I had been one of the first people to lament that Panasonic wasn't producing inexpensive P2 media, but now I'm sorta impressed that Panasonic has gotten the hints and is producing a cheaper media. They just might keep this struggling format yet. Studiodaily.com has the details but here's the gist:

New cards are a bit over half the price they used to be, with 64 gigs now running $998.00 compared to $1650.00 for the current 32GB card (non E). They are the "E" model cards and now only have a five year lifespan (five years of daily use). Fine by me! I'm sold!

It's really awesome when you buy a piece of gear and though it provides the value you purchased it for, you discover a hidden feature or a new way to use it that you hadn't considered. Like anyone else with eyeballs, I enjoy time adjusted footage whether it be true slow motion or awesome time lapse. I haven't really gotten into actually creating it because the equipment is pretty specialized and often expensive. It's hard to justify buying specialized gear unless you are going to see some kind of return on it, so buying intervalometers or high speed cameras has never been a priority for me. Enter the continually awesome HVX 200.

Awesome HVX Time Lapse Demo

While it's starting to get a little old and the camera has some quirks, it continues to impress me with it's flexibility and wide range of features designed for a director of photography with high standards. Even features that were never meant to be found are hidden in the murky depths of settings files and menus. With a little work you can get great results from time lapse and slow motion. It even offers a high degree of control over the rate of the motion change. This topic has been covered in a lot of places, but I'm going to rewrite the tutorial here because there simply isn't enough detail on the exact specifics in other locations. I had to piece several tutorials together and get forum advice, but allow me to save you that hassle.

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Welcome to the first post of the One Two Many video production blog. There's plenty to go share but it will all come in time. I've been through a million beginner level tutorials and there is a dearth of those online, but what I intend to show you is the high end stuff, things I've learned via years of self study and countless hours of scanning forums and communicating with folks with skills far beyond my own. I'm not one to give up easily and when I can't find a solution in an easy to read tutorial, I don't let that stop me. I don't see why you should have to duplicate my work and I intend to share with you some of those hard won tips.

Things we will cover:

Pre-production nightmare prevention
Working with crews
High end tools (Color correction / Avid / Maya)

These subjects seem to be missing from all the usual places and we are the sharing kind over here. Get ready for the good stuff.