Panasonic p2 card camera manual#
Panasonic p2 card camera pro#

Panasonic p2 card camera pro#

This camcorder comes with two XLR connectors with phantom power and an HD-SDI connector to interface video with other pro broadcast gear. One of the nice features you gain when stepping up to a pro level camcorder like the HPX170 is interoperability with other equipment via standard ports and jacks.

Luckily it looks as if a small screwdriver is all that is needed to remove the guard completely.

Panasonic p2 card camera manual#

This is the only quibble I have with the layout of the manual controls, in that the plastic guard does its job too well, making it difficult to adjust the audio dials for those like me, with relatively large fingers. Just underneath the LCD in the rear of the HPX170 lie the manual audio level controls that are about 3/4 covered by a clear plastic guard. It sounds like a minor thing, but being able to use the functionality of your camcorder by feel alone goes a long way in the field, when your eyes need to be focused on the image.Д«ehind the LCD panel youвЂ™ll find an array of buttons, controlling some of the LCD features, the shutter, the color bar generator, and most of the audio input and phantom power controls. Picture controls such as white balance, gain, and the ND filters (1/4, 1/16, 1/64) are all represented with physical switches that click satisfyingly into place, letting you know in a tactile fashion whether theyвЂ™ve been switched or not. While it does give you a bit of wrist strain after about an hour of shooting, the squat form factor leaves plenty of room for lots of manual controls, ports and connectors. The camcorder itself has a bulldog-like squatness reminiscent of the AG-DVX100 and HVX200 that typifies PanasonicвЂ™s professional handheld series. Panasonic is betting that the concerns of 2005 have been addressed and itвЂ™s time to move forward to a bright new P2 based future.

In fact, the HVX200 still came with a DV tape drive, just in case.ДЇast forward to this year and Panasonic has released the AG-HPX170, a handheld professional camcorder thatвЂ™s ditched the DV tape transport and embraced memory recording on to P2 only. At the time going tapeless was still considered a bold gamble, filled with unknown risks such as archiving uncertainty and limited record times. ItвЂ™s been about three years since Panasonic Broadcast released the acclaimed AG-HVX200 and the P2 workflow to the world.