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Thanks Dave.

ha ha come over to the Dark Side. Its a great upgrade to the HC-X2000. Let me know and I tell you where to get one for around $4300. Pm me on Facebook Regards Doug.

No problem, I actually used it all day this week when filming some training presentations, it worked a great. It may not be as perfect for more dynamic, run and gun situations but for this project it worked very well.

Yes! Guessing its who ever was building the libec for libec or it was just a rebrand from day 1.

I think the LCD is perfectly usable, I film with just the LCD screen and the viewfinder some of the time although most tines I also have a 5” SmallHD Focus or a 7” Video Assist, which I like to work from when on a tripod. The DVX200 had a slightly bigger screen but I have never considered the LCD to be too small, it’s clear, room for info around the edges and you can toggle the info display off. I have worked with plenty of cameras with smaller displays or reflective, dark displays that have just been unusable outdoors, JVCs springs to mind.

I don’t think you can record in camera at the same time as streaming 4K.

I just found this on the website, but it says this version 5 update was Feb 15, so not sure if this is the 'new' one meant to be released today...eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/content/download/EN/ep2main/soft/upgcx350_e.htm - AND there's a manual that mentions version 6...so it's confusing...pro-av.panasonic.net/manual/en/04_result.html?code=AG-CX350P&name=AG-CX350,%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80AG-CX200,%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80AJ-UPX360%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%20Memory%20Card%20Camera-Recorder&lang=en

It should be out today, Andy.

@@apntv ta

Personally, the CX350, I prefer Panasonic to Canon but a few reasons would include the price, the 605 costs much more, the Zoom, just 13x on the Canon. As always it would depend on your needs, if autofocus is essential to you then the Canon may prove to be a better option for example.

Interesting, I use line level input very often, in fact I have a conference job today where line level is being fed from a sound desk over XLR into input 2 and split across Ch1 and Ch2, so the concept is good. Is the 3.5mm output from your MP3 player line level or headphone level? It does sound like the MP3 output may be the issue but a process of elimination would be good by taking the MP3 output into another line level input device to see if it sounded the same and taking another line level output into the camera to check that it works ok. I can’t think if any camera settings that would affect this, you can add a low cut filter and limiter on the input but neither should cause the effect you describe. I hope that helps.

@@apntv THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to respond and give me such a detailed answer. Based on your advice, I went out today and picked up a splitter cable that has a 3.5" jack end that goes into my mp3 player... with the other end of the cable being split into a Y... with 2 XLR ends that go into the audio 1 and audio 2 inputs on my camera. (one side is marked TIP... and the other is marked RING). Low and behold... the problem is solved and the audio sounds great coming into my camera. I cannot begin to thank you enough for your help!!!! I really really appreciate it man!!!!!! You saved my life!

@@AVANTIMODATV great stuff, glad to have been able to help John.

Hi Danny, easy answer to that as I used to own a DVX 200, that should say it all. Don’t get me wrong the DVX200, like most modern cameras, is nice enough, gives good pictures and has some nice features however it is much heavier to carry around, it doesn’t have the zoom range of the CX 350 and none of the newer features such as streaming that come with a more up-to-date cameras. A common misconception that I hear, and fell for myself, is that the DVX must be better in low light due to the bigger sensor but in reality the CX 350 has a newer sensor that is better in low light and despite having a micro 4/3 inch sensor, which of course is 4 x 3 aspect ratio, the DVX only uses the 1 inch portion for 16 x 9 footage and a 1 inch sensor is optimal for 4K. Overall the DVX can be quite sluggish to use as the processor seems underpowered for the tasks and some options are not available depending on your chosen set up. The CX by comparison has a newer processor and most functions are fast to use. I find the CX a joy to use and all around a great camera, of course like all cameras some things are not perfect, Panasonic have never been known for great auto focus for example although even that has got far better since the introduction of face detect AF. For me the weakest point is the servo controlled lens but I have got used to using it and it’s fine. I hope that helps, Andy

I also have a review of the DVX200 on my channel and a lot more in-depth discussions of the CX350.

