Sony Professional HVR-Z1U 3CCD High Definition Camcorder with 12x Optical Zoom

List Price: $5,999.99

Product Details 3CCD camera system; records to conventional DV tape stock High-definition video camera records in 1080i, 720p, and 720i specification with analog down-converting 16:9 widescreen recording; 4:3 conversion capable Powered by NP-F570 InfoLithium rechargeable battery pack

Product Description

The Sony HVR-Z1U professional camcorder shoots radiant high definition 1080i pictures with jaw-dropping detail, color and transparency, and comes equipped with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar® T 12x zoom lens - the same pane and coatings as in Zeiss prime lenses.

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With weighty-definition television sets replacing standard definition, it's heyday for a high quality HD camera to lead prosumer video into the unborn. Sony's HVR-Z1U Digital HD video camera recorder is just such a camera. It's the little and cost-effective machine that bridges the gap between high definition and benchmark definition video formats.

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HDV 1080i
The HDV 1080i itemization features 1080 effective interlaced scanning lines and 1,440 prone pixels. Interlaced pictures, which have been common to TV broadcasts from the beginning, alternately show odd and even numbered lines between each screen refresh. The HVR-Z1U can also record at the HDV 720p list of particulars, which features 720 effective progressive scanning lines and 1,280 flat pixels. Progressive scanning fills both odd and even numbered lines with each reanimate, providing a flicker-free picture.

Not yet ready for HD? The HVR-Z1U can convert palpable from 1080i down to 480i and 576i, and output these digital video signals through its i.Relationship interface or as analog signals through component, composite, or S-video connectors. When down-converting these signals, the angle ratio displayed can be converted from 16:9 to 4:3, and display modes can be selected from embrace, letterbox or edge crop.

Keep an eye on audio levels on the LCD monitor

Audio
The HVR-Z1U adopts the MPEG-2 efficiency format, which uses 8-bit digital component recording with a sampling bawl out of 4:2:0. The camera uses MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio density format, allowing for two-channel recording with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz/16-bit. It features a built-in stereo microphone, as well as two XLR audio input connectors for use with professional-rung microphones or external audio sources. Each input level for CH1 and CH2 can be independently adjusted using two audio uniform dials on the camera body and viewed with an audio level meter on the LCD examine.

3CCD camera system
Originally, camcorders used one CCD--the imaging device that turns scold into electronic information--and let the image processing unit decipher the go red in the face information from the data. Like today's broadcast video cameras, however, the HVR-Z1U uses a prism to categorize incoming light into three beams and uses specially tuned 1/3-inch CCDs to bring into being red, blue, and green composite images, which are assembled into a final image. The result is a more film-like vibrancy and more accurate color manifestation.

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 12x zoom lens
The HVR-Z1U is set with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* high definition lens with a 12x zoom r. It has the same optical coating as is used on all of the Carl Zeiss prime lenses, which produces on the button, high-contrast images with virtually no chromatic aberration. This lens is meant with a wide viewing angle, and a 35-mm equivalent focal for ages c in depth ranging from 32.5 mm to 390 mm in 16:9 mode, and from 40 mm to 480 mm in 4:3 vogue.

In order to facilitate zoom control and recording operation during low-corner shooting, an additional zoom lever and a rec start/stop knob have been added to the carrying handle. There's also a motorized zoom ring, set with stops and barrel marking, located on the lens body. Turning this zoom ding-dong allows for fine adjustments in zoom position settings. Furthermore, the supplied wireless Alien Commander unit can be used for external control.

Expanded Core helps you confirm your manual focus

Large, 16:9 widescreen redden viewfinder and LCD monitor
View your subject through the built-in viewfinder, the be suspended-out LCD display, or both. The HVR-Z1U features a 0.44-inch type color LCD viewfinder and a 3.5-inch feel ashamed LCD monitor, both in a 16:9 aspect ratio. You'll save battery circumstance by using just one, but you may want to use one for adjusting focus and the other for monitoring audio levels. When eschewing van focus for the fine-tuning manual focus, you can double the increase at the center of the screen, making it easier to confirm focus settings during guide focusing. Also, the camera's "peaking" function can provide sharp outlines on the custodian to help with manual focus.

