Singapore – Sony announced the new compact professional HDV handheld camcorder, the HVR-Z5P/HVR-Z5N and its memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K - designed to enhance creativity and deliver the highest standard of optical and audio quality.
The camcorder features a new high-performance [...]
Massachusetts - Avid Technology, Inc. announced qualification of the Sony XDCAM HD MPEG 2 Long GoP 50 Mb/s format in its Media Composer, NewsCutter and Symphony product lines.
Customers will be able to increase the speed and quality of productions by working with full raster [...]
Paris/California - The Thomson Grass Valley LDK 8300 HD Super SloMo camera from Thomson, has been recognised with a 2008 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award at the 2008 IBC convention.
The STAR Award is given by TV Technology Europe magazine to celebrate and showcase [...]
USA - Sony is expanding its industry leading line-up of high-definition video products with two new HDV cameras designed to meet the needs of professionals and prosumers.
With the HDR-FX1000 Handycam camcorder, videographers gain access to cinematic features, including 24P scanning [...]
Amsterdam - Sony announced spectacular sales figures for its entire range of HD and file-based workflow solutions at IBC 2008.
As well as 37,000 global sales of Sony’s XDCAM family of professional disc camcorders and decks, Sony’s HD leadership continued to accelerate.
Sony’s [...]
Amsterdam - Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) announced its alliance with Sony Corporation to support the XDCAM EX MPEG-2 professional video file format and SxS (S-By-S) solid state flash memory cards.
JVC is committed to develop products based on the XDCAM EX file format utilising [...]
Panasonic will release a new P2HD handheld camcorder, AG-HPX172, this month. This new model has been added to the P2HD series solid-state memory recording system for broadcast use.
The body weight has been significantly reduced by adopting a newly developed 13x Leica Dicomar [...]
IT-based workflow will dominate Sony’s stand at IBC 2008. From the entry-level HDV family’s latest hybrid recording products and the extension to the XDCAM range’s Meta data management capabilities to Sony’s new high-end HDCAM SR IT interface, visitors will see Sony’s choice of solutions [...]
Hong Kong - The launch of the new Sony PMW-EX3 XDCAM EX Camcorder with its interchangeable lens system enables users to make lens choices depending on the nature of their project.
The PMW-EX3 follows on from the successful launch of the PMW-EX1 and offers all the features of [...]
Malaysia - Hooperz, a new film which has just wrapped production, is the first feature shot on RED One 4K in Malaysia, and possibly Southeast Asia. The feature, co-directed by Moon and Dhojee, is a joint production between KL Motion Picture Company, MHZ Films and Grand Brilliance [...]