DVL-Digest 644 - Postings: Index Adam Wilt & Fuzzy Bits Panasonic ag ez1 camcorder fir Sensitive! - (2) Throwing Down the DV Gauntlet Adam Wilt & Fuzzy Bits - Adam Wilt > Adam, > Just curious, is there anything you don't know? Many things, of course -- only I don't know what they are. :-) Or, as the third opening quote in Michael Shamberg's seminal work "Guerilla Television" puts it, "There are some things that are impossible to know. But it is impossible to know these things." [BTW if anyone has a copy of Gueerilla Television they want to sell, please contact me off the list. I've been looking for a copy for about 10 years!] > P.S. I saw your digital filmmaking at DV Expo and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope it was informative as well as enjoyable. Cheers, Adam Wilt Panasonic ag ez1 camcorder fir - Adam Wilt He said there was an accessory for ag-ez1 will make dv transfer possible > in Japan. Unfortunately, the accessory is an AG-DV2000 DV VCR! :-) Cheers, Adam Wilt Sensitive! - "Perry" Another episode in the slowly evolving test of the 'Palmcorders': I had to pop down a local pub last night to see a mate in a band. It was the usual red light jobby (why do pub bands always use red light?) and a good chance to see how sensitive the cameras were in a real life scenario. I took the VX2000 which treated the scene with disdain, bright as daylight (almost!). Unfortunately the PC110 has had to go back, but the Pana/Sharp/JVC/Canon were all very disappointing, almost unusable in the conditions. The exposure was way down, and the autofocus struggled as did the auto-white. Some of the cameras have a 'night vision' mode but this is monochrome. Perry Mitchell Video Facilities http://www.perrybits.co.uk/ Sensitive! - "Perry" Ton Guiking posted: >BTW, what were the other cams you were testing.< With the groups permission I'll think aloud, I'd love to get some feedback about things like looks, ergonomics and just general sexiness. I'm doing a review for a non technical mag. Sony DCR-PC110E - This is an amazing piece of kit, it has so many gizmos on it that it should probably be classified as a military secret. Rather difficult to hold and an over sensitive zoom control, but the only one with the manual focus actually on the lens barrel. The downside of the oversized chip (for stills) is that the wide angle is not nearly wide enough for video. JVC GR-DVL9800E - Rather a plain Jane, but it has all sorts of interesting technology, and is perhaps the most comfortable to use except for low level shots. Has the biggest LCD, but a rather confusing control system. I'm always wary of criticising this because I realise a real owner would soon get used to it. Sharp VL-PD6H - I'm finding it a little difficult to say anything positive about this camera! Panasonic NV-DS25B - IMHO the ugliest camera here by some margin, not helped by being the biggest. I can almost forgive it anything because it has the widest angle lens by some margin. Very similar to the JVC to hold and use and also a confusing control system. Maybe I've just been using Sony cameras too long! Canon MV3iMC - Wow, now this is what I call sexy! It seems half the size of the others and is amazingly easy to hold and use in almost any position. Very nice control system, but leaving the 16:9 squeeze mode picture that shape on the viewfinder seems strange. I would be wholly convinced if it had a wider lens and was a little more sensitive. I'm not convinced that a combined video/stills camera is sensible, so I would love to hear some opinions on this. All the above are in this camp, but some take it more seriously than others; only the JVC and Sony have a built in flash and only the Sony offers a lot more stills resolution, but this is well short of current models of digital stills cameras. Perry Mitchell Video Facilities http://www.perrybits.co.uk/ Throwing Down the DV Gauntlet - Adam Wilt Those old-timers on this list may remember Marshall Spight's "throwing down the DV gauntlet" about three years ago, in which he wanted to find out if DV filmmaking was really possible. I responded, became his DP, and the result is now online for anyone to see: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/skeletons/film_detail/0,1263,220365,00.html or just go to iFilm and search for "The Beautiful Thing." Those of you who have suffered through my DVExpo or NAB classes have seen clips of it already; now's your chance to put the clips in context. Cheers, Adam Wilt (diese posts stammen von der DV-L Mailingliste - THX to Adam Wilt and Perry Mitchell :-) [up] |
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