XDCAM EXtra

The following was published in “Australian Cinematographer” in the Dec 08 issue. Author Mal Hamilton
There’s no denying the EX-3 (and EX-1) puts out great pics – how you describe ‘great’ pictures is purely subjective, in my case it rivals the images of the Sony XDCAM HD PDW-350 (and then some), which I can readily compare [...]

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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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I wrote this article in early 2007 after attending the Australian launch of the EX-1, together with some highly critical DOPs from the ACS (Australian Cinematographer’s Society).

On display were four EX-1 units, with their Japanese ‘minders’ answering operational questions. I did glean from one that there would be no ‘memory cache’ recording (well at least [...]

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