“As Panasonic pushes their cameras’ low light ability down, they’ve raised my creativity by allowing me to film in light previously too dim to get usable footage.” With other cameras I would have been half-way home, but I was just wrapping up in the field. I looked at the time and it was 17 minutes after sunset. For example, I was filming a purple coneflower on a tallgrass prairie using the camera’s high sensitivity mode. “The PX270 pushes deeper into low light country without any additional noise.
“Nature and wildlife filmmakers are most active at first and last light–that’s when you have the most wildlife activity as well as that magic hour of light for landscapes,” Railsback said. Panasonic AJ-PX270 P2 HD handheld camcorder Among advances, he numbers the PX270’s extra low light sensitivity, better codec, 1080/60p capture, electronic level, redundant recording, smaller size and more.
Having shot for several years with the HPX250 as his workhorse camera, Railsback already has informed observations about the differences between that camcorder and the new PX270. Future PX270 projects include shooting historical recreations on an upcoming feature for Fourth Wall Films, creating a meditation video, and acquiring diverse material for his stock footage agency.
Railback has already shot extensive wildlife footage with the PX270, and has used it as his “A” camera on a shoot with a professional dance team for a DVD release. Railsback, whose website features tutorials in outdoor video production, also owns Panasonic’s AG-HPX250 and AG-HPX170 P2 HD handhelds.
NEWARK, NJ (October 21, 2014) – Prominent Director of Photography Kevin Railsback, who specializes in nature and wildlife cinematography, recently invested in Panasonic’s AJ-PX270 P2 HD camcorder as his primary camera. AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER KEVIN RAILSBACK MAKES PANASONIC AJ-PX270 P2 HD HANDHELD HIS PRIMARY CAMERA FOR NATURE SHOOTS