Digital Video Camera & Camcorder Review

The AG-HVX202 is the Australiasian 50hz version of the HVX200 60hz and continue redefines cost effective HD acquisition over ordinary HDV which is highly compressed. Your quest for the next-generation HD/SD camera-recorder has ended. Memory Card Camera-Recorder AG-HVX200 720p/1080i/576i multi-format and DVCPRO HD/DVCPRO 50/DVCPRO/DV multi-codec.

Lemac has recently reviewed the Panasonic AG-HVX202 Camcorder and writes - “Intra Frame DVCPRO HD Compression
The AG-HVX202 capitalizes on the well-founded and well-accepted extensible DVCPRO algorithm, an intra frame compression scheme that lends itself to post-production manipulation. Each frame stands on its own - data is produced and compressed independently for each frame, even in the case of High Definition. This maintains superior pictures and ultimate flexibility. This is especially true when shooting high speed moving objects, panning the camera, or employing the over-crank and under-crank capabilities of the camera. The beauty of the camera is that it can even act as its own frame rate converter so that special effects can be reviewed immediately.

Although AG-HVX202 is optimized for DVCPRO HD recording in either 1080 or in 720, it also works very well in the DVCPRO50, DVCPRO25 and DV domains. Having this flexibility makes it the GO-ANYWHERE, RECORD-ANYTHING camera.

All but the 25Mb formats sample colour at 4:2:2, this means the luminance signal (Y) and the chroma signal (Pb/Pr) have a high quality colour ratio. Because 4:2:2 sampling offers higher colour resolution, it minimizes “jaggies” at chroma edges - and thus is suitable for image compositing (Top Illustration, below). DVCPRO, DV (NTSC), and DVCAM (NTSC) use a 4:1:1 sampling rate. DVCAM (PAL) and DV (PAL) use a 4:2:0 sampling rate (Second Illustration, below). Although these are formats where the colour signal resolution is half of what one gets in 4:2:2 sampling, the degradation of the video quality during post-production is less than that from a structure like that of HDV, which uses a different version of 4:2:0 sampling wherein the luminance line does not correspond to the colour difference line.

Ultimately all of the decisions that were made in the design, planning and development stages of the AG-HVX202 camcorder were to allow the capture of great images. If the camera as a tool stands in the way of creativity, PANASONIC did not succeed in their objectives. The success or failure of those early decisions can best be judged by the resulting images. So far, the results have been resoundingly positive.”

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