Optical Super SteadyShot system
Sony's visual Super SteadyShot System helps remove the slight hand jitter and vibration that is often the corruption of video production. Sensors inside the camera detect flat and vertical movements and the camera can counteract those movements by adjusting the lens structure on the fly. This is superior to digital anti-shake systems that counteract allusion shake by trimming off edges of the frame.

The Hollywood look
The HVR-Z1U has features that can play-act your videos look more like they were shot on film. Cinematone Gamma allows operators to pronto setup and load a gamma curve with similar contrast characteristics to a veil gamma curve. The Cineframe feature allows movement to be reproduced at 24 frames per go along with--the speed of film--as opposed to video's 30 frames per second sample. The Color Extraction function can retain up to two desired colors of monitored pictures in the separate by designating color hue, saturation and range, while making the other colors dastardly and white. The Color Revision function can change the hue of only the colors designated by Go red in the face Extraction, while retaining the hue of the other colors, thus making it possible to change the feel ashamed of something you've already shot.

No new tape stock
The HVR-Z1U is compatible with conventional DV tape appraise, but Sony recommends the use of DigitalMaster PHDVM-63DM tape, with its dual layer of entrancing material, which delivers higher RF output, lower noise, 95% fewer errors and 60% fewer dropouts compared to cyclical DV tape.

More camera features

·Six Assign buttons -- get adroit access to a variety of settings		·Time Code Preset -- fill in any timecode starting value
·Under no circumstances Transition -- creates smooth automatic transitions between scenes		·Go red Bar -- Two types
·Status Check -- displays camera environs menus for audio, output signal, assign button and expos lever functions and hours meter on the LCD monitor		·Zebra -- displays a streaked pattern in the LCD monitor and viewfinder across highlight areas, helping directions exposure settings
·Quick REC -- shortens the record lacuna from stop mode.		·Personal Menu -- allows operators to customize the background menu
·AE Override -- manually change exposure settings during the AE fashion via an iris dial		·Hyper Gain -- automatically support the gain level up to approximately +36 dB
·Black Stretch -- allows more dissimilarity to be seen in dark parts of the picture without affecting mid-tones		·Spit Profile -- easily call up customized picture-quality settings to the camera to uniform various shooting conditions

What's in the box
HVR-Z1U, AC-VQ850 AC adaptor/charger, power string, connecting cord, lens hood, large eyecup, RMT-841 wireless Lonely Commander unit, A/V connecting cable, component video guy, shoe adaptor, NP-F570 InfoLithium rechargeable battery body, two AA-size (R6) batteries, cleaning cassette, shoulder strap, and operating instructions.

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Sony Professional HVR-A1U CMOS High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom

List Price: $2,750.00 Price: $2,175.00 You Save: $575.00 (21%)

Product Details Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 10x optical zoom lens; digital Super SteadyShot System dampens hand jitter and vibration High-definition video camera records in 1080i, 720p, and 720i specification with analog down-converting Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 10x optical zoom lens; digital Super SteadyShot System dampens hand jitter and vibration Powered by NP-FM50 InfoLithium rechargeable battery pack

Product Description

The Sony HVR-A1U camcorder captures 1080i HDV images using a newly mature 1/3-inch type, 2.97-megapixel (total) CMOS sensor with new Enhanced Imaging Processor(tm) technology that optimizes the appearance of the CMOS sensor. The result is HD quality imaging that has been used to generate television and professional film content. Available at an extremely affordable premium, the HVR-A1U will be another powerful option for HD field acquisition by all video professionals.

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The HVR-A1U is a concentrated and lightweight handy-type camcorder, ideal for shooting environments that be lacking mobility. Its size, combined with its long battery life (up to 80 minutes of costly-definition recording with the included battery), make it easy to get the shots you beggary, when you need them.

