Using The VX 1000 For The First Time? If you're a freelance camera person using this camera for the first time, you will find as I did, this is not like the broadcast cameras you've used. Be prepared for the following: 1. The color viewfinder makes it difficult to...
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Sony HVR-Z1U HDV Camcorder
What Users Say about the Sony HVR-Z1U HDV Camcorder Click to see large view The Official Sony Z1U Site Released Feb, 2005 Sony HVR-Z1U is the professional version of the Sony FX1 and offers many features not found on the FX1. For instance: The Z1 has an hour meter so...
How To Convert the IAS shoe on the Sony HDR-HC1
by Jerome Cloninger JC/DV Productions http://www.jcdv.com/shoeadapter.htm Email Jerome After searching hours on the net to find a sturdy method of converting the IAS shoe on the Sony HDR-HC1, I managed to build one in about 1 hour. Then making the 2nd one only took 15...
Sony HDR FX1 HDV Camcorder
What Users Say about the Sony HDR FX1 HDV Camcorder Sony FX1 is the leading Hi-Definition prosumer video camera currently available. Released in the fall of 2004, it was the first consumer HDV three chip camera with 1080 lines and 60 interlaced frames per second. It...
Adjusting The Back Focus of a Lens
In most cases, changing a lens will not require adjusting the back focus of a lens. But when a lens does not hold focus at both ends of the zoom range, you may need to adjust the back focus. By adjusting the back focus, you are changing the distance of between the...
JVC HD10U HDV Camcorder Review
What Users Say about the JVC HD 10U Low cost Hi definition camcorder The Official JVC HD10U Site Released in July 2003, JVC's HD10U HDV camcorder is only one chip, but it was the first to offer the HDV format on mini DV tapes. in 2004 an experimental short entitled...
JVC GY-DV500 Professional 3-CCD Camcorder
Review by Craig Zurhorst JVC's web site First, many thanks to Kevin Rand at NorthEast Audio Visual in Manchester, NH 1-800-358-6328 for the opportunity to evaluate this camcorder. Thanks also to JVC's New England Representative, George Doiron. I am evaluating JVC's...
Cell Phone Video: The Third Screen
Shoot Your Next Documentary With A Cell Phone Cell phone screens are now considered the "third screen" after TV and computer screens. Cell phones can send email, buy and download music, stream live television, play games, shoot video and ah yes, they can still make...
Canon’s XL1
The official Canon XL1 website Overview of the XL1 Featuring the Mini DV format, this 3 chip camera uses 1/3" chips with 250,000 effective pixels. The camera is equiped with a DV terminal that conforms to IEEE 1394 for digital transfer of video and sound. It comes...
How to Buy A Used Camcorder And not get taken to the cleaners
By Doug Graham Panda Productions Email Doug * 1. Determine how old the camera is. Units over about 6 years or so run the risk of developing leaky capacitors. Check for this by sniffing inside the camera, looking for a "fishy" smell. And check with the manufacturer....
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