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I believe its got the depth of 16mm, plus it shoots in 24p. For the cost, we could not have gotten this level of quality otherwise. When we saw our final projection, we were just amazed.Great cam for the money. We used this camera to shoot our short film and it proved to be awesome. The P2 cards were a little tricky to work with, but certainly less difficult and more portable than film; without the added expense of telecine.
I have noticed that it is sometimes hard to get things in focus because you just cannot see the fine detail needed. Its bulky and slightly delicate because you have the Firestore plug right next to the headphone jack, right in the same area as the record button. Of course, this is compressed, but still very good quality HD footage. The whole process of setting up a Firestore with the camera's menu system, and navigating the Firestore menu to record and organize footage is a little more involved than just using mini-dv tape, but the convenience of recording to a hard drive is wonderful.
This camera uses P2 cards or you can plug in a Firestore (you have to drop another 2K for that). This is another drawback and a serious consideration. I couldn't fathom going back to SD minidv.One last thing: I hope they make a higher resolution screen/viewfinder. I am using it with a Firestore in a chassis rig ($350) underneath the camera.
It takes far less time to get the footage into the system. For the price, however, this is great for many types of shooting. This is a better setup for tripod work, but less than ideal for shoulder shooting. This could cause a serious problem if you accidently jar the plug while reaching for the record button.
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