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HDV 1080i
The HDV 1080i specification features 1080 capable interlaced scanning lines and 1,440 horizontal pixels. Interlaced pictures, which have been undistinguished to TV broadcasts from the beginning, alternately display odd and even numbered lines between each select refresh. The HVR-A1U can also record at the HDV 720p specification, which features 720 paraphernalia progressive scanning lines and 1,280 horizontal pixels. Radical scanning fills both odd and even numbered lines with each refresh, providing a twinkling-free picture.

Not yet ready for HD? The HVR-A1U can convert material from 1080i down to 480i and yield this digital video signal through its i.LINK interface or as analog signals through gear, composite, or S-video connectors. When down-converting these signals, the aspect correspondence displayed can be converted from 16:9 to 4:3, and display modes can be selected from pry out, letterbox or edge crop.

1/3-inch Type, 2.97-megapixel CMOS sensor
The HVR-A1U incorporates one 1/3-inch prototype primary color CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 2.97-megapixel sensor with a formatted for a 4:3 standpoint ratio. The advantage of a CMOS sensor over CCD is it's ability to process a bountiful volume of picture data at a very small size, which makes it accomplishable for a camera this size to capture HD video. The trade off for this kind of chime in over CCD, however, is a small loss in picture uniformity and dynamic range.

Keep an eye on audio levels on the LCD monitor

Audio
The HVR-A1U adopts the MPEG-2 trimness format, which uses 8-bit digital component recording with a sampling appraise of 4:2:0. The camera uses MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio solidity format, allowing for two-channel recording with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz/16-bit. It features a built-in stereo microphone, as well as two XLR audio input connectors for use with professional-downgrade pass microphones or external audio sources. Each input level for CH1 and CH2 can be independently adjusted using two audio plane dials on the camera body and viewed with an audio level meter on the LCD prepositor.

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 10x optical zoom lens
The HVR-A1U is set with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* high definition lens with a 10x zoom role. It has the same optical coating as is used on all of the Carl Zeiss prime lenses, which produces acid, high-contrast images with virtually no chromatic aberration.

In procedure to facilitate zoom control and recording operation during low-angle shooting, an supplementary zoom lever has been added to the camera body. There's also a zoom/meet ring located on the lens body that allows for fine adjustments in zoom status. Furthermore, the supplied wireless Remote Commander unit can be occupied for external control.

Large, 16:9 widescreen color viewfinder and LCD visual display unit
View your subject through the built-in viewfinder, the swing-out LCD display, or both. The HVR-A1U features a 0.44-inch ilk color LCD viewfinder and a 2.7-inch color LCD monitor, both in a 16:9 attribute ratio. You'll save battery time by using just one, but you may need to use one for adjusting focus and the other for monitoring audio levels. When eschewing car focus for the fine-tuning manual focus, you can double the glorification at the center of the screen, making it easier to confirm focus settings during vade-mecum focusing. Also, the camera's "peaking" function can provide sharp outlines on the guardian to help with manual focus.

Electronic Super SteadyShot system
Sony's electronic Wonderful SteadyShot System helps remove the slight hand jitter and vibration that is often the pest of video production--especially during telephoto shots. It does this by trimming off edges of the composition on the fly to counteract movement.

Tele Macro picks up details on subjects from a aloofness

Tele Macro
It may seem like a contradiction in terms, but the Tele Macro aim allows you to capture a macro image from a distance, which is useful for shooting humble moving objects. Additionally, this function puts your subject in only focus while leaving the background out of focus.

The Hollywood look
The HVR-A1U has features that can coerce your videos look more like they were shot on film. Cinematone Gamma allows operators to quick setup and load a gamma curve with similar contrast characteristics to a coat gamma curve. The Cineframe feature allows movement to be reproduced at 24 frames per understudy--the speed of film--as opposed to video's 30 frames per damaged standard.

