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On Location with the Sony HVR-Z7E
Killer features of the Z7 include: the ability to record to tape and Compact Flash simultaneously, several record formats including HDV at 50i or 25P, record SD in DV or DVCam and the ability change lenses on the camera.
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On Location with the Sony HVR-Z7E
Killer features of the Z7 include: the ability to record to tape and Compact Flash simultaneously, several record formats including HDV at 50i or 25P, record SD in DV or DVCam and the ability change lenses on the camera.
Latest Videos
- Professional AVCHD and the Panasonic AG-HMC150
- RED Digital Cinema: Prototypes of Scarlet, Epic and Red Ray
- Blackmagic Design Introduces Video Recorder
- NAB 2008 - Product Overview
- Impressions of the Sony EX1
- Presentation by Richard Townhill, Director of Pro Video Product Marketing, Apple - FCPUG Supermeet, January 2008
Interview of the Week
Walter Murch - History of Editing (part 5)
In the final part of "Walter Murch - History of Editing", Murch talks about working with Final Cut Pro, the impact this system has had on working in the editing room, how it compares to Avid, and a look towards the future.
Latest Interviews
Editing
News > Adobe creative apps drive fortunes
Adobe reported a strong finish to the year.
Adobe reported a strong finish to the year, with both revenue and profit for its fourth quarter up more than 20 per cent.
Reviews > SoundStudio 3.5.5 Review
Sound editing and multi-tracking with Core Audio are some of the features SoundStudio 3.5.5 offers
If open source sound editor Audacity is a little ugly for your taste and tools like Bias Peak are too rich for your needs, then SoundStudio 3.5.5 provides a compromise. Newly updated for Leopard, this is a workmanlike digital audio editor with tools for cleaning up samples, making loops, correcting equalisation and multitracking.
Motion Graphics/VFX
News > Adobe updates After Effects
Adobe updates After Effects for Leopard and tapeless workflow
Adobe updates After Effects for Leopard and the Panasonic P2 tapeless workflow, latest iteration of the software is available now.
Reviews > Boris FX Final Effects Complete 5.0
A major overhaul for Final Effects Complete
Final Effects Complete (FEC), a collection of video-effects plug-ins, is one of those sets that seems to have been around for ages, first seeing light back in the mid-90s. Its first major upgrade since being brought into the Boris FX family three years ago is more than just a rebrand: the set contains some 108 plug-ins, as before – but under the hood they’ve been given a major overhaul.
DVD Authoring
News > Toshiba abandons HD DVD
Toshiba officially confirms abandonment on HD DVD
Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD products, handing victory to rival high definition disc format Blu-ray Disc.
Reviews > LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe
Burns images onto your discs after burning your DVDs
All current Macs can read DVDs, but not all can burn them. If you want to unleash your inner movie mogul, start backing up important files to dual-layer discs, or you just want a burner that does everything faster than your old internal optical drive, the easiest way is to add an external FireWire DVD burner. The d2 from LaCie does a great job at all of these tasks.
Encoding
News > VisualHub updated for the Apple TV
Video transcoding software gains welcome new feature
VideoHub will now include 5:1 surround sound in converted video files with a view to Apple TV 2.
Reviews > Blackmagic Design Introduces Video Recorder
Consumer and Pro Versions to enable realtime high quality encodes to H.264
Video Recorder is an H.264 encoder which enables one to to encode in real-time to iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube or uncompressed. Aimed largely at consumers, the $119 device takes analogue component in or the $300 professional version also works with SDI.
Camera Technology
News > US bans extra batteries from flights
US prohibits air passengers from packing spare laptop batteries in their checked luggage.
New rules in the US prohibit air passengers from packing spare laptop batteries in their checked luggage.
Reviews > First Look at Sony HVR-Z7
On location at Broadcast Live, Earls Court
The Sony HVR-Z7 is a breakthrough HDV camera in that it offers interchangeable lenses on a small body size, bumping up the potential to achieve great quality images. There are other HDV models which offer interchangeable lenses such as the JVC GY-HD100/GY-HD200 series and the Canon XL-H1 - for Sony, however this is a first. The interchangeable mount allows for mounting of 1/3rd inch lenses, 2/3rd inch lenses with adapter, still camera lenses and cinema style lenses.