Category: Shooting

The only previous option for shooting HDV footage was Sony’s HDR-FX1, a good camera with a $3,500 price tag. In today’s New York Times, David Pogue reviews the HDR-HC1, a new, smaller Sony camcorder that shoots HDV: A Look Ahead at HDTV, Shot by You. The HC1 is much smaller, but also uses only one ...

I’ve been wondering how long it would take for this to happen. JVC has introduced the Everio line of camcorders, which include a 20 GB or 30 GB 1.8-inch hard drive (like those found in iPods). Footage is saved directly to the hard drive instead of to MiniDV tape: <a title=" JVC Introduces Four Hard ...

So you want to shoot the next great underwater shark/disaster/alien movie? Here are some tips for doing it without throwing several hundred dollars out to sea: Shooting Underwater (from the LA Final Cut Pro User Group).

From the comments, Simon points to http://www.videogear.co.uk/, a site devoted to Sony’s new smaller-sized HDV camcorder.

Sony introduced a new, smaller, consumer version HDV camcorder last week, the HDR-HC1: Sony shrinks HD camcorder’s size and price. For $1,700, this camera is smaller and cheaper than the HDR-FX1, though it’s not clear how the image quality will be, since it uses a single CMOS image sensor instead of three CCD sensors. Expect ...

Ars Technica reviewed Make magazine and built the $14 steadicam that is one of the Make projects. Go to page 3 to view a movie comparing footage shot with and without the steadicam.

Ahh, to be the New York Times. I tried unsuccessfully to get a review unit of Sony’s new HDR-FX1 HD camcorder to write an upcoming iMovie HD review, but didn’t get anywhere. Not surprisingly, David Pogue at the Times has reviewed it: Technology > Circuits > State of the Art: Home Video Made to Watch ...

Wired News has an interesting article on how tech companies are trying to woo folks at the Sundance Film Festival: Shall We Do the Tech Sundance? Calderon said he’s stunned by the plummeting costs and improving quality of hardware and software — and he’s been immersed in video technologies since 1981. “This isn’t a shifting ...

Macworld Magazine has put up a review of current DV camcorders. Their favorite? Canon Optura 40.

A tripod is an invaluable aid when shooting, but sometimes a real pain to carry around. Enter the Bottle Cap Tripod for Digital Camera from Japan, a gizmo that lets you mount a camera on a water or soda bottle with 28.5 to 20.5 mm diameter.