Sanyo’s VPC-HD2000A boldly goes where no consumer camcorder has ever gone before: 1080/59.94p (article by Allan Tépper)

[Allan Tépper]

Sanyo’s VPC-HD2000A boldly goes where no consumer camcorder has ever gone before: 1080/59.94p by Allan Tépper At the dawn of affordable professional HD video camcorders, JVC first offered recording only to 720p, Sony first offered only 1080i recording, and Panasonic offered recording to either of the above (even though its original sensors had a native resolution of 960x540, so any HD recording was interpolated). Nowadays, many of the latest offerings from the pro divisions of JVC, Panasonic, and Sony embrace the option of recording 720p, 1080i, or 1080p in a single camera. However, because the maximum framerate available with 1080p in these affordable professional HD video camcorders has been limited to 29.97p, those producers who favor progressive production have faced a tradeoff: either favor spatial resolution (1920x1080 at a maximum of 29.97p, for ultra sharpness and less smoothness) or favor temporal resolution (1280x720 at a maximum of 59.94p, for ultra smoothness and less HD sharpness). Many of our readers have already read that debate in my When 25p beats 24p article. For many, the idea of actually recording 1920x1080 and ±60 progressive frames per second has required a camera like Sony’s F23 camera, whose official price is US$150,000 without a lens or other accessories, and has been amply covered by Art Adams and Adam Wilt here in ProVideo Coalition magazine. (The RED ONE camera also offers 59.94p at 3K windowed mode for US$17,500 plus lens and accessories, although many RED ONE shooters prefer to shoot 4K to retain a familiar focal length, where they don’t get 59.94p.) Now Sanyo has changed that with a few of its consumer HD camcorders, of which the most interesting is the US$599.95 VPC-HD2000A. (Read more...) Recent articles you may have missed, all available at AllanTépper.com: Sony launches NXCAM tapeless camera family Connect your pro XLR microphone to your iPhone Beware the attack of the anachronisms! Audio options for hybrid cameras: a study by P3Pictures Kodak’s Zi8: a first look at a sub-US$180 HD camera which may leave you speechless Apple & Sanyo embrace new homophonic video format AJA’s new KiPro is the 10-bit, 4:2:2 recorder that many pro videographers really needed C'mon! Why are we 180 degrees out of phase? Canon HV40: a great inexpensive feeder deck for native Sony 3G HDV recordings After FCP7/FCS3… we still need DVKitchen! Lumix GH1 camera: surprising responses from Panasonic How to connect your HD evaluation monitor to your editing system properly: Let me count the ways! Will your Matrox i/o interface give your DreamColor a free ride? Sony Latin America also upgrades 3G HDV camcorders to universal, for a small fee nanoFlash recorder: Now lower price, and more features Matrox announces MXO2 Mini AJA’s KiPro records ProRes422 directly, without a computer Übercaster: the most complete audio podcasting tool I know for Mac Roxio Streamer: a free video streaming client for iPhone/iPod Touch Toast 10 Titanium Pro package: a great upgrade BoinxTV: “Say goodbye to post-production” Sony upgrades 3G HDV camcorders to universal, for a small fee Review on Toast 10 Titanium Pro Choose Apple’s Spanish keyboard, even if you only type in English Discover DisplayPort’s untapped power for pro video iMovie Pro? Reading between the lines of Randy Ubillo’s astonishing comment at Macworld Expo HDMI capture in multi-camera production Controlling HDV when capturing via HDMI or HD-SDI Universal HDV deck Why capture HDV via HDMI? Revisiting HDV's Virtues Liberating segregated HDTV sets Encoding web video in the age of the iPhone When 25p beats 24p When to edit native, When hybrid, When pure i-frame, and Why AppleTV, WDTV, or Blu-ray: Which one is best to distribute your HD project? Find the links on the AllanTépper.com website. Se encuentran los enlaces en el sitio web AllanTépper.com. ©2009 TecnoTur LLC | Florida, EEUU

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