@@apntv Thanks Andy!! That is exactly what I needed!! Thank you very much.

I find the monitor is pretty good, good resolution, reasonably bright although you may struggle a bit in strong sunlight. I think it is bigger than the JVC too. The viewfinder is good too and I use that outdoors if it is too bright.

Yeah that’s tough for a stream, we use LiveU or Vidiu Go for bonded streams but I have on occasion streamed straight from camera but I say only over Ethernet, once at 1Mbps, which wasn’t so great. I guess as always there’s only so much you can put in a camera before you add to the cost price with features that many other users don’t need, so it’s always going to be a big balancing act for Panasonic and things like bonded encoders can just be added on externally I suppose.

I haven’t seen one yet, as you say the spec is almost the same but with a few high end codecs missing.it’s a lower cost version for users who don’t need the highest quality codecs.

Matt has tweaked some scene files I think re highlight roll off. That would be a good question to ask in the CX350 Facebook group.are you on Facebook?

@@apntv Hello, I am and will look up the group... I found a group but the last activity was in 2020.

Yes, you can set it to Face Detect AF and AE or just AF. I used it today in AF with manual exposure and it seemed good. I’ll post the video shortly about an ATEM audio mixer control surface if you want to take a look.

@@apntv Ok perfect. Thanks for your help!

Hi, yes, you can use face detect auto focus on the CX350 in manual mode. There is often some confusion in setting this up, so I recently posted a video explaining how to do this you can find it on my channel in the Camera and Tech playlist.

@@apntv thank you. I watched your other video explaining this situation. Thanks for creating that video. I probably didn’t need to send back my HC X2 because the menu looked identical, plus B&H said it could be done what I wanted to do. 🤪

@@LeGrandMediaGroup sorry it wasn’t a little sooner. It’s been a busy year :-)

I haven’t enabled NDI on any of mine as yet but I don’t think it is possible as it would need a decoder as well as an encoder, I’ll see if I can find out. For me it would make more sense to buy a stand alone NDI encoder that I can use on any camera or video source for a little more than the activation licence.

@@apntv Ok. It would make more sense (realistically) if the camera supported NDI to provide full duplex capability. But I understand the economics of doing so. I guess I was just curious as to whether or not it could. It already (theoretically) has an encoder to send video out via NDI, I wouldn't think a decoder for video coming back would be too much of a stretch. But then again, I don't know if Panasonic had 'broadcast' in mind when creating this camera. And, of course, for the broadcaster, having a camera with program preview would be a VERY handy feature (and IS in higher end cameras) preventing the need for additional hardware and another Network cable to decode PGM out. I can see what you mean about buying a standalone NDI encoder, but as I'm in the market (or will be soon hopefully) to upgrade my cameras, it would make sense to upgrade them with NDI in mind... rather than having to spend more money on encoding/decoding boxes. I'm trying to maximize dollar, and buy a camera that will fit the bulk of my use cases (wired via SDI, standalone streaming, and networked over NDI or IP). I also looked into the Black Magic Studio 4K (which doesn't have NDI) but the network conversion box is still an $800+ cost add if I wanted to run them over the network rather than SDI. I really think NDI is the future of broadcast video distribution, and I want to be as future ready as possible (within my mid-level budget). Thank you for your FAST response and high quality information videos. I wish you were in Canada so I could buy you a pint and pick your brain. hahah.

@@crooker2 at the moment I’m using SRT to send a camera feed back to a gallery, using vMix, even though it is on the same network. More of a proof of concept. Obviously the latency is higher on SRT but for our use case that is fine anyway. I do keep considering enabling NDI-HX and as you say, avoid the need for additional decoders, again it all depends on your use case I guess. Where about in Canada are you, lovely country, one day I’ll get back there. :-)

@@apntv Ok. Did you create your own SRT server locally? I'm not 100% familiar with SRT, and have only dabbled with RTMP which has rediculously (and unusably) high latency. I'm in Southern Eastern Alberta. About an hour and a half from the US border. Enjoying the last bit of summer. :) You're always welcome here. I've never been to the UK, and I long to get there as I am Scottish by blood (Canadian by birth).

