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New Products & Services The EX1’s Fujinon 14x zoom lens features a newly developed, unique focus ring that offers two types of manual focus and an auto-focus operation. When the focus ring is in the front position, the lens works as one would expect on a handheld camcorder, but when the ring is set to the back position, the lens has an absolute focus position, giving the camcorder’s lens the functionality of a professional, interchangeable lens. Additionally, the lens features independent rings for zoom (5.8mm to 81.2mm, or 31.4mm to 439mm on a 35mm-format lens) and iris (F1.9 to F16). Other highlights of the EX1 include selectable gamma curves, including four types of Cine Gamma identical to those on high-end CineAlta camcorders; a slow-shutter function; shutter controls adjustable by electronic shutter speed or by shutter angle; a 3.5" color LCD screen with a high resolution of 1920x480 pixels as well as a 16:9, color LCD viewfinder; a rotary hand grip; and two-channel, 16-bit, 48 kHz linear PCM uncompressed audio recording. For more information, visit www.bandpro.com or www.sony.com /xdcamex. Chrosziel Dresses Up the EX1 Coinciding with the release of Sony’s PMW-EX1, Chrosziel recently introduced a series of accessories for the camera, including a mattebox, sunshade and follow focus. Providing professional shading New Addition to the XDCam Family Band Pro Film & Digital’s recent “One World on HD” conference in Burbank, California, drew a crowd from across the globe, and one of the stars of the show was Sony’s new PMW-EX1 XDCam EX camcorder. Designed in response to the demand for a networked hi-def product at an affordable price, the EX1 boasts three 1⁄2" CMOS sensors and 1920x1080 and 1280x720 HD recording capability, all in a compact, handheld body. Despite carrying the XDCam brand, most of the key components — including the digital signal processor and memory recording mechanism — have been newly designed specifically for the EX1. For its recording media, the camcorder uses the newly developed SxS Pro memory card, which employs the PCI Express Interface to achieve a data-transfer speed of 800 Mb/s. Combining the moderate bit rate of MPEG-2 Long GOP compression adopted by the EX1 to the SxS Pro card, the camera offers long-form recording with nonlinear capabilities such as instantaneous random access and high70 March 2008 speed, file-based operation. Equipped with two memory-card slots, the EX1 can record up to 140 minutes of HD footage. The EX1’s imaging devices are three newly designed, ½" Exmor CMOS sensors, each of which boasts an effective pixel count of 1920x1080, allowing images to be captured in 1080p, 720p and 1080i HD resolutions with a multiple frame recording capability that includes 59.94i, 50i, 29.97p, 25p and native 23.98p. Furthermore, the PMWEX1 camcorder offers over- and undercranking functionality, allowing image capture at frame rates selectable from 1 fps to 60 fps in 720p mode and from 1 fps to 30 fps in 1080p mode, in increments of 1 fps. Recording to a flash memory card, the EX1 assigns each shot its own space, preventing any accidental overwriting of captured footage. The camcorder also generates thumbnails for each clip, allowing users to easily navigate a memory card’s contents through the camera interface. An “Expand” function divides a selected clip into 12 evenly timed intervals, each with its own thumbnail identifier. http://www.bandpro.com http://www.sony.com/xdcamex http://www.sony.com/xdcamex

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American Cinematographer - March 2008 Contents Editor’s Note Short Takes: Bill Viola’s Ocean Without a Shore Production Slate: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Production Slate: Chantal: A Night at the Pyramids Magical Mystery Tour Some Kind of Monster Tantalizing Television Making Sitcoms “Sexy” Post Focus: Mega Playground Helps Set Look for Sibling Post Focus: Visual Effects Society Launches White Paper New Products & Services International Marketplace Classified Ads Ad Index In Memoriam: John McPherson, ASC ASC Membership Roster Clubhouse News ASC Close-Up: Wayne Kennan

American Cinematographer - March 2008

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