Anyone attending DV Expo West?
DGates
wrote on 11/16/2006, 4:57 AM
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McVid
wrote on 11/16/2006, 6:25 AM
I'm too much in the middle of the country to go to either DV Expo West or East, at least by a short car trip.
joropeza
wrote on 11/16/2006, 7:59 AM
I'll be there today and possibly tommorrow. My primary goal is to do a first hand comparison of the Sony V1U & the Canon A1. Should be very entertaining and informative.
Juan
Juan
mjroddy
wrote on 11/16/2006, 9:24 AM
I'll be there just for a few hours tomorrow (Friday) - mainly to check out the V1 too. I keep hearing, "It's a good camera, if you don't mind that it has poor low light capabilities." I don't know what that means exactly, so I gotta find out for myself.
reidc
wrote on 11/16/2006, 7:53 PM
I was there on Wednesday. Glad I live 7 miles away & didn't have to travel any greater distance to attend. Kinda lame.
Reid C
Reid C
Coursedesign
wrote on 11/16/2006, 8:44 PM
I saw V1 tape footage shot in 24P and 60i on large screens at the Sony and other booths there today.
My jaw dropped.
That doesn't happen very often....
Absolutely amazing sharpness, and considering the size and price, even more so.
I also saw footage from various other cameras (HVX200, etc.), far less impressive resolution even with comparable subjects.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to check out Canon's counterpoint to this one, would have been interesting.
My jaw dropped.
That doesn't happen very often....
Absolutely amazing sharpness, and considering the size and price, even more so.
I also saw footage from various other cameras (HVX200, etc.), far less impressive resolution even with comparable subjects.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to check out Canon's counterpoint to this one, would have been interesting.
mjroddy
wrote on 11/17/2006, 8:55 AM
"Cannon's Counterpoint?"
I thought the V1 was unique in it's "3CMOS, true 24p" technology. I'll have to check out the Cannon too.
I'm traveling just over an hour to DV Expo and have ZERO expectations of being "blown away" by the show. It's been going down hill for years now. Almost not worth the trip. But I'm excited about being able to see the Sony and Cannon cameras!
I thought the V1 was unique in it's "3CMOS, true 24p" technology. I'll have to check out the Cannon too.
I'm traveling just over an hour to DV Expo and have ZERO expectations of being "blown away" by the show. It's been going down hill for years now. Almost not worth the trip. But I'm excited about being able to see the Sony and Cannon cameras!
Coursedesign
wrote on 11/17/2006, 9:41 AM
The only other thing that was a bit unusual was Alzo's inexpensive HMI lighting gear.
HMI can be thought of as "hyper-efficient daylight lightbulbs" so that for 140 Watts of electricity you get as much light as from an 800 Watt regular tungsten light, and the light will match what may come in through the windows, and you also just saved 660 Watts of heat. Per light.
The classical manufacturers of HMI lighting charge an absolute fortune for this technology, especially the ballasts, a box that creates the right kind of high frequency electricity and startup conditions for these very special "lamps."
Alzo has figured out a way to build the electronic ballasts for less, and they seemed to be credibly built. Absolutely OK for low and medium budget indie productions, where you could buy these for less than what you'd pay to rent the big stuff for an extended shoot.
See http://alzovideo.com/alzo_video_fastbox_kits.htm.
Finally if you need to get RE:Vision Effects plug-ins or anything from Magic Bullet/Red Giant Software, you can get 20% off at the show.
HMI can be thought of as "hyper-efficient daylight lightbulbs" so that for 140 Watts of electricity you get as much light as from an 800 Watt regular tungsten light, and the light will match what may come in through the windows, and you also just saved 660 Watts of heat. Per light.
The classical manufacturers of HMI lighting charge an absolute fortune for this technology, especially the ballasts, a box that creates the right kind of high frequency electricity and startup conditions for these very special "lamps."
Alzo has figured out a way to build the electronic ballasts for less, and they seemed to be credibly built. Absolutely OK for low and medium budget indie productions, where you could buy these for less than what you'd pay to rent the big stuff for an extended shoot.
See http://alzovideo.com/alzo_video_fastbox_kits.htm.
Finally if you need to get RE:Vision Effects plug-ins or anything from Magic Bullet/Red Giant Software, you can get 20% off at the show.