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DV UPDATE Panasonic’s press event where they revealed the HPX170. about the image quality — especially in comparison with several other cameras available on the market — made me want to run out and grab one immediately. It’ll definitely be something to look into in the near future. — Jay Holben PLUGGED IN Over in the Plug-In Pavillion, Digital Anarchy was demo-ing the yet-to-be released FluidZ. Do go to www.digitalanarchy.com to check out the amazing range of FX. Here is certainly where a picture would be worth far more than words. — Ned Soltz $1K PER TB STORE Dulce Systems, a favorite of mine, will be delivering their ProDI system. This consists of DiPack — a removable brick of 16 2.5" drives (typical total capacity of 5TB) that snaps into a fibre channel enclosure. This is great for sending, well, digital intermediates, between editors. It’s not yet priced, but Dulce estimates pricing in the range of $1K per TB. — Ned Soltz SMALL WONDER Iconix now has 2K systems available in addition to an up-coming 3-D camera rig. These little cameras are becoming quite popular and are incredibly versatile. — Jay Holben arle t CANON FIRE ON SCARLET, ON EPIC On the subject of hype, I couldn’t bring myself to stand in the Disneyland-like line for the Red Digital Cinema booth. I know Red has introduced two new cameras, the Epic (5K!?) and Scarlet (3K!?). I have not personally had the opportunity to work with the Red One camera yet. The closest I’ve gotten to one was during my Digital Cinematography Supersession at this past year’s DV Expo when owner/operator Brad Hagen brought in a Red One for demonstration. Until I can get my hands on one and know that there is a legitimate and viable postproduction workflow as well as a viable production package, I’ll remain skeptical. — Jay Holben RED REDUX The buzz of the show: Red’s Scarlet; shipping in 2009; no orders taken at show; 3K camera for $3K; 2⁄3" CMOS sensor. Record Red codec to SD cards. Say what you might, Red indeed delivered its promise to ship the Red One camera last year. Say what you might about the evolving Red workflow, some amazing video is being shot on Red One. Deliveries and refinements continue. Scarlet is definitely a futuristic product. I will plunk down my deposit as soon as they are taking orders. Now, back to the world of real products either shipping now or shipping soon. — Ned Soltz 8 dv may 2008 Canon introduced four new cameras: The XL H1S, XL H1A, XH G1 and HXA1. The XL H1S upgrades from the existing XL H1 — and they’re impressive upgrades. Canon has been listening, folks! The 20x lens for the XL H1S is brand-spanking new and has quite a few advancements over the previous XL 20x, not the least of which being an iris ring — a rotating ring to control the camera’s iris in 1⁄16 stops (although only calibrated in the monitor in 1/4 stops). It is, unfortunately, a servo iris, just like the focus and zoom — but beggars can’t be choosers no matter how much they moan. In addition, you can now focus while zooming; the menu is much improved allowing even more image control than before. It’s an even bigger upgrade than the XL1S was to the XL1. The difference between the XL H1S and XL H1A is the lack of time code in and out, SDI out and gen-lock on the XL H1A, making it a less-expensive upgrade if those features aren’t required for your productions. The XH G1 and XH A1 are virtually identical to the XL H1, except in body shape, lack of SDI output (on the A1) and fixed lenses. All four cameras are HDV. — Jay Holben R s Sc ed’ ALL IN THE GLASS I went to the annual Canon USA dinner held at Roy’s Las Vegas, which has excellent Hawaiian-fusion food. One of the best NAB media events to attend, it’s a casual affair where one can laugh, drink and corner company executives for solid, candid information. One such question was posed to Larry Thorpe, the National www.dv.com http://www.digitalanarchy.com http://www.dv.com

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Digital Video - May 2008 Contents DV Update Close-Up AJ-HPX3000 Camcorder Sidecar Raid Zoom H2 Recorder Instant Expert 324 Flat-Panel Display Extreme 35MM Adapter Type-S JIB How Slow Can You Go? Global Gastronome Mixing It UP Long-Distance Runaround Tools & Technology DV 101 Production Diary

Digital Video - May 2008

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