@@crooker2 as you see in the video the camera can now sent SRT over the Ethernet port, I just send that directly into vMix, much like NDI. NDI would typically have much lower latency as SRT uses latency to ensure quality. SRT is meant to send video across the Internet but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it locally. I have asked Panasonic about the NDI return feed. Ah ha, Alberta, we went skiing in Jasper one year which was fun, hopping between Toronto, Edmonton (Jasper) and onto Vancouver, Toronto was very cold in March :-)

I don't use Premiere but I would have thought so. In Edius I can edit H.265 and .MOV files OK.

@@apntv Thank you. I bought some HC-X2s and some of the h.264 .mov files do indeed work in CS6

Actually we did use a locked off CX10 as part of a virtual event production last year, it didn’t match perfectly with the CX350s although we didn’t have a lot of time to rig it and setup but the autofocus seemed to hold the shots well. If you are interested there is a Behind the Scenes for that, the Fabuloso shoot on the channel.

I'm so interested in the auto focus and if or not this issue has been improved and to what degree. I'm a Canon705 user but really like the colours on the Panasonic's plus the longer range of the lens I think is a major plus. Looking forward to another great review Andy. Martin in Oz.

I think I would find the smaller 1500/2000 just too fiddely for some of my applications which is mainly filming sport.

Come on Andy can't you give a little bit away ahead of the premiere. I can't wait 30 hours!

@@DuffTV Yeah, the controls on the cx350 are another nicety over the 1500/2000. Dedicated Iris wheel and having OIS mode, Zebra, and Waveform buttons on the cx350 would definitely reduce a lot of menu hunting for my use.

There are several settings that Face Detect doesn’t work in, I think Area mode is one of those, try turning Area mode off.

There is 2160 420 LongGOP150M, HEVC LongGOP 200M and 100M from what I can see. I don’t think we are likely to see any new ones added at this stage.

@@apntv Yes, I saw 4:2:0 59.94 or 4:2:2 29.97. That's a shame. I wonder if it will do it to a Ninja.

@@Joshua.Jackson it should do over HDMI I would have thought but I haven’t specifically tested that.

My understanding of NDI is that it’s the tool set that gives you the additional options, the NDIi-HX in camera probably stays much the same although they may update it on a future firmware release if it needs it. The bridge is still not available at least last time I looked, we have a project that we would like to try it on when we can. In terms of the overpriced dongle, I am not aware of an alternative at the moment. I had one for my DVX200 but it was too big to fit in the 350. Once purchased, the WM50 just hides in it’s slot and you forget it is there but I agree the price is ridiculous, at the moment I only have one of them.

@@apntv finally getting my CX350's next week! :) November 2021.

Had my 350's for a year now. Love them. Bought the NDI updates for them and use it alot (unless I need to also record video to SD cards at the same time. Can't do that with ndi weirdly) Love the cx350's.

Check through the audio routing settings in the Audio menu. Be aware that you now have 4 audio channels on the camera, with 3-4 typically recoding the camera internal mic and 1-2 set as per the menus and switches.

@@apntv I'm in channel 1/2 stereo mode, as it always worked well. If I shoot in AVCHD format, the file is downloaded to a computer in stereo mode with 2 active channels. Only in MOV mode the file is downloaded to the computer in mono mode, even though it was recorded in stereo and I also hear it through the camera in stereo. Do you have any idea what this is about?

It shouldn't be too tricky, they both use Panasonic colour science.

Hi, SRT is a protocol for sending high quality footage over the Internet, it uses latency to ensure that it can maintain the quality during occasional network congestion. NDI and NDI HX were originally designed to run on local networks but with the introduction of NDI5 these can also now work over the Internet too. NDI-HX is a lower quality, compressed form of NDI, it was designed to allow cameras to send reasonable quality signals over a network where bandwidth is limited. Many camera manufacturers have employed this protocol. SRT and NDI now offer fairly similar functionality but they work slightly differently so it will depend what fits your workflow best.

