By D.W. Leitner
Sony announced its latest CineAlta shoulder-mounted 2/3in. camcorder, the PDW-F800 ($42,700, no viewfinder), last April at NAB, little more than a year after the PDW-700 was introduced, and production models are now available...

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Sony XDCAM EX PMW-350You had to figure that sooner or later Sony would move its SxS memory into more of its workaday DVCAM camcorders...
16x9 EXIIA wider-angle view on camcorders is ideal in many situations. But lower-cost camcorders, with their fixed lenses, don't usually offer adequate wide-angle coverage...
Western Digital WD TV LiveLocation production doesn't usually involve bringing along your own HDTV tuner. But in reality, you are sometimes faced with the need to play out non-copyrighted video on monitors that will appear within the scenes... |
Sony PDW-F800 ReviewSony announced its latest CineAlta shoulder-mounted 2/3in. camcorder, the PDW-F800 ($42,700, no viewfinder), last April at NAB, little more than a year after the PDW-700 was introduced, and production models are now available...
Leitner's Cinematography Corner, No. 3Exhibit B: the new PMW-350, a groundbreaking 2/3in. shoulder-mount EX-series camcorder that records to solid-state SxS cards...
Optimizing Encoding Performance with Apple Final Cut Pro, Part 1We've had a fun time so far with this column, digging inside an Apple Mac Pro to install a Blu-ray recorder and benchmarking Snow Leopard...
Wireless Fan-cam Operation in the Sports and Entertainment MarketWireless cameras are not new to the market, but improvements to the technology behind them are rapidly changing the way they are being deployed, especially in the sports market... |
iDC Follow-Focus XLAdding camcorder-like mounts and a viewfinder to HDSLRs such as Canon's EOS 5D Mark II is becoming a cottage industry...
SeaChanger colorBugTesting for color value and luminosity--useful if you're doing anything more than a run-and-gun style shoot--usually requires expensive gear that can be a hassle to haul around...
Petrol Raincover for Red OneAh, another week and another new product aimed squarely at the fans of the Red Digital Cinema Red One camera. But who's to begrudge companies trotting out slightly reworked products for such an eager crowd... |
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