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[Drew Ott]

I think that footage looked very good. It did feel like video though, but, good video.

[rawfa]

When will the next big audiovisual fair/expo happen? I'd like to know more or less when should I be crossing my fingers for a new panasonic hd camera.

[Zim]

yes, when will the next show that Sony might release a US version of this camera?

Could Panasonic pull something out of their hat?

[mikkowilson]

Don't hold your breath. News can come any time.

Though IBC and NAB at the "big" shows, there are tradeshows all the time all over the place.

Cinex next week in Germany, Broadcast Asia is coming up I think, there's Cinegear in the middle of the summer in LA, There's DVexpo East .. and West. Canon has their own shindig in NY I think, etc... there are just too many shows to wait for the next one. And product announcements are even less predictable.

- Mikko

[Barry_Green]

There are indeed many shows. Panasonic and Canon actually showed their HVX & XLH1 at ResFest, which isn't really a trade show at all, it's a traveling film festival.

Panasonic's first hands-on for the DVX, and JVC's first hands-on for a working HD100, was at the WEVA expo in August in Las Vegas.

The HVX's big rollout, and the XLH1's big rollout, were at DV Expo in Los Angeles in November/December.

But the companies don't always wait for shows to announce; the JVC HD100 was announced in press releases in February, no show anywhere nearby; they showed the first working prototypes in April at NAB.

And the XHA1 and XHG1 were announced unrelated to a show, n'est-ce pas? So even though this IBC was the first chance to get hands on a working prototype, they'd already been announced. And Sony announced their little AVC-HD consumer cameras in press releases, unrelated to any trade show.

So news can come at any time, although shows are a place where you can get first footage and first user impressions.

[rawfa]

Lets hope for sooner than latter...duh...

[TimurCivan]

wow the V1 looks pretty good.

[Heath McKnight]

I've seen some other footage from the camera and it looks stunning. What I saw makes this camera WORTH buying. It's stunning and I recognized how this camera will benefit me, and many others.

heath

[Fugitive]

Heath, How does it compare to the FX1/Z1 in terms of perceptible resolution, lattitude, etc?

[Heath McKnight]

To my eye with what I saw, it was better than the FX1 and Z1, and I use those cameras every week.

heath