HD For Indies

this is a link to the DVXUser.com page to some footage shot on the HVX200 in 1080p mode, compressed as a WMV file. My little 12" PowerBook doesn't do it any justice at all (I an only scroll through to look at still frames), but color me very, very impressed. The detail, the dynamic range (notice the detail in the car bra on the Camaro shot in the desert). I'm looking at the footage and thinking to myself "Yeah, I could color correct that - PLENTY of dynamic range to play with."

While I haven't sat down and compared them side by side yet, my gut says that the HVX200 makes nicer footage than the JVC HD100U. That's completely unscientific, biased, BS, call it what you will, but I think that is how it is going to break down. The next challenge will be to see how the HVX200 and the Canon stack up.

Oh, by the way - I'm booked for a SXSW panel to discuss exactly this - the plan is to shoot on a bunch of indie viable cameras and see how they all compare blown up to 1080p on a true, full-on, digital cinema projector in the theater setup in the Austin Convention Center. I even have a day and time confirmed. Now I just have to pull it off.

: )

-mike