If you shoot for American TV on a Panasonic camera (HVX-200, HPX-170)
set the camera to DVCPRO 60i
For European TV DVCPRO 50i (50Hz model)
Storage calculation 1GB/Min.
For the HMC-150 record DVCPRO 60i in PH-mode.
Storage calculation 3 hours on a 32GB SDHC card.
Do a test on the editing system if you shoot with the 150. The codec is AVCHD witch means more heavy lifting on your processors in editing. You’ll have to balance quality with efficiency if you’ve got a slower system. Otherwise, Panasonic offers a free utility that will convert the AVCHD files into the DVCPRO format. This will reduce the responsibilities of the processor, but will dramatically increase file size.
In FCP use the preset in log& Transfer to re-wrap to Pro-res 422.
If you shoot with the Sony PMW-EX3 shoot 1080 59.94i (50i for European TV)
Storage calculation 1GB/4 min. or 70min per 16GB SxS card in HQ mode.