Digital Video - December 2007 - (Page 10) DV UPDATE IBC PERSPECTIVES to use three 1/2-inch Exmor CMOS sensors for both the XDCAM EX camcorder. The stated signal-to-noise ratio for the PMW-EX1 is 54 dB; it records 1080p, 1080i, or 720p, at 59.94i, 50i, 29.97p, 25p or 23.976p. Meanwhile, another small, as yet unnamed camcorder slated for release by Sony next year will have three 1/3-inch CMOS sensors and a 1/3inch bayonet mount for interchangeable lenses, recording HDV, DVCAM and DV on miniDV cassettes. These two units may presage an industry-wide move away from CCDs towards CMOS sensors. Grass Valley’s long-delayed Infinity camera was used to shoot the IBC daily news program. Based on three 2/3-inch CMOS sensors, the Infinity records on both solid-state memory and hard drives. Red Digital Cinema shipped its first cameras to customers a few days before IBC. Interest in this single-CMOS-sensor camera remained high, though there weren’t any lines at Red’s IBC booth, as Peter Jackson’s short Crossing the Line— HD in the HDV format (MPEG-2 long GOP recording, identical to the approach used in Sony’s XDCAM HD line) at either 35Mb/s or 25Mb/s. The format should have an established post workflow since it appears to be identical to XDCAM HD. Sony’s new cards are designed to slip into the Express card slot on current laptops. DV 101: BLOG DEBUT TWO NEW SONY CAMCORDERS BASED ON CMOS SENSORS MAY PRESAGE AN INDUSTRY-WIDE Jay Holben MOVE AWAY FROM CCDS. The camcorder is smaller and lighter than Sony’s HVR-Z1U, and should be easier to handhold. It will be interesting to see how the PMW-EX1 fares against Panasonic’s solid-state camcorders in the under-$10,000 bracket: the AJ-HVX200 and the AG-HCS1U. Of further interest was Sony’s decision Storage Your best shot. Combine your perfect shots with Sonnet protected storage for your high-end video projects. Competitively priced and available up to 8TB in desktop or rackmount configurations, Sonnet’s Fusion D800 and R800 RAID systems offer video editors ideal setups. Line up multiple streams of ProRes 422HQ under RAID 5 protection, or enjoy the flexibility and portability of a quad-interface Fusion Q-series. Rack up 8TB of Sonnet Fusion storage for your next creative project, and come in first. Creativity Stored Here™ DV magazine Technical Editor Jay Holben has launched his new blog, DV 101, on DV.com as an online companion to his monthly DV 101 column. Entries in Holben’s blog can be found at www.dv.com/columns/ index.php. Holben’s monthly DV101 magazine column will cover tips and techniques on the basics of digital production— including cameras, lighting, editing, optics and many other subjects in both production and post—and he’ll be expanding upon these subjects at DV.com. “It will include further discussion on the topics in the DV101 column,” Holben explains, “as well as details from my own filmmaking travels—and I’ll be updating as often as possible.” An experienced writer, director, cinematographer and chief lighting technician, Holben has been a contributing writer to American Cinematographer magazine since 1997 and served as one of AC’s technical editors. He has contributed to several books on the technical aspects of filmmaking, including the American Cinematographer Manual. “Since about 2004, one of my primary jobs for AC has been to perform practical reviews of new technology,” he adds. “I’ve been an avid reader of DV magazine for the past couple of years and I’m very excited to participate in the new phase of its legacy with DV Editor Dave Williams,” says Holben. Look for Holben’s DV 101 blog entries every Tuesday and Friday at DV.com, as well as his presence as a new moderator on the DV Forums, found at www.dv-forums.com/forums/. www.dv.com www.sonnettech.com http://DV.com http://www.dv.com/columns/index.php http://www.dv.com/columns/index.php http://DV.com http://www.sonnettech.com http://www.dv-forums.com/forums/ http://www.dv.com
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