Shoot Tools: Sony HDR-FX1000 and HVR-Z5U By Dan Ochiva
Sony keeps the options, and models, proliferating with two new tape-based HDV camcorders: the prosumer-oriented HDR-FX1000 handycam and professionally...
Shoot Tools: Canon EOS 5D Mark II By Dan Ochiva
You had to expect it was coming, but it wasn't until this past September that Canon made its first EOS digital SLR camera the EOS 5D Mark II that offers...
Shoot Tools: Kodak By Dan Ochiva
Kodak’s Zi6 HD pocket video¬camera shoots 720p video at 60fps with a 16:9 aspect ratio—although you won’t mistake the results as something from a Sony or Panasonic unit. ...
Shoot Tools: DXG By Dan Ochiva
DXG joins the party with its DXG-567V, which offers 1280x720 HD recording. It uses the H.264 codec to deliver 1280x720/30fps, 720x480/30fps, and 320x240 in the .mov file format....
Shoot Tools: Bodelin Technologies By Dan Ochiva
If you needed a small, lightweight prompter system for a widescreen HDV camcorder, your choices before now have been pretty slim Bodelin adds a model...
Shoot Tools: Panasonic By Dan Ochiva
The Panasonic AG-HMC150 camera shoots HD formats that include 1080/60i, 1080/30p, and 1080/24p. Sporting a Leica Dicomar zoom lens (it opens to a relatively wide 28mm equivalent—that’s in 35mm film terms), the HMC150 records 1080i and 720p at 13Mbps, which the company claims is comparable in quality to current HDV compression formats with bit rates of 25Mbps....
Shoot Tools: Maxell By Dan Ochiva
At the 2008 NAB Show, Maxell will be showing its version of the iVDR format with its Field Archive Media, configured for backup and archiving in the field....
Shoot Tools: Focus Enhancements By Dan Ochiva
The Focus Enhancements FS-5 hard-drive recorder is the company’s latest version of its Direct To Edit (DTE) model, which adds metadata capabilities, additional file-format support, and UDF disk formatting....
Shoot Tools: Air Sea Land Gear By Dan Ochiva
The BluFish 2 HD underwater housing from Air Sea Land Gear, features include dome- and flat-port optics and a rotating collar with 1/4in. taps that allow the housing to be mounted to multiple grip arms and devices. ...