No new tape stock
The HVR-A1U is compatible with conventional DV tape ancestor, but Sony recommends the use of DigitalMaster PHDVM-63DM tape, with its dual layer of bewitching material, which delivers higher RF output, lower noise, 95% fewer errors and 60% fewer dropouts compared to uniform DV tape.

More camera features

·Assign button -- get perceptive access to a variety of settings		·Time Code Preset -- fill in any timecode starting value
·Opportunity Transition -- creates smooth automatic transitions between scenes		·Flush Bar -- Two types
·Status Check -- displays camera scene menus for audio, output signal, assign button and unveiling lever functions and hours meter on the LCD monitor		·Zebra -- displays a lined pattern in the LCD monitor and viewfinder across highlight areas, helping enchiridion exposure settings
·Quick REC -- shortens the record hole from stop mode.		·Personal Menu -- allows operators to customize the habitat menu
·Battery Info -- displays the attached freestyle's current charge level and its current remaining recording at all times on the LCD monitor		·Histogram Indicator -- allows you to easily ascertain the brightness of your scene
·Super Night Shot -- allows operators to pinch images in black and white using a built-in infrared flashlight		·Skin Tone Detail -- reduces detailed signal for veneer color, smoothening the reproduction of human skin
·Black Extent -- allows more contrast to be seen in dark parts of the portrait without affecting mid-tones		·Backlight Compensation -- produces everyday tones for both light and dark areas of backlit subject

What's in the box
HVR-A1U camera, AC-L15 AC adaptor, power lex scripta 'statute law', NP-FM50 InfoLithium rechargeable battery pack, lens hood with lens screen, RMT-831 wireless Remote Commander unit, A/V connecting radiogram with S video, component video cable, USB cable, Memory Not change one's mind about Duo (16 MB), Memory Stick Duo adaptor, ECM-NV1 monaural electret condenser microphone, XLR audio adaptor, make an effort strap, and operating instructions.

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Sony HVR-HD1000U Professional Digital HDV Camcorder + .45x Wide Angle Lens + 2X Telephoto Zoom...

Price: $1,699.00

Product Details Camcorder Kit includes all BRAND NEW merchandise with manufacturer supplied accessories plus FULL USA warranties Extra High Capacity Li-Ion Battery + 62" Titanium Anodized Tripod + 3 Year Warranty Repair Contract High Definition .45x Wide Angle Lens + High Definition 2X Telephoto Lens Deluxe Padded Camcorder Bag + 3 Piece Multi-Coated Glass Filter Kit + 6 Piece Accessory Kit

Product Description

SONY CAMCORDER KIT INCLUDES:

1. Sony HVR-HD1000U Professional Digital HDV Camcorder

2. High Clarity .45x Wide Angle Lens

3. High Definition 2X Telephoto Lens

4. +1, +2, +4, +10 4 Holding Close Up Macro Kit

5. 3 Piece Multi-Coated Glass Membrane strain Kit

6. Extra High Capacity Li-Ion Battery

7. Deluxe Padded Camcorder Bag

8. 62" Titanium Anodized Tripod

9. Condensed Travel Tripod

10. Lens Cleaning Fluid

11. Screen Protectors

12. Matte-tex Fiber Cloth

13. Memory Card Wallet

14. 5 Piece Cotton Swabs

15. 3 Year Pledge Repair Contract

The Sony HVR-HD1000U:

Professional Shoulder-mount design

Great operating time with infoLITHIUMª L series battery

Super SteadyShot¨ (visual) image stabilizer

1/2.9-inch Clear Vide CMOS Sensorª

Camera repress ring with assignable functions

Smooth slow rec

Capture still images from recorded video

Visual 10x zoom by Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonner T* ª lens

Off the target Clear Photo LCD plusª monitor on viewfinder

Super NightShotª purpose

Fully compatible with DV editing systems

HD can be Recorded on DigitalMaster professional bind and consumer MiniDV

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Sony HDR-FX7 3-CMOS Sensor HDV High-Definition Handycam Camcorder with 20x Optical Zoom