@@apntv I recently bought 3 Panasonic ag-cx350 which I use with vmix to cover live shows with giant screens. Will it have less latency with the NDI HX license than with SRT protocol?

@@gstorm1491 yes It should be slightly less, NDI-HX introduces more latency than full NDI as it has to compress and decompress however while vMix is a fantastic product, being software based it will introduce more latency and for IMAG live screens this can be problematic as the delay is often noticeable. vMix don’t recommend their software for this use. The only way to keep the latency down is using a hardware solution such as the ATEM switcher. We use both, often together but for live screens we go straight from the ATEM and use vMix downstream for captions etc. on a final livestream output where the latency won’t show. We recently did a musical event across three locations with musicians singing and playing together in real time which really highlighted some of these issues and helped us work out solutions for both live projection and subsequent stream outputs. It is also worth noting that the cameras themselves introduce latency of a number of frames by the time the signal comes out of the SDI or HDMI ports so the effects become cumulative very quickly.

@@apntv I imagine that we do not hope for a firmware update from Panasonic for full NDI for the ag-cx350?

@@radiumstudiodotcom I doubt it, I think it would likely require a hardware change for full NDI.

Certainly, we use them on green screen all the time. You can live stream straight to KZfaq, Facebook etc. From the camera or connect it as a webcam. Have a look at my Networking and Streaming video. kzfaq.info/sun/PLNLfaye-Suq0gKZCbSL26ASX0tkzbT7Zi

You don't need to go into full Auto mode, just switch the lens switch the Auto so that it can control the focus.

@@apntv The face detection option is "invalid" in manual mode full stop

@@CL-Filmz there are some options that you do need to disable in the menus, such as Area Mode, these are listed in the documentation for the previous firmware update that introduced Face Detect. Check and see if Area Mode is enabled in the menus. I don’t have the docs in front of me at the mo to be more specific.

@APNTV Please find it, I have the HC-X2. From what I've heard it's the same on both cameras. I need to know how to disable auto exposure on auto mode so I can use face detect and tracking without full auto settings

@APNTV Oh area mode is disable already

Thanks for the real world feedback, I haven’t used it for live dance, I used it last week for a band performance on stage, where there were singers at a mic stand or instrument players were sitting and fairly static. I got pretty good results with that, not perfect but usable. I guess where there us a lot more movement, like dance it may struggle more. When you say the red button is on your stream do you mean that the on-screen graphics display that you see in the viewfinder? How are you streaming, over Ethernet from the camera or are you taking the HDMI or SDI output?

@@apntv Thank you so much for your quick response. I would rate the face detection as great but the overall focus and the quality of the output is great. Regarding livestream, I take the output from the camera via hdmi(need to use a thin cable for the output to work) and stream it via slingstudio. I have removed all the readings expect this red button and 1 or 2 depending on the card the camera is recording. It is kind of ugly in a live stream, need any help to remove during livestream. Appreciate your advise .. I have another question on how to get accurate color like photography where I take a mug shot with light and for double color costumes the color in the camera might be off little which I will correct in post production. How can I do that process in video post production? Any tools or tricks that you're willing to share... Appreciate your advise once again... Looking forward to your reply.

The new update says 6.01. When I download it, it downloads 4.03. What's the problem. Thanks

This should be the link to 6.01. eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/content/download/EN/ep2main/soft/upgcx350_e.htm

I’ll test that when I have the camera with me, I haven’t noticed a long delay but then I am not generally covering news. Have you tried the 10 second pre-record option? This will capture the previous 10 seconds at the start of the recording so that you don’t miss anything.

@@apntv thank you so much.Selamun Aleykum

I just tried starting and stopping recording, I was able to restart in about 1 second or less here. I wonder what cards you are using? I have V60 cards and the write time on the cards may impact on the time it takes to restart if the buffer is still writing to the card of course.