OT: Yet another Sony HDV camera

farss wrote on 1/28/2006, 4:27 AM

It's unofficially official or something like that. Sony is about to release the HDR-HC3, a 1/3" CMOS low cost HDV camcorder. Not the thing for any serious work by the look of it but small enough for a handbag.
Do a bit of a search and you can download the unofficial manual.
What'll Sony leak next, the Vegas 7 manual?
Bob.

Comments

Sol M. wrote on 1/28/2006, 5:32 AM

They have manuals for these things? Where's the fun in that?

craftech wrote on 1/28/2006, 6:09 AM

If they price it against the cameras in the around $1000 range they should do very well with a 1/3 CCD camera. I have argued for a long time that the public is getting gypped these days by camcorder manufacturers in that they are getting bells and whistles but smaller CCD's and older folks wonder why their old Hi8 camera took better movies especially in low light.
1/6 and 1/5 CCD's are the norm in the under $1000 range. The Panasonic 3-chip consumer cam was an answer to this, but the cameras like the GS120 and the GS150 had three 1/5 CCD's which brings it about up to the level of a 1/4 CCD so people liked the image it gave because there wasn't even a single 1/4 CCD consumer cam left to compete with it.
Combine that with the industry thinking that because of DV there would be less generation loss so they figured (correctly) that they could get away with shrinking the CCD's.
Then there is their other deceptive ploy which is to give a megapixel rating that has absolutely nothing to do with moving pictures only the cheapo still shots the cameras are capable of taking.
If the camera is close in price ($2000) to the JVC GY-DV300U which also has 1/3 CCD it will not be a market killer, but if it is closer to $1000 it theoretically should mop up the floor with the puny CCD cameras in that range and perhaps start a welcome trend.

John

Grazie wrote on 1/28/2006, 6:17 AM

C'mon Mr Canon! Get it sorted! I want a XM3HD (GL3)- NOW! ! ! The clock is ticking - Tick .. tock . . tick . . . tock . .

Seesshhh . . .

Grazie

farss wrote on 1/28/2006, 3:31 PM

Grazie,
aw come on now, don't be modest, you don't want that, you want the black chainsaw, now don't you?

I'll admit I don't want much, the Arrie D-20 is looking very nice although the Panavision Origin has got to be the ultimate chick magnet, guess it comes down to choosing between an optical or electronic viewfinder.

But all joking aside, I think the D-20 is the camera that'll herald the end of film. I've read two stories now from DOPs that have used it and they're very impressed. Both of them first off said the biggest thing was it feels like and works like a 35mm camera, no having to relearn everything. And one of them commented on a simple feature that made the world of difference to him. The 'video tap' is HD not SD as on normal 35mm cameras, this means everyone can see more accurately just what the image is going to look like in the video hut.

And for anyone contemplating buying a HVX200 and having a bitch about the price of P2 cards, you don't want to know what a digital 'magazine' costs for the Origin and Panavision recommends you have THREE of them! Well OK, at least it looks like a film magazine :)
Bob.