The new HPX3100 camcorder is a compact, lightweight 2/3" P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder. The master-quality HPX3100 offers new features including 24-bit audio in AVC-Intra 100/50, wireless metadata input capability via wireless LAN, and a high-quality proxy recording (option), which is one of the best choice for videographers.
AJ-HPX3100 FAQ’s:
1. Is the HPX3100 HD/SD compatible?
Yes.
2. What compression formats does the HPX3100 offer?
The AJ-HPX3100 captures in full-raster 1920 x 1080 resolution, including 4:2:2 10-bit color sampling with AVC-Intra 100. It also offers storage-efficient AVC-Intra 50, industry-standard DVCPRO HD and SD recording in the DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV formats.
3. Does the HPX3100 offer world-wide format support?
Yes. It supports world-wide HD / SD frame rates and formats, including 1080 23.98p/25p/29.97p as well as 1080 50i/59.94i.
4. What about compatibility of Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 and Final Cut Pro?
Panasonic P2 card stores videos in MXF format. But to FCP, Apple ProRes 422 is the best format to read. If not, FCP will refuse reading the files or spending much time on the process of rendering.
The simple solution is to convert P2 MXF to Apple ProRes codec. Here comes the most powerful video conversion tool, which is the smart P2 MXF Converter for Mac. This software can deal with P2 MXF files perfectly. It helps you to transcode P2 MXF files to Apple ProRes, including ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (Proxy), etc to meet your needs. The key feature is that it offers you lossless Mac conversion from P2 MXF to ProRes. For 1080i videos, it can deinterlace the files for you. Here is the brief instruction for you.
Step 1: Install and launch the professional Mac MXF Converter, import Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF videos to it.
Step 2: Click on the “Format”> Final Cut Pro, Apple PreRes 422(HQ), Apple PreRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(LT), etc are all the proper choice for you. Apple ProRes 422(HQ) is highly recommended if you give the priority to the quality of the converted videos.
Step 3: You can click “settings” button to adjust the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc. 1920*1080 video size and 30fps(25 fps for original 50i files) video frame rate is recommended.
Step 4: .Click “Convert” button to start to convert Panasonic P2 MXF to ProRes 422 for FCP on Mac OS X.
After conversion you can import converted MOV files to FCP 6/7/X for editing without rendering. Don’t worry about the quality of the new videos output. This Mac P2 MXF to ProRes Converter can ensures you lossless conversion.
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