XDCAM EXtra

New PHU-120K offers Professional Videographers more capacity to capture their XDCAM EX footage Sony Professional Media increases the efficiency of XDCAM EX even furtherwith the launch of the new PHU-120K.
This light but robust external Professional Hard Disk unit offers 120GB of XDCAM EX storage capacity, striking HD pictures, excellent mobility and high operational efficiency [...]

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SONY PRESS RELEASE

SONY EXPANDS LINE OF LUMA LCD PROFESSIONAL MONITORS WITH NEW NINE-INCH DISPLAY
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 26, 2009 – Sony’s family of LUMA® professional LCD displays is expanding to include the new LMD-940W 9-inch widescreen model (viewable area measured diagonally).
With a WVGA resolution of 800 x 400 and weighing less than 5 pounds, the [...]

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PRESS RELEASE
JVC Introduces GY-HM700 ProHD Camcorder
First Compact Shoulder camcorder to offer Native File Recording onto inexpensive solid state media.
Feb. 11, 2009
WAYNE, N.J., Feb 11, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — JVC announces its latest Compact Shoulder professional camcorder developed for mainstream production, electronic newsgathering and cinematography, the GY-HM700.
The new camera uniquely records directly to inexpensive SDHC memory [...]

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“What Sony is doing is to make cameras which give us the chance to show our creativity. The cameras are now much, much better and the settings of the camera are so good. It’s a great opportunity.”
Patient 17 marks the feature film debut for Tuyet Le as director and writer, working alongside DoP Antony Shearn. [...]

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“Sony’s EX3 cameras will enable us to film within the confines of the ship with a more immediate and intimate feel, as well as supporting the PDW-700. There are also lots of hidden benefits of using the tapeless PDW-700 camcorders – the longer recording capacity of the dual layer 50GB Professional Discs means that, in [...]

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SONY PRESS RELEASE
“We saw the EX3 at NAB and liked that it had the same quality as the EX1 in terms of overcranking and undercranking, time-lapse, plus interchangeable lenses.”
When Ocean Futures Society cinematographer Matthew Ferraro took delivery of a PMW-EX3 XDCAM EX camcorder last year, he put it to work right away, supplementing the work [...]

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SONY PRESS RELEASE:
“The EX1 footage works seamlessly with our existing in-house edit suite using Final Cut Pro 6.0.4 and we are very pleased with the results on the screen.”
“Aqua Vita Films’ upcoming Gorilla School, a 13 x 30-minute series for Animal Planet International, follows three orphaned gorillas from the protection of a zoo in the [...]

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Jan 09
A guide to editing with XDCAM media sourced from XDCAM HD422 & XDCAM EX – and what products are available, AVID, Edius, Final Cut Pro, Vegas 8 etc..
“Working without tape doesn’t have to be complex. It can be liberating, provided you follow the correct procedures.”
Sony Press release sourced from Sony Europe

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Have you checked if ‘black’ is ‘black’ with your EX images?  If not you may need an IR filter.
Nov 17, 2008 1:14 PM Source: Broadcasting Engineering
Schneider Optics has introduced the TRU-CUT IR-750 filter, designed to eliminate light in the infrared (IR) spectrum before it reaches an HD camera’s sensors.
Most HD cameras [...]

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Over at the DVI Forum there’s been some lengthy discussion on the latest firmware upgrade for the EX-1 (it comes installed with the EX-3), allowing other flash media to be used in the cameras via an Express Card reader / writer. If you haven’t the time to read all the postings a summary of the [...]

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