hey Muchi, I'm glad my tests were helpful to you. I recorded everything in DV. I bought the HVX200 5 months ago and I'm so glad of it. I have a lot of fun with it. It's really a great camera, both in DV and in any HD format. Hope you made a good choice.

Thanks for your quick answer. You're very right about the body language and speech inflection impact on the perception of a conversation. So please excuse me if I seem to have overreacted. It's just that if there is something I hate in the movie-business, it's the condescension. Every new technician should be considered, and every mistake should be forgiven. You're right again about the fact that Internet researchs do not replace tests. I do all the Internet researchs I can, and then I do all the tests I'm able to do. Maybe the Internet researchs will drawn my attention on something during the tests. I had the chance to use the Z1 on shootings a lot. But, unfortunatly, I never could use the HVX200 nor have any friends who could have lend it to me. But I attended the Panasonic presentation in Camerimage, and heard a lot of good things about this camera. So I decided not to draw aside this camera of my possible choices. So I actually decided to buy the HVX200.

Hi mister Walter Graff, Thank you for your so kind reply. Since you are so great and you've "tested both cameras extensively" you should have been the one to writte this post. Share your tests. I'm sure they are more accurate. I've been looking for weeks for tests in the Internet. I do hope as well that no one looked at my "results" as anything but strachatella and banana split. I am aware that with all the different factors and settings, we might obtain a similar picture with both cameras, or obtain the opposite results than the ones i got. But that's exactly the point! There are so many differents possibilities in the settings of each camera, and in the lighting of a scene, that even if you test "both cameras extensively", you won't ever know if there wasn't a better option with one of the camera for a particular scene. That is an exact science but with an infinity of possibilities. So, in my case, I had to choose a camera to buy. I've been looking in Internet for weeks for as much informations as I could about these cameras. So, now, with the possibilities that I had, I made the tests that I could. And for these particular settings and this particular lighting, these are the "results" that I got. As for the ISO test. That was the result I obtain with this particular amount of light. And I am aware that is different with another amount of light. And it was interesting for me to see it. Thank you for inciting me to clarify things up. I would have prefer less condescension though. Best regards. Sebastien.

Hi everyone interested, I am about to buy a Panasonic HVX200 and I went to a shop to make some tests. Mainly I checked the differences between this camera and the Sony HVR-Z1. I didn't have much time, nor any lightning equipment. I just had the ambient lightning of the shop and my lightmeter. So be aware that these tests are approximate. I couldn't record anything in HD, so I recorded all my tests in DV SP. You can watch the tests in WMV here. My conclusions are that the HVX200 has a greater amplitude. 2 stops in the high lights, and 2 stops in the low lights. I measured the Z1 at ISO 125 and the HVX200 at ISO 200. I hope these tests will be usefull to you. Sebastien Corre.

Hi everyone interested, I am about to buy a Panasonic HVX200 and I went to a shop to make some tests. Mainly I checked the differences between this camera and the Sony HVR-Z1. I didn't have much time, nor any lightning equipment. I just had the ambient lightning of the shop and my lightmeter. So be aware that these tests are approximate. I couldn't record anything in HD, so I recorded all my tests in DV SP. You can watch the tests in WMV here. My conclusions are that the HVX200 has a greater amplitude. 2 stops in the high lights, and 2 stops in the low lights. I measured the Z1 at ISO 125 and the HVX200 at ISO 200. I hope these tests will be usefull to you. Sebastien Corre.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. You say it's less light-sensitive than the DVX, how much? Do you know what ISO it is equivalent?