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Posted by Frank on 12/10/05 05:59
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:47:49 -0500, in 'rec.video.production',
in article <Re: news on Panasonic AG-HVX200 handhled HD cam--coming in
the fall>,
"Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
>peter wrote:
>> "Mike Kujbida" <kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
>> news:3vsevtF17e5t5U1@individual.net...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Panasonic lowered the price of the P2 cards and will be offering
>>> five different packages. The base price of the camera offered at
>>> the show was $5600. 4GB P2 card was $600, 8GB about $1500.
>>> Focus Enhancements was showing their prototype 100GB portable hard
>>> drive for
>>> the HVX and will be available for about $2000, supposedly in March or
>>> April."
>>
>> Is P2 the same as PCMCIA (PC card) based flash memory?
>
>
>The P2 technology comes from SD memory cards, just like you use in your
>digital still camera. As i recall from a brochure, the P2 card inthese
>cameras is essentially 4 SD cards sandwiched together to get the necessary
>storage capacity.
>
>Mike
To the best of my knowledge, Peter, the information which Mike gave to
you is accurate. I might add that the "4 SD cards sandwiched together
to get the necessary storage capacity" are actually configured,
electronically, in a RAID 0 array for improved performance. Also, the
P2 (Professional Plug-in) cards are physically in a PCMCIA form
factor, so they can be inserted into an ordinary PCMCIA slot such as
that commonly found on notebook computers.
By the way, as a alternative to -- or as an adjunct to, depending upon
your point of view -- Focus Enhancements has just recently announced
their new FireStore FS-100 DTE (Direct To Edit) hard disk drive
accessory for use with the Panasonic AG-HVX200 camcorder. It records
DV/DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD video streams via IEEE 1394. In the
DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD modes, clips are recorded to disk in the MXF
P2 format. The FireStore FS-100 is expected to be available in March
2006 at a projected U.S. MSRP of $2,195. The following link will take
you to a press release announcing this new product.
FOCUS Enhancements and Panasonic Highlight New HD Direct To Edit Video
Disk Recorder (press release)
http://www.focusinfo.com/corporate/pr_new/PanasonicDVExpoW120705.htm
--
Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
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