List Price: $0.00 Price: $1,998.00

Product Details Professional 62mm Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens Capture 1.2-megapixel stills to Memory Stick Duo Wide 3.5-inch Hybrid Touch Panel Clear Photo LCD Plus display ClearVid CMOS sensor; 20x optical zoom

Product Description

Race like a pro with the HDR-FX7 High Definition Handycam(R) camcorder. Capture marvellous video and still images in high definition with the first HDV 1080i 3 CMOS sensor consumer-honest camcorder and player in the world. The three - 1/4" ClearVID CMOS Sensors produce stunning detail and precision, while a 20x Optical Zoom Carl Zeiss Lens maintains metaphor clarity. Since the HDR-FX7 records video in high-definition, you can dual extreme still images at the same time. So no matter what the occasion, the HDR-FX7 is the perfect camcorder for the berth. A Sony developed Real Time MPEG Encode/Decode system with reduced vitality consumption and compact size to fit inside a personal camcorder. This provides productive MPEG2 compression, and recording and playback of clear HD images at the same bit clip of the DV format, so that High Definition video can be recorded on the same cassettes as are worn for MiniDV recording. From the authority in lens technology, the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens provides a weighty-quality 20x optical zoom which maintains image clarity and flush while reducing glare and flare. Dual independent zoom and indistinct rings provide precise and detailed control over the amount of zoom and the blanket focus of the image with just a turn of the rings. Fast, perceptive framing when zooming, and finely detailed focusing is easy with the understandable "feel" of the rings. Easily adjust the amount of light entering the lens by adjusting revelation brightness in accordance with the iris and gain. The Iris control allows the aggregate of light to be adjusted (shutter speed and gain are adjustable). Though not petite enough to carry with you to Disney, this camcorder opens up new opportunities for serious amateur and semi-professionals to single videos suitable for play on new widescreen HDTV sets. An IEEE1394 iLink refuge is provided for easy transfer to a PC or Macintosh for professional editing applications.

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Sony VCT-80AV Remote Control Tripod for use with Compatible Sony Camcorders

List Price: $179.99 Price: $108.00 You Save: $71.99 (40%)

Product Details Carrying case supplied Oil fluid head for smooth pan & tilt Slow Zoom mode maintains the slowest zoom speed Leg extension (3 stages)

Product Description

VCT-80av tripod with tramontane

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What do you think about the RED camcorders?

Q: Are they the most appropriate? I mean are they better then Canon or Sony or other? Are there other brands like RED that solely as though camcorders? I am trying to make professional movies and documentaries. Are they HD? Plus I am misleading with all the different lenses that they have do I need them all?

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A: Sincerely, if you have to ask these questions, you probably should not be wasting your money or time...

But... to plea directly:

Are they the best?
Some say so.

I mean are they better then Canon or Sony or other?
Some say so - others may core you at Silicon Imaging. Though Panavision, Varicam, CineAlta and others will also buoy their hands...

Are there other brands like RED that solely make camcorders?
Yes - Silicon Imaging is one... Arri is another. Panavision... and several others.

Are they HD?
Yes.

Additional I am confused with all the different lenses that they have do I need them all?
It depends on the draw up and the shots you want... and how long you have to wait from the epoch you decide you need the lens until you can get it...

Sony camcorder with firewire connectivity? ?

Q: I am looking into buying a camcorder. In a beeline now, I am looking at the Sony DCR- VX2100 Digital Handycam, the Sony professional hand held HDV camcorder and the Canon XH A1S and XH A1.
When looking at the check-list of these camcorders, I can't find anything about if they are compatible with Firewires, since i will use a MAC with them.
Also, can anyone tell me the difference between the Canon XH A1S and the XH A1. Appreciation you guys so much.

Where can I purchase a professional T.V. set / Motion Picture video camera camcorder ?

Q: The same video cameras the tv & motion picture industry use. For example when t.v. shows like seinfield & other t.v. shows end & you see those bountiful cameras that is used when it pans back from the sitcom's set to the live audiance & in pic. I know it may cost around $10,000 to $ 5,000,000. Five million dollars. The small sony camcorders I have need to be replaced with something better.

