PMW200 ease of compat w/VP10

Chum wrote on 9/5/2014, 2:58 PM

I have a possibility of renting the Sony PMW200 for an upcoming wedding shoot. I was wondering if anybody has used this camcorder and how compatible is the format that it uses w/ using it on VP10. In the past and present I normally use panasonic equip with no problems (AVCHD).

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farss wrote on 9/5/2014, 7:10 PM

The PWM-200 can use cards formatted as either FAT-32 or UDF. In FAT 32 one can only record 4:2:0 at 35 Mbps. In UDF one can record 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 at 50Mbps.

TBH I haven't tried the 4:2:2 footage from the PMW-200 with Vegas however I have zero reason to doubt it'll work just fine as I and others have been using the same codec for ages with Vegas.

Bob.

wilvan wrote on 9/7/2014, 2:44 AM

Works fine . Own it few years now . You will need some more powerfull PC system though than the one in your system specs in order to be able to enjoy realtime editing. ( lots of cores and RAM is the way to go )

farss wrote on 9/7/2014, 8:31 AM

I would say if the OP is having no problems editing AVCHD he'll find mpeg-2 from the XDCAM cameras easier, unless he has slooow disks.

Bob.