Cinematographer Notes

I pulled the trigger on a new HPX-170 w E-series P2 cards from Panasonic.  They recently started a financing division and the price and deal was too good to say no.  I’ve recently had too many jobs that needed a camera and finding one was getting to be a hassle so this will hopefully make things easier all around.  The HPX is faster than the original HVX but it won’t change my lighting strategy that much.  It just means that in post there won’t be that much issue with denoising the image.  So I’m really excited about the new camera.  It’s lighter and smaller than the HVX and that’s also a big plus.  I’ll post some pics in a few days when it ships.

The red scarlett is up in the air and even the folks at RED have NO idea when it’s going to be ready or what the price will be.  I’m tired of the whole “wait and see” bullshit.  Add to the fact that the line for one will likely be long since Red one owners have first dibs.   I’m really happy with the past 2 features I shot and so I’m satisfied that the new HPX will look even better.  I’m also interested in moving into 2 camera shooting as a rule and finding 2 reds at a time will not be so easy.