Posted by Richard Crowley on 05/26/06 12:40

"Free Thinker" wrote ...

> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> My favorite is the Pannasonic WJ-AVE5 which allows two
>> non-synchronous inputs, has lots of wipes and effects, and
>> even picture-in-picture, etc. Not made for a long time, but
>> likely available on eBay, etc.
>
> Thanks for the info, but what I'm looking for is a CAMERA
> that can take an auxillary video input and smoothly switch with it.
> This way I could avoid moving the camera so much.

Doesn't exist unless you make one yourself.

> I see that some of the new high definition cameras specs talk
> http://www.videomaker.com/scripts/news.cfm?id=1494
> about a genlock input, but I can't tell if they have the feature
> I'm looking for. Maybe there isn't one.

Genlock allows cameras to be synced together. Nobody who
can afford pro cameras does switching from the camera, which
is why the feature you are seeking doesn't exist.

> I would think there must be a camera, maybe a professional
> one, out there that has this feature.

Pro-level equipment implies pro-level staffing also. Whether
we like it or agree with it or not.

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