Posted by Specs on 09/02/05 20:27

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
news:XDG+0VEbdCGDFwEJ@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
> In article <c80gh11i7qgogo86469kuq22la7ecrhe53@4ax.com>, Martin Heffels
> <biz@thisproductworks.com.?.invalid> writes
> >On 2 Sep 2005 00:11:53 -0700, nonkert@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >
> >Shoot film then. Just kidding :) You can get one of those portable
> >hard-drives which record straight from the firewire-port. Next step up
> >would be the Panasonic HDV-camera, which uses P2-sticks. Next up XDCAM.
> >Pick your choice :)
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >-martin-
>
> That statement illustrates the confusion the industry is in right now
> when $20K to $40K SD camera rigs such as XDCAM and Digi Beta are still
> rated as 'a step up' beyond $5K to $10K compacts that actually produce
> four to five times the picture quality.
> --
> John Lubran

Absolutely right John. I read somewhere that Sony's first of the new XDCAM
HD cameras will be demonstrated at IBC and will be released around April
next year. 36 Mb/s MPEG2 etc. Sony are positioning it above HDV and below
HDCAM. There are higher bit-rate (72Mb/s) versions planned which would tend
to suggest Digibeta's days are well and truly numbered.

If I find the link to the info I'll post it later....

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