Why meister :BLACK MAMBA2 ?W
Why meister :BLACK
MAMBA2
?W
Good Question...
In about one week (June
26, 2003) Panasonic Japan will roll out a new camcorder to replace the very
popular NV-MX5000 and in PAL countries NV-MX500 and get this... the dummies in
Pana marketing have come up with NV-GS100,000 dash 'S' and so to shorten it they
have marked their inventory sheets with a letter 'k' and because this camcorder
will also be available in BLACK which in Japanese will be abbreviated also
the letter 'k'. The dash 's' above is for silver as I understand it. BUT,
now the plot sickens... since the Japanese do not like these convoluted
meaningless numbers... the Japanese will be calling this new cam
Digicam100
and all the other new models will be Digicam 70 and Digicam50 and so on... go
figure. Europe can't stand the Stupid numbers apparently either and their
Pana cams are ALL called
eCam and in Asia and the Middle East... all the same.
And just so you don't feel pregnant... does the USA term "PalmCam"
ring a bell? Thought so... our local name for this convoluted mess. Since I can not buy into this SHEEP mentality and since I am the meister...
we will call this black beauty the Black Mamba and the numbering will continue
as with all the past MX cams. After all this cam replaced the
MX5000 and it in turn had replaced the MX3500 (MX350 in PAL, they drop one of
the stupid zero's!) and that was the replacement for the MX3000 which replaced
the MX2500 and before it the MX2000... are we starting to see a pattern here
folks? Thought so. Now Calling this
BLACK
MAMBA2
NOT only we MAY have a second benefit
on this side of the puddle (Pacific Ocean) as these Names may discourage rip off artist as we have seen
in the past, where they start selling these on eBay, backs of pickups in Tokyo or even on the
internet where they can start charging for standard 'included' accessories or
charge more for Black version than chrome version JUST because of our promotion
here... If this Mamba gets anywhere near popular you
better expect some sort of a premium applied to our Black preferred color... even
though Pana does NOT charge one single penny more!
It WON'T be the First Time
sad to say folks!
Boy! You mean to tell me I can get a
$100,000 Studio High Definition cam for peanuts?
NOW, Panasonic seems to refer on their web
site as well as the owner's manual AND in their press release:
High Definition Technology. That does not mean for my
Air Heads
out there that this cam will some how compete with HD Studio
Cams like Sony CineAlta $100,000+ or Ikegami $85,000+ HD types at 20-35 pound
shoulder cams... it's NOT going to happen. Unlike
the JVC HDCam where owners have complained @ HERE
about not getting their
money's worth from something around five grand and having only ONE chip to boot. BUT, this
BLACK
MAMBA2
produces some of the best Digital Video you have ever
witnessed if you care to project the playback recorded images onto a HD
Plasma wall hanging TV set and it gets even better if you capture to Flash
Memory or your computer HDD rather than 500TVL DV format tape as these other
mediums are not restricted to DV protocols. If you now own a Black Mamba, turn the cam on. Go into menu
and turn on 16 by 9 wide screen (this is the only way!) now you are able to
select Progressive Scan and you will be in Ultra fine detail mode. Now select
RECORD-TO and pick any format as you are NOT limited to miniDV format...
a-ha, now you see what's happening don't you? Go out side, for plenty of sun
light (try High Noon without shadows) as you want complete saturation of all colors... trust me. Lock this puppy
down iron tight to a GOOD tripod and get out your remote... no shaking hands on
the cam please, find a bed of flowers or something with lots of NATURAL color,
zoom all the way and spend time Sharp focusing and ON MANUAL FOCUS Please! Now
pull back and turn the cam on, just let this puppy roll and maybe every now and
then do a very slow zoom in and even a slower zoom back out. Run over to your local Circuit City or
anyone that is trying to impress you to buy one of these high end High
Definition wall plasma TV sets and tell him you want to see for your self with
some test tape and plug your cam in the front provided camcorder inputs and yes
S-Video would be better than RCA video and FireWire would be best providing they
carry PLASMA'S with IEEE which they more than likely... don't. Better take
a seat... you are about to be blown away. Really ! Ok... nobody will
believe you if you tell them you shot this... just say "it was all professionally
recorded." No use arguing or get into a lot of explaining!
Hit the link for the
BLACK
MAMBA2
Navigation
Page because as each new piece
of info comes in I will post all and I do mean ALL relevant material there...
ASAP !
As time goes on I will add and update both here and build MANY more MX pages and I will try again to find
some USA based TRUSTED locations so you do not have to convert money to Yen and to deal
with foreign 'who knows who they are' people and get some one that can speak
English at least, some English documentation and some US shippers that use
local US Banks...
In Other
Words.... Some Accountability! :-)
Meister... Do You Have A Link Where You
Have Asked Panasonic To EXPLAIN the so
called HD or High Definition claims they have made about this camcorder in their
advertising?
http://www.supervideo.com/Mamba2Q&A.htm
'BLACK
MAMBA2
'
Limited Edition
M2
Mamba 3CCD Lieca Lens Top Loading & 4+ Million Mega Pixel !
Super
BLACK
MAMBA2
BLACK
MAMBA2
Kit
!
Special Wide Pana
M2
Anamorphic Accessory Lens
Special
BLACK
MAMBA2
Crystal Under Water Housing
Special
M2
Extra Extra Long Life 9+ hr Waist battery
Special Pana
BLACK
MAMBA2
Filter Kit Set!
Back to
BLACK
MAMBA2
Rumor Page
BLACK
MAMBA2
EXPLAINED Page
5
BLACK
MAMBA2
Questions
my meister...
#1. Any
Issues with either MAC or the PC with the Mamba:
NO
#2. What's the
difference between this
Mamba2 & other 3CCD DV's? Resolution
#3. What is the
Expected Date for USA Sales: August 2004
( MAYBE! )
#4. Will the USA version have any features
removed? Of
Course !
#5. What will this
Black Mamba Special Edition run?
This will depend on
availability. Every
M2 arriving is being
spoken
for so you will need to inquire about one of them being set
aside.
What's the difference
between this
BLACK
MAMBA2
& other DV cams?
Panasonic has UPPED the
ante and says there is a new dimension to their
M2 camcorders that incorporates Better Optics than Lieca's before,
new Optical Stabilization using the Mega Pixel, New Dynamic
Crystal
Prism Engine with HD Filters & HD technology to give over all
improved
performance, professional features and Resolution !
You may want to go the MX Navigation Page & Get 1st Owner's
Feedbacks
http://www.supervideo.com/MXmouse.htm
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Like Most Here are Always Under Construction !
So... Stay Tuned ...
