I Sent an email this week to a producer friend of mine in Kansas regarding the new Sony XDCam. I wanted to post a portion of the message.
Seems to be a lot of hype about this new cam. Although after reading that Sony decided to use MPEG-2 compression, I stopped reading wanted to yell really loud…. Yes, that’s right, this $6,700 HD shooting camera comes without all the bells and whistles we were all hoping for in a rival to the Panasonic 200…. only 2 audio channels (to the 200s four) (did I mention) MPEG-2, no ability to shoot to tape, 14x zoom, along with other minor issues I’m sure to find later. On the other side of things, this cam is flaunting a 1/2″ CMOS chip - WOW - that’s huge! This does provide a little hope to the MPEG format. But still after see what happens to MPEG footage after a little color correction and composite, I’m not sold yet. Anyway - that’s my story. Take a look and tell me what you think.
More sure to come on this between articles. Comments or thoughts on this cam are welcome.
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