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Panasonic AG-HPX500 2/3" Shoulder Mounted P2 Camcorder
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based on 9 reviews
Pros
Cons
- Poor menu (1)
- Small audio level meter (1)
- Viewfinder weak (1)
- Weak viewfinder (1)
Best Uses
- Movies/short films (6)
- Special events (5)
- Documentaries (3)
- Sports (3)
- Broadcasting (1)
- Drama vignettes (1)
- Hd shooting (1)
- Music videos (1)
- Sports corporate video (1)
- Weddings (1)
Provided by B&H Photo Video
The Panasonic AG-HPX500 is an affordable 2/3" CCD high definition camcorder designed for use with the P2 memory-based recording system. The camera truly shines in a wide variety of applications previously only possible on the highest-end Varicam. The unit is lightweight enough to take almost anywhere while still conforming to a shoulder-mounted form factor professionals require. Four P2 slots allow for up to 256 minutes of continuous recording. Unlike similar priced camcorders, the AG-HPX500 can shoot a variety of standard definition and high definition resolutions, including 720p, 1080i and 1080p. All footage is recorded to the industry-standard DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO HD formats, which can be used in almost every professional editing suite. Features such as variable frame rates, 60p, chromatic aberration compensation (CAC), cine-like gamma, and many others provide limitless possibilities for dramatic, news and sports productions. No matter what the task the AG-HPX500 has it covered.
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- Professional
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
Great camera but...
- Comfortable to Operate
- Durable
- Great Features
- Great Picture Quality
- Great Sound
- Simple Controls
- Versatile
Pros
- None
Cons
- Movies/Short Films
- Special Events
- Sports
Best Uses
"Great camera but make sure it has the e-prom update for the 5600 white balance pre-set. The 5600k white balance pre-set is very blue and green. There is talk about it on the forums and Panasonic has a fix. It doesn't effect the manual AWB modes.
The scene file wheel (like the HVX200) is great to have on a pro camera."
- Pro Videographer
Good and cheap camcorder
- Comfortable to Operate
- Great Features
- SDI
- Simple Controls
- Slow motion
Pros
- Poor menu
- Small audio level meter
- Weak viewfinder
Cons
- Documentaries
- Movies/Short Films
Best Uses
"Quite cheap but very good camcorder for this price. I worked before with procamcorders like AJ-D700, AJ-SDX900, DSR450WSL, PDW-530 XDCAM and for me the worst thing of HPX500 is very, very weak viewfinder... It has also poor menu and too small audio level meter what is important when you work with sound engineer - it could be two switchable items on one LCD display: video preview and "normal" audio level meter with time code (like in DSR-450). For professionals HPX2000 is much better in usage but it costs twice or more (the main reason I did not buy it) and has no SDI. If you do not have P2 gear SDI is sometimes very useful to copy material on broadcast recorders (I do it quite often). Anyway I like my HPX500 and is really worth to buy!!!"
- Pro Videographer
Panasonic has a winner here
- Comfortable to Operate
- Durable
- Great Features
- Great Picture Quality
- Great Sound
- No drop outs
- No heads
- No moving parts
- Simple Controls
- Versatile
- Very power efficient
Pros
- None
Cons
- Documentaries
- Drama vignettes
- HD Shooting
- Sports Corporate Video
Best Uses
"Great camera. Love the P2 work flow. Lots of configurations for HD and SD. Bought last Jan. 08. Very power efficient. Best features: No moving parts, No heads to wear out, No such thing as drop-outs, no heads to clog or clean. Very awesome.
I have a fuji wide angle lens on the camera, and love to do hand held at waist level with the LCD screen out. Very steadi-cam like when shooting this way."
- Professional
Great Price for a True HD Camera
- Great Features
- Great Picture Quality
- Versatile
Pros
- Viewfinder weak
Cons