Comments on: The New HD/HDV Cam’s http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/ ...& some Digital Filmmaking & Post-Production, too! Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:37:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: taijidave http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 taijidave Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:07:59 +0000 http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/?p=46#comment-3105 Update: Check out the new post re. the Sony V1U: http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2007/04/25/sony-v1u-review-its-dof/ ....& then, check-out the new info about the Sony XDCAM EX: http://www.xdcamuser.co.uk/articles.php http://www.tapelessrev.com/xdcamnab2007.html ....2 good rules about buying cameras: 1) NEVER buy a new camera just before NAB... wait until they announce the new stuff first, -and- 2. NEVER count Sony out. ....the Sony XDCAM EX is a HVX200-killer: * 3 x 1/2-inch CMOS 1080 progressive chips -- FIRST 3x HALF-INCH CHIPS IN HANDI-CAM FORM-FACTOR!!!! * fixed 14x superior quality Fujinon *MECHANICAL* zoom lens -- REPEATABLE FOCUS & RACK ZOOMS!! * records at 35Mbps to COMMODITY SOLID-STATE CARDS (read: WAAAY CHEAPER than P2) * identical file-format as XDCAM HD blu-ray-based cameras (ie, archive to blu-ray is fast/easy, w/ no loss of metadata/thumbnails/etc) * 1080p, 1080i, 720p & 24p * cine-gamma, variable framerates 1-60p (over/undercranking) * $8,000USD / £3,995UK ...this is a camera designed to compete w/ cameras costing $25,000 w/o lens... ie, cameras like the FW-350 using the <em>exact same chips & exact same recording format</em>!!!! ...Life just got LOTS more interesting, everybody. Woooo! Update: Check out the new post re. the Sony V1U:
http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2007/04/25/sony-v1u-review-its-dof/

….& then, check-out the new info about the Sony XDCAM EX:
http://www.xdcamuser.co.uk/articles.php
http://www.tapelessrev.com/xdcamnab2007.html

….2 good rules about buying cameras:
1) NEVER buy a new camera just before NAB… wait until they announce the new stuff first, -and-
2. NEVER count Sony out.

….the Sony XDCAM EX is a HVX200-killer:
* 3 x 1/2-inch CMOS 1080 progressive chips — FIRST 3x HALF-INCH CHIPS IN HANDI-CAM FORM-FACTOR!!!!
* fixed 14x superior quality Fujinon *MECHANICAL* zoom lens — REPEATABLE FOCUS & RACK ZOOMS!!
* records at 35Mbps to COMMODITY SOLID-STATE CARDS (read: WAAAY CHEAPER than P2)
* identical file-format as XDCAM HD blu-ray-based cameras (ie, archive to blu-ray is fast/easy, w/ no loss of metadata/thumbnails/etc)
* 1080p, 1080i, 720p & 24p
* cine-gamma, variable framerates 1-60p (over/undercranking)
* $8,000USD / £3,995UK

…this is a camera designed to compete w/ cameras costing $25,000 w/o lens… ie, cameras like the FW-350 using the exact same chips & exact same recording format!!!!

…Life just got LOTS more interesting, everybody. Woooo!

]]> By: Practical Mystic Productions - various verbiage » Blog Archive » Sony V1U Review… it’s DOF… http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-3104 Practical Mystic Productions - various verbiage » Blog Archive » Sony V1U Review… it’s DOF… Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:00:40 +0000 http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/?p=46#comment-3104 [...] check out my last review re. my experience focusing the other 3 cams… from the low-res of the XL-H1, to the wide [...] [...] check out my last review re. my experience focusing the other 3 cams… from the low-res of the XL-H1, to the wide [...]

]]> By: melissa http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-3076 melissa Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:49:12 +0000 http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/?p=46#comment-3076 I mean buy the panny I mean buy the panny

]]> By: melissa http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 melissa Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:48:51 +0000 http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/?p=46#comment-3075 Thanks so much for the information. I was wondering what the differences were for HDV and HD. I think I'm going to but the Panny. Thanks. Thanks so much for the information. I was wondering what the differences were for HDV and HD. I think I’m going to but the Panny. Thanks.

]]> By: Seeing Red http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/2006/02/02/the-new-hdhdv-cams/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Seeing Red Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:37:21 +0000 http://practicalmysticproductions.com/blog/?p=46#comment-16 Well, Gents. I am wondering how these assorted tools render the subtle, yet extraordinary spectrum of hues contained in the tuft of a Non-shaved Red Beaver. Let alone, the Hot Pink criteria that that item surrounds... Well, Gents. I am wondering how these assorted tools render the subtle,
yet extraordinary spectrum of hues contained in the tuft of a Non-shaved
Red Beaver. Let alone, the Hot Pink criteria that that item surrounds…

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