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A: First, set a budget.

What can you grant?

What do you want to use them for?

Keep in mind that the large cameras used in studios commonly never come off the big dolly stands and they are way to bulky/heavy to use as handheld/cooperatively mount and are not "convenient". They also do not have any recording media faculty built-in - they feed the video to recording decks in a hold back room - and a BUNCH of other gear. And they have no audio capabilities. ALL audio is captured off-accommodate using a totally separate audio system.

In the recent days of old, smaller cameras that are on camera cranes or shoulder mounted can now be found in studios. They did not repay the large cameras - but augment them. Different camera angles and more resiliency on stage presence. Again, for the most part, they also do not have any recording media capability built-in - they upon the recording decks in the control room - and a BUNCH of other materiel. And they have no audio capabilities. ALL audio is captured off-board using a thoroughly separate audio system.

Camcorders on the other hand, by definition, have the recording media thingumajig built-in to the camera body. They also have built-in mics and arrest the audio to the same storage media that captures the video. Diminish end consumer units generally do not have external mic jacks or instructions audio control. Low-end consumer camcorders have small lenses and imaging chips and do not do well in low sunny as a result. Manual controls are not easy to get to because they are usually employed through the camcorder's menu system.

"Prosumer" and professional camcorders have audio-in jacks (preferably ones use XLR connectors rather than 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo audio in). They also have larger lenses and imaging chips for much greater low-light behavior. Manual controls are on the outside of the camcorder and relaxing to get to.

Even though they have audio-in and built-in mics, the best way is to capture the audio singly with a field recorder and replace the audio captured by the camcorder with the audio from the mead recorder.

Low end:
Canon ZR900, ZR930, ZR960. All are benchmark definition, miniDV tape consumer camcorders, have a mic jack but no guide audio control, have small lenses and imaging chips.

mid-align:
Canon HV20/HV30/HV40 or Sony HDR-HC9. All can do standard definition DV or High Definition HDV, miniDV seal consumer camcorders, have a 1/8" stereo mic jack with instructions audio control, have medium sized lenses and imaging chips.

prosumer guide definition:
Canon GL2, Sony DCR-VX2100 are standard definition, miniDV bind prosumer camcorders, have a 1/8" stereo mic jack and vade-mecum audio control, have larger lenses and imaging chips.

prosumer strong definition:
Sony HDR-FX1000 does HDV and DV, and is a miniDV tape prosumer camcorder, has a 1/8" stereo mic jack and vade-mecum audio control, larger lenses and imaging chips. It replaced the HDR-FX1 and is a sibling to the pro-NZ hack HVR-Z1U.

Then the jump to low-end pro finds larger lenses or imaging chips, and XLR audio connectors:
Touchstone definition:
Panasonic DVX100
High Definition (and standard statement of meaning):
Panasonic HDX200, Sony HVR-Z1U, HVR-Z5U, HVR-Z7U, HVR-V1U, Canon XH series and XLH series and JVC GY series.

These lists of camcorders is not model and meant only to provide you with the better examples of camcorders within a certain order. Notice there are no hard disc drive or flash reminiscence consumer camcorders listed. They save to same very highly compressed video facts files - much more compressed than DV/HDV used by miniDV tape based camcorders. more density = more discarded video data = reduced video je sais quoi... there are several other reason miniDV tape continues to be the preferred storage order, but that won't be covered in this post. Consumer DVD camcorders barely make utilitarian doorstops and never make it to the short list for any serious consideration - their video is flattened even more than the HDD/flash memory video data files..

Panasonic and Sony have higher end camcorders that go into diverse formats (DVCPRO, XDCAM, HDCAM) and they can exceed $100,000.

So... after all is said and done... set a budget. In my sentiment, if you are looking for good video quality and flexibility, the Littlest you should be looking at is the Sony HDR-FX1000 or Canon XHA1... or above.