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Volume - 3 |
Winter 2002 |
2002 - First Issue |
New News For You |
High Definition Is On Film |
The New 2002 Products |
This is the First News Letter of 2002; We are doing fairly, very well as a non commercial site, considering we offer only advice and information. Our readership is down, but I believe that may be due to the 9/11 situation. I will say that we have also had many positive comments on our site and how it has been a great source of information to our visitors. We apparently have several additional links from other sites now. We are still the only site on the web with the BSC1-F1 section on the Digital Gamma Curve chips, to give you a film style picture, for the DVW700 series from Sony (including the new DVW707, DVW709WS and DVW790WS as long as you have v1.12 or above software), along with 16X9 Information on camera resolution and how it effects your picture; a Broadcast Camera Forums, where you can write to your hearts content about your camera issues and comments, our own classified ads section and a pair of search engines of the site. We did have to change our mailing list from the Listbot to Bravenet.com, so hopefully you have all signed up for the new mailing list. We have added the HDWF900 section along with information on the HDW750 and HDW730 camcorders. The HDW700A is now out of production and can probably be purchased for $0.10 on the dollar. We have added the Classified Ads so you can sell your older equipment. Checked out the HD News for information on HD products from all manufacturers. We will try and keep you up to date as we can. Take some time to check us ALL out, and, if you want, send us your comments in the Comments section we have added. (It's a nice little place to give us some suggestions or comments or even any insight on our topics here on the Broadcast Camera Support Page site). This is the year for us to grow and provide you with more information! Please 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.) |
The HDWF900 seems to be the HD camcorder of the year. Whether it's a Panavision version or a unit from Plus 8, or another rental house, it all seems destin for the Silver Screen. George Lucas has finished principal shooting with it on Star Wars II. And our man on the inside says it worked just fine. We also understand that most all of the principal production and effects have been completed. We have heard that the production costs are dramatically lower than shooting with film, and you can get more done in a day. The HDWF900 supports both the 24P and the 23.93P format for all types of film making. The actual look of the 24P picture, on our shop monitors, is very much like film to begin with. I would imagine that the results, when transferred to film are great!. AWe also have found out that Clairmont Camera of Hollywood is also planning a film style model of the HDWF900 HD Cam Camcorder. They will be using various film lens manufacturers prime lenses on their unit. Many of the Hollywood, Los Angeles and Burbank post houses are already geared up with the 24P editing systems. Some of them are able to transfer your edited master to film. It's the wave of the future. |
I think we this may be a weak year or major new products. In the camera area the BVP10WS from Sony is the newest product. Sony will also be showing IT versions of their HD cameras and camcorders. There will be a digital adapter and CCU for the DXCD35 series cameras also. Beyond that, we are waiting for more information from our sources. NAB 2002 should prove to be an interesting NAB as some of the major players are building bigger booths and display areas than in the last few years. When we find out more about some new products, we will tell you about it here! |
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Here we are, the first issue of 2002. Go ahead, give us your comments on this year's performance! Hopefully none of you feel shy about sharing your comments on our site.... Don't feel shy, please visit our new Comment Section, fill out the form and send us any feelings, comments, or suggestions you have. We have 124 different pages on this site now, with room here for many, many, many more pages. Why don't you give us your 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! We promise to read all the comments and mail, and we will respond as soon as we possibly can. Thanks for dropping by and checking us out! | |
News/Production Formats |
Comments to: Camera Dave |
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| Now, with some great sales under their belt,
Sony is promoting their SX Digital Betacam format. Sony seems to be promoting
it as a news format, currently, and as a replacement for the analog Betacam
SP system. The SX format has actually ended up being a very good acquisition
format. Most of the current SX camcorders are being used for News (It
appears to be replacing analog Betacam at some sites or another manufacturers
format at other sites.) We have seen the SX camcorders used in the high end
wedding market also. The results look fine! One of our clients brought in
his DNW9WS in along with some documentary tape shot in South America. The
actual images were stunning, with none of the digital artifacts that others
had hinted might be seen there. As for the tiny, digital formats, Sony is
promoting it's DV-Cam format as an acquisition/news/production format; Panasonic
is pushing it's DVC-Pro format as both an acquisition/news/production format
too. Is there really any kind of a "format war?" It appears that those who
are used to analog betacam are upgrading to Betacam SX or Digital Betacam.
But what about the the 1/2 inch digital HD Cam format being the choice for
the future? It can be save as an archival master and the
information can be converted to most any other video format for reproduction,
transmission or viewing. Currently some of the networks are calling
for 1080 interlace, while others are looking a progressive scan format. But
with the current collection of HD Cam recorders and HD cameras, you can have
any format you want. Feel free to share your opinion in the comments section, or the forums or even mail us, and, if you allow us to, we will print it in these pages as part of the upcoming user comments section if you would like. |
Looks Remember if you have any specialized "looks" or setups for your High Definition, Broadcast or Professional camera, and you would like to share them with everyone, we would like to put them in the Basic Setups Section of the site. There are a couple now, but we would love to have several more! We are especially looking for some custom setups for the DNW , DVW or HDW series camcorders. Please email them to us. We may even open up another section for our users special looks for various cameras. So send us the special setup you use and we will make it available to all that read our pages!
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