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I recall the days when you could go to the corner pharmacy store and purchase Mini DV tapes for your next shoot! Digital solid state media was not readily available to the masses around this time. The Panasonic HVX200 changed that. For the first time, one could record video solid state media, called a P2 Card, and in high definition! The original P2 cards were the ancestors to all the digital media that we use today: SD, CF, CFAST, and beyond. This camera was the Plymouth rock of our rental operations. HVX200s, and for that matter P2 cards, were always working. The image was good for a prosumer camera of that day. The menu was simple, the ergonomics were ok, but Panasonic was first to market. The twilight of digitizing your tapes could be seen, soon to be a relic, replaced by dragging and dropping digital files; however, the HVX200 could still shoot to tape. It was the perfect camera to transition from an old process to a new process. There was one immediate problem though: it was difficult to find a card reader to transfer the digital files from the P2 Cards to a workstation; however, Panasonic eventually came out with a USB card reader. The HPX170 was released shortly after the HVX200. It was essentially the same camera, but included no tape deck. I will be the first one to say that the Panasonic HVX200 is not the sexiest camera on this list, but it is definitely one of the most influential. It was ubiquitous, and could be found on most video production sets for about eight years, which has proven to be a long run in the digital camera age. The Panasonic HVX200 primed the owner-operator-market with a high level of performance at an affordable price, paving the way for the middle-market cameras that we all know and love today.
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9 май 2023
