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Sony HVR-Z1U and HDR-FX1 HDV Camcorders

Overall Rating: Sweet Summary : The technology and image quality of these HDV cameras are impressive-the HVR-Z1U uses a 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion, astonishing in a camera at this price level. With more »

Panasonic Scores Big at ALLTEL Sports Complex

Talk about trying to please the fans. In preparation for this month's Super Bowl XXXIX, hosted by the Jacksonville Jaguars at the team's ALLTEL football stadium in Florida, the complex has undergone a $60 more »

Panasonic AJ-SDC905

Panasonic shipped the AJ-SDC905, a DVCPRO50/DVCPRO camcorder with IEEE-1394 for lossless data transfer in the field. The three-chip camera with 12-bit DSP records DVCPRO50 at 4:2:2 and DVCPRO at 4:1:1 in more »

The Big Restoration Question

The New York facility Cineric has long been a destination for restoration of Hollywood pictures, buffing up some 200 titles a year. Up until recently, those restorations have been photochemical, says business development exec Chip Wilkinson. That's about to take a dramatic turn more »

Fast & Furious

In 2003, documentary filmmaker Dana Brown (Step Into Liquid) and a crew of 70 headed south to cover the most dangerous road race in the world. Imagine an event that crosses more »

$150,000 Never Looked Better

Fighting Tommy Riley, a new indie drama about the dreams of a veteran boxing trainer and a raw fighter with talent, marks the directorial debut of Eddie O'Flaherty and the realization of his own dream. But more »

Studios, Facilities, Gear Up For HD DVD Format War

Developments on the high-definition DVD horizon over the last year or so can be summed up in two words: format war. If there was any doubt that rival technology camps were ready to go to the mat for their own more »

And Now for Something Different

"We found that there really is no financial gain by shooting digital. In fact, in some ways it could probably cost you more in time and equipment." Hear these hot-button issues addressed more »

Q&A: Zana Briski and Ross Kaufman on Born into Brothels

>> Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman Filmmakers On: Born into Brothels. Photographer Zana Briski began work on Born into Brothels when she gave cameras to several children of Calcutta prostitutes and tought more »

Why Rwanda Went DI

A high-def scan of Hotel Rwanda created by Hollywood's Post Logic Studios as a DVD master became the first step toward a DI for the project more »