XDCAM EXtra

Sony XDCAM HD cameras were used by Sydney’s multi-award winning production company for their latest large scale television mini-drama series

Singapore, 17 June 2008 (BroadcastAsia 2008, Booth 8L3-01) – Cameras from Sony’s XDCAM HD range, have been utilized to meet the demands of some extremely challenging environmental elements; by producer and director Marcus Gillezeau for [...]

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Sony Press Release:

The Clip Browser software that ships with each XDCAM EX camcorder at no additional charge is expected to be upgraded to version 2.0 this (northern hemisphere) summer.
Enhancements will include the capability to use XDCAM EX™ content within a DV editing workflow.
Optional plug-in software separately under development for Clip [...]

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“At 2.4 kg, it’s light and compact and is robust enough to stand up to rough treatment. It has been picked up and put down hard, karate kicked, banged against the roofs of cars and it still seems to carry on shooting with stunning results.”
Filming high speed chases from the back of a police car [...]

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Filmaker Alexander Korobko tells of being anxious using the tapeless workflow and hoping that everything will ‘just work” in -30C temperatures. – Mal

“The beauty of the XDCAM EX format cameras is that they allow you to literally drag, drop and play with files.”
Producer/director Alexander Korobko has just finished a 17-part series of half-hour films that [...]

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From Abel Cine Tech in the USA comes this preview of the EX-3.
Beware of roving camerapersons in this video, and I think the lapel mic fell down the shirt – just hope he found it. Some pricing is starting to emerge – B&H are quoting around US$8,500 ex taxes. Mal

A Sneak Peak at the Sony [...]

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Imagine Products has released an automated offload application for the XDCAM EX SxS cards. (Mac and Windows)
The program will make secure copies of the SxS card’s contents in up to 3 locations.
It also has user configurable auto-naming of target folders with audible finish indicatiion,
erases video contents of the card and rename when finished.
Single card (manual) [...]

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XDCAM EX LOG AND TRANSFER PLUG-IN
Version 1.0.0
PDZK-LT1
Log and Transfer Utility for MAC Version 1.00
The Log and Transfer plug in software utility for XDCAM EX allows any resolution of current XDCAM EX file to be easily imported within FCP using the standard Log and Transfer interface within FCP.
Features include:
Full-screen playback
Cache functionThumbnail information available even after ejecting [...]

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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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