Will the Z7U take anything away from the A1?

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Im sure that everyone has seen the Z7U on the Horizon, along with RED Scarlet too i guess. So i have been wondering what this means for the A1?

I haven't heard anything from Canon on any new cam' for NAB or 2008 in general to replace the A1 - are canon holding back to see how the solid state recording settles before releasing another camera to rival them all?

Will we see the price come down for the A1 - or a new rebate to compete?

All i can do is speculate. . . . .
 
I really like the idea that sony will be using CF cards in the HVR-Z7U. A hand full of 32gb CF cards are a lot cheaper than a FireStore, plus no extra weight or batteries from a direct to NLE external system. (for those of you that don't know, about 72min per 16gb CF card)
 
The new Sony HDV cameras are very exciting and a great news for the HDV communauty, the codec is more and more popular and gaining ground among the profesionnal communauty and those new Sony will greatly contribute to that.
The Canon A1 is still half the price of the Sony z7 and I don't see why Canon should cut the price more, on the contrary I think that the Canon should benefit from the new offering from Sony, since its a clear indication that there is a great future for the HDV format.
 
TheWakePlace.com said:
along with RED Scarlet too i guess
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Please, please, please. The only people who know anything about the Scarlet are not talking. I'm betting it will not be the slayer to the <10k market we all want it to be.

I worked with P2 for the first time this past weekend and have been using XDcam for over a year. I will say that tape sucks. Sony going CF is a great step and I look forward to footage.
 
Canon never leaks or talks about anything. It would just appear at nab without notice, if that happens I can see it being something above the xha1 that's 2 grand more and also shoots to cf.
 
Even if the Red Scarlet camera is only 2k do you know anthing available that can shoot and record 2k at 60 frames per second that is available for under $10,000?
 
JVC just introduced an Everio hard disk camcorder that does 1080/60p to hard disk. Not in the same league, class, or even planet as a professional 2K camcorder, of course, but it's the first >720 60p system available on the consumer market.
 
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