Sony today disclosed new details of its newest generation of HDV camcorders, including a new form factor — it takes full-size DV cassettes — designed to win the hearts and minds of longtime DV users. "It has the sensitivity our SD customers were asking for," said Tatsuro Kurachi, marketing and business development manager for professional video products. "I would say it's the ultimate SD camcorder — it just happens to have HD imagers, too." Officials also responded directly for the first time to the drum-beating that’s been going on over the claimed higher efficiencies of AVC encoding versus MPEG-2. (In a nutshell: reports of MPEG-2’s death have been greatly exaggerated.)
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Comments (12) for "More on Sony's New DV-Compatible HDV Camcorder and Deck"
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That's a funny comment about the reason for on-shoulder camcorders- it's just perception. I think it has to do a lot more with functionality and how well it works for the user who has to operate the camera for hours at a time. Handheld is just plan hard.
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Posted by IEBA.wordpress.com on Thursday, November 15, 2007 @ 10:59 AM
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Hoo boy. It certainly seems that there are a lot of numbers and figures and facts and myths being thrown around. I think the question every should ask themselves is \"what works best for me?\"
Is the workflow I use working for me? Is it time to upgrade? Or should I start over? Do I have the capital ($$$$$) to do so?
Unfortunatley, I\'m stuck in SD land for the time being, and waiting for the dust to settle!
Posted by Milk&Chase on Monday, November 19, 2007 @ 04:53 PM
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The Sony XDCam EX1, with full 1920 x 1080 chip, 35 Mbs data rate, Fujinon lens, and CineAlta brand name, seems like a much better purchase for $8,000.
Posted by David Slater on Monday, November 19, 2007 @ 05:09 PM
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EX also has 1/2" chips, which means more filmic control of depth of field and better light gathering. However, it only records to Xpress cards, has no interchangeable lens options, and does not rest on the shoulder.
It will be interesting to see which camcorder has the best low-light performance.
Posted by john on Monday, November 19, 2007 @ 09:42 PM
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Thanks this is the type and range of euipment for africa,we are looking forward for a test drive. for acquistionand events videography
Posted by WESLEY on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 @ 05:04 AM
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With its interchangeable lens and pro viewfinder it seems to be targeted at the JVC250. I like that it takes full size DV tapes. At its price point it should have SDI out like the JVC. Also, the EX1 is cheaper and has 1/2" chips. I'm still interested though.
Posted by Derek on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 @ 07:50 AM
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The HVR-S270U have timecode in and out and shelve able cassette plus SD card recorder those two are big pluses. As a professional video producer who use to using high end digital camera and at the moment cannot afford other expensive crossover from SD to HD this could be a inexpensive temporary solution.
Posted by Edward Downie on Saturday, January 19, 2008 @ 01:22 PM
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It's a quandry. There's pros and cons for the EX1 as well as the Z7 and Z270. Can the S270U record SD on those bigger DVCam tapes as well? That might be just the retro feature to go there, along with SDI out. Any one try the DigiPrime lenses yet?
Posted by Guy on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 04:42 PM
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The EX1 is nowhere near as versatile as the S270 or Z7 are spec'd to be. It is strictly HD, and no tape option. It's probably a better choice for indie film use; but not a good pick for events and everyday pay-the-bills shooting for a variety of clients and end-user playback capabilities.
Posted by Sam on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:43 PM
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I got this camera last 2 weekes i prode im first one i have this camera in canada wen i swa online i did love the look it relly look very close to dsr250 the one i use befor so on the pic looks smiller but relly is biger and is amazing camera ( camera do evrything any cameraman need ) www.videobabylon.ca
Posted by Rafi Michael - Toron on Saturday, March 15, 2008 @ 11:53 PM
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hi i just want more info of sony cameras and the opptions so i can get one or more.
Posted by Richard on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 @ 07:33 AM
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Seems like a great camera for my needs. I'll have to try it out by renting it first and see how it fares against the Panasonic HPX500 and the JVC HD250
Posted by Frederic Segard on Monday, April 7, 2008 @ 11:08 PM
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