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p@mast3rs wrote on 7/25/2006, 12:21 PM
Nice review and couldnt agree more that a removable hard drive would boost the value of the camera. However, Id hold off until they can manage to get a HDV version with a hard drive and then Id be all over it.

Ben, I find myself enjoying your episodes more and more each time I view it. While it looks like it is geared twoards beginners I still find something useful out of each episode that I can always use to pass to those that are not as technical. Kudos and keep up the good work.
Spot|DSE wrote on 7/25/2006, 12:44 PM
Not to take the thread off-topic, but...
you CAN'T have HDV on a hard drive. It's no longer HDV at that point. Semantics in a way, but the HDV format requires tape in the camera.
Maybe they'll come out with XD XXX or something that is a 25Mbps stream to a hard drive, but for the moment...the spec is tape-based only.
p@mast3rs wrote on 7/25/2006, 12:55 PM
Argghhh, you know what I meant. LOL. I just really dont see me using the AVCHD cams that Sony is putting out unless the quality is stellar as the FX1/Z1 and that seems unlikely especially with the glass on it.
Grazie wrote on 7/25/2006, 1:05 PM
It is all very very confusing . . my Brain hurts . . . I point a camera, I like what I see, I edit and it looks nice!

I depend on Douglas cutting/hacking a way through the techno-jungle for my understanding. D! Don't you EVER stop!!
Spot|DSE wrote on 7/25/2006, 1:34 PM
In spite of some of the consistent BS floating around the web right now about "what AVC-HD potential is", it's a consumer format. At 24Mbps (that's "UP TO" and not absolute), the format is heavily compressed. Heavy compression may not be a big deal to consumers, because they're not compositing/keying/color correcting heavily. Having seen/worked with these cams, they are sweet for the price. But they're NOT superior in any way, shape, form, nor thought to the Z1/FX1/A1U/HC3 camcorders.
I'll have one of the production models in a few days, and will be testing it on ground and air.
Benjamin, excellent show as usual. One comment as you show the camcorders, it would be great if you could shoot just a tiny bit with it, like a rez chart or chip chart, or find a simple thing like a metronome with some color attached so we could see movement and chroma information.
DavidMcKnight wrote on 7/25/2006, 2:06 PM
D! Don't you EVER stop!!

Ain't that the truth :)

je@on wrote on 7/25/2006, 7:39 PM
Great content! It would be much more comfortable to watch if the camera angles were over-the-shoulder. Just sayin'...