Digital Video - NAB Show Special - March 14, 2008 - (Page 24)

NAB CAMERAS that Scarlet will be considerably smaller than the Red One — it’s described as “pocket-sized” — and will cost considerably less. Also, unlike the Red One at NAB ‘07, the Scarlet will actually be for sale at NAB ‘08. The first 100 Red One buyers will have the option to be the first to buy the new camera. However, some may be more interested in first rounding out Red One’s feature set with the latest software upgrades, a few more Red lenses, larger Flash drives, hard drives and the latest firmware upgrades in order to fulfill Red One’s initial promise. The Red team has been busy over the last year working to make that dream a reality. “We are obsessed with advancing the digital format to higher levels and think that you may want to see our vision of the future, crafted from the feedback of many,” says Red CEO Jim Jannard. SILICON IMAGING and partner P+S Technik have added a suite of new features to the SI-2K digital cine camera, including a film camera-style optical viewfinder, OLED electronic viewfinder, stereo 3-D and multi-camera frame-accurate synchronization and recording. Also look for a Mini-Rig for ergonomic singlehanded or shoulder-mount camera operation, a modular and upgradeable SI-2K enclosure, and integrated CineForm RAW QuickTime recording. Silicon will also feature a multi-camera controller for powering and synchronizing up to nine SI-2K cameras to create immersive videos for 360-degree-projection venues or for background plates for special effects at up to 18-megapixel resolution. SONY will finally unveil its F35 2K/4K camera. It will be designed for use with 35mm PL-mount film lenses and will likely mimic the F23 physically. Its feature set might also be similar to the F23, though few details are available before the show. Sony will show the PDW-700, the first camcorder in the XDCAM HD family to use 2⁄3" CCDs. The camera sports 2⁄3" Power HAD FX progressive CCDs with 1920x1080 resolution; it employs MPEG2, 4:2:2P@HL compression at up to 22 dv april 14, 2008 NAB Show special Iconix HD-RH1 50Mb/s and dual-layer optical recording with 4:2:2 color sampling for an enhanced recording capacity of 50GB per disc. It captures multiple formats in 1080i and 720p, and down-converts them to SD, or cross-converts from 1080i to 720p. Pool feeds are possible via SD/HD-SDI or composite inputs. There will also be a companion halfrack recording deck, the PDW-HD1500. Its tilt-up front panel supports multiple I/Os: HD-SDI, SD-SDI, i.LINK (IEEE 1394) and Ethernet. The dual-layer discs will have a maximum capacity of 95 minutes and 150 minutes at 35Mb/s, or 200 minutes at 25Mb/s HD. It offers eight-channel, 24-bit audio recording with dual optical pickup for high-speed file transfers. Sony will also showcase three new HDV camcorders: the HVR-1000, HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270U. The latter two have interchangeable Zeiss 12x HD lenses that can be swapped for any of a growing assortment of bayonet-mount 1⁄3" HD lenses, and for 1⁄2" or 2⁄3" lenses using adapters. All three camcorders include high-resolution color viewfinders and use Sony’s 1⁄3" ClearVid CMOS sensor system, enhanced by Exmor technology for highres, low-noise imaging in light as low as 1.5 lux. This capability should enable capturing video comparable to that captured with the 1⁄2" PMW-EX1 camcorder. Both the HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270U offer 1080 24p and 30p native progressive recording but can also record 1080i HDV, plus DVCAM and DV. They can also downconvert to SD and output via i.LINK. The HVR-Z7U also has HDMI, while the HVR- S270U is available with SD/HD-SDI. Both the HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270U can record to tape and Flash simultaneously with a new Flash recorder by Sony, which attaches to the back of the HVRZ7U or the side of the HVR-S270U. The Flash unit auto-synchronizes with the camcorder’s tape recording; it can capture the HDV 1080i, DVCAM or DV stream output from the camcorder and record HDV/DVCAM/DV files to a standard CompactFlash solid-state memory card. Two 16GB Flash cards can record up to 2.5 hours of HDV content. THOMSON GRASS VALLEY will showcase the Infinity camcorder, which boasts three 2⁄3" Xensium CMOS imagers and multiformat support, including 720 50p/60p, 1080 50i/60i, 525/60i and 625/50i. Infinity records JPEG 2000, MPEG-2 and DV25 to standard CompactFlash, to REV PRO media and to external devices. Metadata, video and audio content are written in an MXFbased wrapper. Infinity has SD/HD-SDI and IT-based I/O, plus an HDMI viewfinder connector and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. VISION RESEARCH will introduce the Phantom V5.2 high-speed camera. At a full resolution of 1152x896, the Phantom is capable of capturing 1,000 pictures per second. This performance can be boosted to an astounding 148,000 fps, but at lower resolutions. Phantom features Extreme Dynamic Range for capturing details in hot spots that would blow out with conventional camera settings. DV www.dv.com http://www.dv.com

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