tkatz wrote:wwjd wrote:JVC GY-HMQ10 4K ? $5000
(oh and I am not a spammer, just a new guy that hasn't posted much here yet)
looking for footage from the BM 4k meself
From what I can tell the HMQ10 only records to the h.264/AVCHD format? I know not everyone needs codecs like ProRes or RAW but I don't understand why some cameras come out with some decent capabilities and then record to AVCHD? The HMQ30 is another one of theirs… Nikon F-Mount and current US equivalent price in Japan is $18k ??
Or is there some version of h264/AVCHD that can actually compete with something like ProRes?
It also records to 4 SD cards at once (each takes a 1080p quater basically). If that isn't a recipe for problems on set and in post I'm not sure what is. One card fails (or gets lost) and you lose the other 3 as well, even if that doesnt happen thats Cast Iron logging with 4 times the carsd to log.
All in all the JVC seems hard to place, a budget option that without the support of a non budget sized camera crew is risking headaches. Its form factor looks good for some styles of work, but they are often the ones that even with budget usually don't go for such crews.