Sony XDCAM EX

[myCharlie]

I'm interested in this camera but I couldn't find anywhere on the exact release date. Any chance this camea will be released before the end of this year...like Christmas?

[William_Robinette]

I think October was the date set.

[myCharlie]

Thanks! By the way, I've read that the lens of the XDCam Ex is manual. So then I wonder if the lens is also interchangeble. Anyone know?

[snowleopard]

No. Unless they make some dramatic changes from the prototype images we've seen.

[TimurCivan]

i wonder if its true manual or servo focus / manual zoom like hvx/dvx.

[William_Robinette]

Everything I have read points to it being a true manual lens, ala what you would find on a broadcast camera sans the ability to remove it. That alone is an extremely attractive feature.

[myCharlie]

It would be so nice if it has interchangeable lense. Does Panasonic has a competing model that has interchangeable lense capability?

[Barry_Green]

The least-expensive Panasonic with interchangeable lenses in HD would be the HPX500.

[myCharlie]

Wow. It's not cheap. Thanks for the info. But for the price of HPX500, I might go with the Red One camera.