John Michael Zervoulei

Bought this set-up 1 year ago and looking to upgrade. Maintained everything extremely well and all gear is in excellent working and physical condition.

Priced to Sell: $8,500

Package includes:

- Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX Full HD Camcorder

(includes everything from the box: two 8GB SxS mem. cards, BP-U30 145min

Lithium-Ion Battery, Remote, Manual, camera strap, battery Chrgr/DC out, USB

cable, AV cable, Component cable, etc.)

- Two 16GB Sony SxS Memory Cards

- Two Sony BP-U60 260min Lithium-Ion Batteries

- Sony USB SxS Card Reader/Writer

- LitePanel Litepane Micro LED Camera Mounted Light

- Manfrotto Tripod by Bogen Imaging with 501HDV Fluid Head & Carrying Case

- Vortex Media EX1 Shoulder Brace

- Petrol EX1 Rain Cover

- Kata Camera & Gear Bag

- Vortex Media White Balance Card Kit (with warm & cool cards)

- Vortex Media tutorial DVD: "Mastering The Sony PMW-EX1: A Complete Guide

to the Camcorder and the XDCAM EX Workflow"

If interested contact owner at JMZ1928@hotmail.com

Yeah, I heard there was a firmware update for the EX1 so it can use the 32GB cards. What about the others? Are they updates you can download from the net? If so, where can I find these?

Thanks,

JM

For picture profile recipes check here..http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/sony-xdcam-ex-cinealta/

And here for a vast improvement for the EX-1 viewfinder, everyone really likes it. http://www.hood-pro.com/

Also there have been some updates for the camera make sure to have them done before you get it sent to you so you don't have to seen it to Sony after you just get it.

 

You can also reap the benefits of using much cheaper media cards (no slow mo) but works all day, otherwise. All you need to know here.

http://www.glasseye.com.au/articles/sdassxs/

 

You will be very happy with the image from the Sony, can't compare to HVX. I have an EX-3 and I'm so glad I bought it.

Thanks. Actually, since I started this thread I finally made my decision to go for the EX1 last week for pretty much the same reasons you had listed (cheaper price than the EX3 for not too many important missing functions). So, now I'm getting playing around with trying to get my feel and understanding of how to work with it and all the extras down. Any advice on the features and using it? Also I'm thinking of ordering the Vector Media shoulder brace for it to help with handheld stuff since the 5lbs can be a bit awkward at times. Do you know if this is a good one to go with? Any other tips and accessories you'd recommend would be great. Along with the camera I picked up a 2-light Lowell light kit (from my old camera setup I already had two free standing lights so this brings my set to 4 available now) and a lavelier set (I also have 2 shotgun mics from the old setup). No on camera lights, though I'm considering one for when I'm on the move.

Thanks,

JM

I work with the EX series all the time and am consistently blown away by just how much bang for your buck you get from them. Full 1920 x 1080 res onto the card is something to get excited about, variable frame, and a whole host of industry standard features (albeit scaled down a bit) like peaking, histograms, DOF scales, HD-SDI out etc etc....

Unfortunately I'm in NYC, but thanks for the offer. I'll probably head to B&H photo over here for a closer look this week.

What does anyone think of the EX1, since it's been mentioned, as the cheaper alternative to the EX3. How does it hold today and in comparison with these two? Obviously, I figure it has fewer options than the EX3, but how does it hold up in comparison to quality, ease of use in the field, and whatever options it does come with compared to the pan and EX3?

If you are near LA I would certainly have no problem letting you shoot with the EX-3 so you could get a feel for it.

 

Alan Lasky

PROC

Have you had any experience with the Panasonic. I've been hearing great praise from users of both of these cameras, which is why they're the top two on my list to choose over. The new technology on the sony sounds enticing, but I'm not completely sold if the extra bells and whistles are worth the extra 3K price. It looks like the memory cards are about the same price range, though the sony holds more video because of the higher compression, no? Also, I've heard the body is a bit more fragile as far as most cameras go. How does it handle the wear and tear of basic shoots? I'd hate to decide to make the extra investment and then worry that I'll accidentally break it with a little on the go throwing around.

Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it.

JM

Ahoy John,

I recently purchased an EX-3 and I am very happy with it. The 1/2" sensor definitely makes a big difference in my humble opinion. I really like the SONY/Apple integration and workflow quite a bit, it is quite an elegant process in comparison to some of the other solutions I have used. I have yet to encounter any heinous artifacts but to be fair I have not really shot anything where potential rolling shutter and compression artifacts would creep in (ie. no whip pans, fast tracking, etc). That being said I am very impressed with the picture quality and if I ran into anything that necessitated less compression there is always the HD-SDI out and potentially an HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, sTwo or Codex solution for recording higher bandwidth signals.

 

The camera is definitely at the heavier end of the 'camcorder' scale but the features that Sony packed into the EX-3 make up for it. I don't do a lot of hand-held material so I have not felt the pain of the weight all that much. The SxS cards are pretty cool, but sort of expensive, especially as you increase capacity. The 32 gig cards are listing for $1450.00 US and I have yet to see them discounted, which definitely knocks the wind out of me when I think about buying two to fill the slots. As you probably know Sony is going to release a 60GB hard drive for the camera, but since it is proprietary I am sure it will be pretty pricey as well.

 

Overall I am quite happy with the EX-3, it definitely is the last stop on the HD highway before you get to MUCH higher priced camera systems. I hope some of this helps. If you have more specific questions I will try to answer those as well.

 

Alan Lasky

People's Republic of California

Yeah, the $3K difference is the part that is making this such a difficult choice. I think option-wise and ease of use wise, the sony looks better, though the compression rate does have me a little worried. Sony's 35 mega-bits/sec to pan's 100 is a pretty big difference. Do you know anyone who has used the EX3? and, if so, do the say the rate creates issues with picture quality and HD editing?

Thanks

EX is newer, and I feel has better images plus can multi-cam more easily. The problem is with rolling shutter- though primarily that only comes up with flashes/strobes. Also EX has longer run time per GB on it's cards than the HVX; though it's more compressed, but a more advanced compression. It's more expensive too! If it wasn't a money thing I'd go with the EX3, but that's just my personal preference and primarily linked to it's native 1920/1080 1/2" chips as opposed to the HVX 960x520 1/3" (i think it's x520...)

Hi,

I'm looking to invest in a new camera set-up and am trying to decide whether to go with the Panasonic AG-HVX200A or Sony PMW-EX3 cameras. I do freelance videography and editing on FCS2 and would appreciate hearing from any experienced users of either camera which one delivers more bang for the buck and would be the better long term investment for a fellow video professional.

Thanks,

JM

Hi,

I'm looking to invest in a new camera set-up and am trying to decide whether to go with the Panasonic AG-HVX200A or Sony PMW-EX3 cameras. I do freelance videography and editing on FCS2 and would appreciate hearing from any experienced users of either camera which one delivers more bang for the buck and would be the better long term investment for a fellow video professional.

Thanks,

JM