JVC Professional Products has finally unveiled the highly anticipated GY-HM700, its first shoulder-mounted solid-state ProHD camcorder and “big brother” to the recently announced GY-HM100. This camcorder represents a first in the professional video industry by combining technology from JVC, Sony…
I was one of the fortunate few last week who were invited to play with JVC’s new handheld camcorder, the ProHD GY-HM100. In a nutshell it is a small, lightweight 1080i / 1080p / 720p camcorder that can record in…
DV Info Net Names Harms New Business Development Director New to DV Info Net, but not new to the television and film production industry, is John Harms, who will be assuming responsibilities for new business development. John has been involved…
This article comes from a discussion thread on the DV Info Net community message boards. After using the Sony Z7U for a few months now, doing some testing as well as real world shooting experience, here are some focus and…
This is a brief demo clip with Steadicam Pilot and my Canon XH A1, shot available light, camera on fixed focus and auto-iris. I focused mostly on incorporating extensive booms into this sequence to make full use of the Pilot…
There is plenty of documentation in the form of a manual and DVD to explain the balancing process. For many initiates this is a confounding aspect of Steadicam but I encourage all to take their time, read carefully and understand…
See the official Steadicam Pilot product page at http://www.tiffen.com/pilot.html When Garrett Brown was first developing the Brown Effect Stabilizer in the early 1970’s, the cameras he chose for his prototypes were then-current bantamweights like the Éclair ACL and the Arri…
We have witnessed a revolution in digital cinematography over the past few years. Features once reserved for $100,000+ professional digital cameras have found their way into camcorders priced under $10,000. Most of the tools required for the long sought after…
This review originally appears on Josh Chesarek’s web siteand can be discussed on our DV Info Net community message boards. For every hour of tape you use you have to spend an equal hour to capture it, sometimes more if…
Strange things, video tripods: after the cameras themselves, they are quite possibly the most owned piece of video equipment on the planet. They’re indispensable for secure, stable and portable camera support but are possibly the least understood, least written about and badly described pieces of kit you’ll ever own…