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Volume -1 | Fall/Winter 1998 | Fifth Issue | ||
Some More News For You | High Definition - It's Here, It's Now! | Any New Products? | ||
This is the Fifth News Letter. I hate to say it, but I didn't receive a lot of comments on my first, second or fourth one. I did receive a few on my Third News Letter.Oh well, I can tell you that we are doing very well as a non commercial site, considering we offer only advice, and information and we have only been on line since the 18th of March, 1998. Current additions to the page include 16X9 information on camera resolution and how it effects your picture. Quite an interesting section with some information not heard before regarding band width and resolution. We also have a pair of free Broadcast Camera Forums, where you can write to your hearts content about your camera issues and comments. One Forum is on InsideTheWeb.com; a separate domain and server. It's the easiest of the two to read and post on. As soon as you link to the new site, the messages are there from the most current to the oldest. The second Forum is on Delphi.com. Hopefully the link we have provided works for you. (Delphi may require some type of free membership to view the messages. Please give this forum a trial and see what you think about it. Mail your comments/suggestions to me and If you have trouble accessing the forum mail me. If we find that this link or forum does not work for us, we will remove it.) Don't forget to check out the BSC1-F1 section for the Film Look Gamma Curve chips for the DVW700 series from Sony. It includes theory and setup information on the "Film Look." There is also the Basic Setup section for those of us that have our analog cameras still. This is a great section to check out for some specialized looks for your camera, and to get some suggestions for making your own special look. Take some time to check us ALL out, and, if you want, provide any comments in the NEW Comments section we have added. Nice little place to give us some suggestions or comments or even any insight on our subjects you might have. All we can do is grow and provide you with more information! If you join our Mailing List, you will be one of the first to know when something new appears on our site. The mailing list can be accessed from the Home Page, next to the ListBot logo. (The mailing list is private and not given out to any other company. You can be assured that we will be the only ones that send you mail from the list.)
| I have finally visited the BIG TRUCK from National Mobile Television, HD2. This is the number 2 high definition truck from National Mobile and is supposed to be based on the West Coast. It currently has 8 HD cameras with the ability to support 16. It contains complete compliment of HD recorders along with Digital Betacam recorders to supply the 525 NTSC signal. It has to be one of the nicest looking trucks I have ever seen. Get ready for the Emmy's and Oscars in Hi Def, as I believe the truck has been requested to cover those events. In other HD news, apparently CBS will be airing a Chicago Hope, November 18th, shot with Plus 8's HDW700 cameras. I heard this from one of the engineers at Plus 8. Shooting in Hi Def seems to be an up and coming thing to do, according to my inside sources. The CBS show was shot at the Fox Television Studios, and cut at Laser Pacific, which is one of the few houses on the West Coast to have Hi Def editing equipment. The only down side to the whole thing may be the fact that we will see the production in NTSC 525-SD (Standard Definition).To matters more exciting, I have also heard that some of the Japanese consumer companies have begun delivery of their consumer Hi Def monitors and satellite receiver systems. It might be time to make that early Christmas wish list.....
| I haven't actually seen any really new products recently. The most memorable are the HDW700 High Definition Camera Recorder from Sony, along with their new HDC750 hand held camera. There is also a build up kit that makes the HDC750 the equivalent of a 'hard" camera, but allows you to return it to hand held in just a few minutes. The current generation of Hi Def monitors from Sony look fairly nice to me, but I wonder about the size. I miss the really big, 30 inch monitors of the past. The flat screen, plasma monitors may become the next best thing in monitor technology. I have seen a few of those from various manufacturers and found them all to look quite nice from a distance. Only when you get up close, on some of them, that they look a little odd. I do believe, for now, that the future of video shooting will be divided between 16X9 Standard Definition and High Definition origination of productions. (Though, who knows what the networks are asking for....
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| Sony is promoting their SX Digital Betacam format and the DV-Cam format, Panasonic is pushing it's DVC-Pro format. Is this a "format war?" Both Panasonic and Sony have brought out newer version of the DV-Cam and DVC-Pro formats. Both the DVC-Pro and DV-Cam formats look very nice in their demonstrations. I have a hard time determining which looks better, so I am reserving my opinion for the moment. I can't tell how sturdy these units will be for the long run, and for News work. Where does Sony's SX Digital betacam fit in? Is Sony promoting it as a news format, or a production format? At this time it's very hard to tell. Most of the SX product seems to be in the midwest at the moment. And what about true Production formats? Is the 1/2 inch digital Hi Def format the choice for the future or can one use 16:9 Digital Betacam? Will it be 1080 or 0135 lines, progressive or interlace? Some of the networks are calling for 1080 interlace, while others are looking a progressive scan formats. It's going to be a tough call to tell which format will be the one of choice. The good news: if you produce in 1/2 inch digital Hi Def now, it can be converted to standard 525 or 525 16:9 very easily. Only time will tell which format will be the way of the future.... I will respect anyone else's opinion, and I will print it in these pages as part of the comments section if you would like. | If you would like to have a link with
| As this is the Fourth issue, I had hoped for some actual comments from the readers.... I can't say I've had that many comments yet. I believe it's only been one or two so far. Don't feel shy, please visit our new Comment Section, fill out the form and send me any feelings, comments, or suggestions you have. There is room here for many, many more pages. I am looking for suggestions as to what the other pages might have on them. We have room for a section on Job Openings, custom camera setups, user information and so on. So, don't hesitate to send your comments! I promise I will read all the comments and mail. I will also respond as soon as I possibly can. Thanks for reading! Comments to: Camera Dave | ||
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