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Digital Catching Up to Film? The Great Camera Shootout 2010 | Zacuto

Aug 3, 2010 at 3:52 pm in camera products, cinematography, digital video news by · Leave a Comment »

Ok, so digital isn’t quite at the level of real film just yet.  But, it’s getting pretty darned close.  Zacuto has put together a series to demonstrate some of the new HD-DSLRs and how they stack up against some beloved 35mm film.  Their line up includes the 5D MKII, 7D, 1D, T2i, Nikon D3s, and Panasonic GH1 vs. Kodak and Fuji film scanned at both 2k and 4k.  It’s easy to see the HD-DSLRs can’t compete in terms of resolution,  [read more →]

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Canon U.S.A. introduces the EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera featuring 1920×1080 HD video capture

Sep 16, 2008 at 6:43 pm in digital video news by Guy Cochran · 4 Comments »

Josh’s bottom line:

This still camera is exciting because it has a single large CMOS imaging sensor, which means the depth-of-field is similar to a film camera rather than a typical camcorder with small chips.

And it records Quicktime 1080p HD at 30 fps, around 48 minutes to a 16 GB card, or, output through HDMI (no audio though) to a portable recording device (which one?). The format is H.264 at 38.6 Mbits/sec, which should look amazing.

And, the low light performance looks  [read more →]

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Three new HD AVC format camcorders from Canon

Aug 12, 2008 at 2:58 am in cinematography, digital video news by · Leave a Comment »

Canon announced the VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, and the VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 Hard Disk Drive camcorders.

The newest members to the VIXIA HD camcorder family incorporate 24Mbps bit rate recording – the highest possible bit rate in the AVCHD format.

The VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory camcorder can record up to 12 hours of High-Definition video to a 32GB internal Flash drive, as well as record directly to a removable SDHC card for expanded recording time.

The VIXIA HG21  [read more →]

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Canon XL H1S

Apr 14, 2008 at 4:00 pm in broadcast, broadcast products, camera products, digital video news, film by · 9 Comments »

New 20x HD Video Lens, Enhanced Image Control and Other Refinements

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 10, 2008 – Building on the success of its acclaimed XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, has introduced the new shoulder mount XL H1S and XL H1A HD camcorders, which include new advanced features requested by professional users for improved operation and image control.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 10, 2008 – Building on the success of its acclaimed  [read more →]

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Canon HF-10 & HF-100 announced

Dec 7, 2007 at 9:09 pm in camera products by · Leave a Comment »

Canon has announced two tapeless camcorders in their consumer line, the HF10 & HF100, to be available in April.

The HF10 has 16GB of internal flash memory, and it can also record to removable SDHC cards. The HF100 doesn’t have the SDHC slot and is silver.

It features a 12x HD Video Lens, 3.3 Megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor, 2.7-inch LCD, microphone terminal, 24p Cinema Mode, and 30p Progressive Mode once limited to pro-level camcorders  [read more →]

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Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder

Aug 5, 2007 at 11:54 pm in digital video news, dvcTV by duncan · 15 Comments »

Check out the amazing shots you can get with Canon’s new HV20!

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Do I need a studio monitor?

Apr 25, 2007 at 11:24 pm in broadcast, cinematography, DVD, editing, film, lighting by · 9 Comments »

If your projects are going to be delivered on DVD or broadcast, it’s important to have an accurate studio monitor on your desk so you can see your project as your viewers will see it while you’re editing.

Why?

First, many editing programs show you a low quality “proxy” of your timeline, so you can’t judge color correction, brightness, saturation, contrast, how titles or graphics will look, or any other aspect of the picture accurately.

Can I just enable a second computer  [read more →]