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Introduction

The Panasonic AG-DVX100P is a DV camcorder offering 60i, 30p, and 24p image capture. A PAL version due in early 2003 will offer 50i and 25p.

It’s under US$4000. By comparison, the next lowest cost 24p video camera is about US$63,000: the Panasonic AJ-HDC27 Varicam.

With its introduction the DXV100P instantly becomes the hot camera for indie digital filmmakers. As a result there’s a lot of hype, hysteria, and FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) about it and about 24p production in general.

I’ll try to navigate through the hype, hysteria, and FUD to provide factual material and rational analysis. I have a DVX100P and I can put it through its paces alongside a Sony DSR-PD150 (the de facto standard in $4000 DV cameras) as well as the DSR-500, a higher-end favorite among digital filmmakers. I’ll also try to use the various post-production tools and see what works, and how.

Cutting to the chase: the DVX100P is a very good camera for its price, even ignoring its 24p capability. Perfect? Heck, no. It has all sorts of flaws and omissions, just like any other $4000 camera. But for what you pay, you get a lot; if you understand both the strengths and the weaknesses of this camera, it can be a very powerful production tool.