Sony XDCAM EX

[William_Robinette]

Posted over at DVinfo:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content...-Camcorder.htm

Looks nice.

[hawaj]

tapes and discs are gone, yuk!

[polispol]

xpresscard... 8gb and 16gb.... two slots....
doesn't reminds you to something familiar?
what happened with bluray discs? aren't that the future?

[Digigenic]

xpresscard... 8gb and 16gb.... two slots....
doesn't reminds you to something familiar?

If it had 1/3" imagers, then yes, it would remind me of the HVX.
But it has 1/2" imagers, likely clearvid CMOS, which makes this a different beast, IMO.

what happened with bluray discs? aren't that the future?

Good point, but then again...the small form factor of this camera doesn't really allow disc drives to be implemented.

[MemphisMourns]

Anybody wanna guesstimate the retail on this? I'm going to be boring and say $5999... oh wait, did someone say 1/2 inch chips? Then I don't know.

[William_Robinette]

I'm guessing higher then that. I'm thinking more like the JVC HD200 in price, up around 9k.

[themagickite]

round 1....FIGHT!

[themagickite]

wonder how canon will respond to this?

[themagickite]

I'm guessing higher then that. I'm thinking more like the JVC HD200 in price, up around 9k.

maybe not, “The XDCAM EX camcorder will make the most sense in small production systems, where the shooter and editor is often the same person,” sounds like they want to appeal to those on a budget, it porobably won't have a tape drive like the hvx, and does anyone know for sure that this will use 3 sensors (maybe a single large CMOS like canon have been doing lately in their consumer range)?

just guessing, but it looks like direct competition to the hvx to me, so price would have to come close too, but as i say that's just my guess (possibly tainted by wishful thinking)

[Camera Expert]

wonder how canon will respond to this?

You mean Panasonic.



It’s nice to see that Sony secretly admired the HVX200. The Canon XH-A1 is in a different category.