how come no one is making a HD video camera that uses DV tapes

[BirdDad]

I've been looking at the Panasonic HDC-SD5BNDL which captures to flash but uses mpeg4 (or h.262)and captures at true 1080p.
I have seen a few of the mpeg2 to DV camcorders and don't think that 1080i (which is what they capture at)is impressive at all
the Panasonic HDC-SD5BNDL would be ideal if only it captured to DV tape

 

[Fardringle]

You mean, something like these?

Canon HV20

Canon HV30

Sony HDR-HC9


I'm sure there are more options, but those might be a good place to start.

 

[gsellis]

I am not sure we are tracking with you. Not all 1080p is created the same either. You may find that 1080i DV is better than 1080p on MPEG4 because of compression (most MPEG4 and AVCHD implementations have lower 'resolution' in that the drop more of the picture data during recording). Progressive is not automatically better than interlaced.

 

[themisfit610]

True, but more because cameras don't always actually have progressive sensors. Sometimes they do a very poor on-the-fly deinterlacing and decimation to record progressive.

Interlaced is always better if you need to capture high motion content, because 30 or 24 fps is not enough to avoid a very shuttery look. Interlacing lets you "squeeze" 60fps into 30.

1080i HDV cameras like the HV20 are _VERY_ impressive. If only they had a few basic manual controls, like an exposure / aperture lock.

~MiSfit