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The Panasonic HVX-200 is a semiprofessional fixed lens HD camera released in December 2005 (NTSC) and April 2006 (PAL). By utilizing DVCPRO P2 cards for high-bitrate recording besides a MiniDV drive for DV recording, the HVX200 is able to offer unique abilities, like variable frame rates (used for slow motion & fast motion cinematography) and a 4x higher bit rate (100 Mbit/s) from the get go. With these features and an affordable price ($6000), the camera is widely sought after by independent filmmakers.

It uses a small 960x540 pixel CCD, but manages to achieve HD resolution by employing both horizontal and vertical pixel shift. HD resolution is generally defined as 720 and above. So using pixel shift, AG-HVX200 produces 1080 size images and downconverts them to 720.

Features

The successor to the Panasonic DVX100 supports:

Variable frame rates and resolutions, including (in the NTSC version):

:*1080: 60i, 30p, 24p :*720: 60p, 48p, 36p, 32p, 30p, 26p, 24p, 22p, 20p, 18p, 12p :*480: 60i, 30p, 24p

Professional/Robust format (DVCPRO-HD)
Tapeless recording (P2 memory cards) and Hardisk recording device has also been announced by a 3rd-party vendors (FS-100 Firestore and Cineporter from Spec-Comm).
Professional Audio (48 kHz 16-bit 4-channel PCM audio, 2xXLR)

Based on the specs provided by Panasonic, this camcorder's recording format DVCPROHD seems vastly superior to HDV format recorded by current crop of prosumer HD cameras. HDV with its limit of 25 Mbit/s recording limit with DV tapes is inherently limited in terms of quality and frame rates. In-depth reviews, however, still remain to be seen.

Competitors

In the field of semiprofessional HDTV cameras, the main competitors of the HVX200 are (as of January 2006):

Sony HVR-Z1
Canon XL H1
JVC HD100

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