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HDR-HC1E

yuget
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Nov 1, 2005, 3:43 AM

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I cannot understand why Sony would make a HDV camera that have only one chip. It seems obvious to me that the market for HDV is still a market of at least extremely serious videographers. I am waiting for a small version of the FX1 to use underwater and when Sony came with the HDR-HC1E, I thought that was it. Unfortunatly, they fitted only 1 chip and underwater with the amount of blue, 3 chip is the minimum if you want to have something decent for TV broadcasting.

Does anyone know if Sony gonna produce a small 3 chips HDV camcorder any time soon?

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MLiebergot
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Nov 1, 2005, 8:58 AM

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The camera is a one chipper yes, but you have to understand teh technology that went into it.
The camera uses a CMOS sensor chip, which is the same technology as digital cameras. It gives you the same dynamic range as a 3 chip camera, as the CMOS sensor uses a simliar technique as a 3 chip camera uses RGB.

I think you should ask DSE to explain this better. But the CMOS chip is the wave of the future. If they could produce a CMOS 1/2 chip, the it would be outstanding.
There are underater samples of the HC1 and A1 floating around the internet already, and the quality is outstanding. Check on the http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/ forums in the HC1/A1 section, and you can see for yourself.

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DSE
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Nov 1, 2005, 11:05 PM

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Re: [MLiebergot] HDR-HC1E [In reply to]	Can't Post

I'd love to explain, but Kodak has a really good article that I use in teaching.
Suffice it to say, I'll bet we see full 1.25" chips in the reasonably near future on very high end cams. CMOS isn't the loser it once was.

Kodak article

One thing about CMOS is that it can be variable/easier clocking, so doing various framerates like 24p shouldn't be a big deal. Or, stagger several CMOS chips and clock them/time them differently, so that they become a monster buffer for information if you had a way to store it off. These guys did something like that at Stanford.
HTH

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