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August 16th, 2006, 04:20 PM | #1 |
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Anyone been tracking the Infinity Grass Valley Lately?
I'm not sure why people haven't been talking about the Grass Valley Infinity camera more. It looks like it going to be available before RED or Silicon Imaging gear. It true that it costs around $35K including Quality HD zoom.
see link below: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/pr...ity/camcorder/ I would be interested to see if anyone is thinking about getting this unit? Infinity Series products provide you a choice of compression schemes and bit rates, giving you the option to select what is best for your workflow today and for the future. The Infinity Digital Media Camcorder supports DV25, JPEG 2000, and MPEG-2* compression, assignable via the camera’s user interface. The DV codec is 25 Mb/s 4:2:0 (PAL) or 4:1:1 (NTSC), making it ideal for immediate use in your workflow today. JPEG 2000 is a next-generation compression scheme that can be used for both SD and HD acquisition. It provides low-cost, high-efficiency compression, 10-bit 4:2:2 encoding, better image quality, and is fully scalable by encoding once and decoding many different resolutions as needed. Industry-standard MPEG-2 compression is also available on select camcorder models and can be used for both SD and HD. |
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I believe the BBC are running trials on it over the next year or so.
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August 17th, 2006, 09:42 AM | #3 |
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I've always been a fan of the viper and its image, so I'm interested to see where this going.
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August 17th, 2006, 10:14 AM | #4 |
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Talked to the Florida Grass Valley Infinity Sales Rep
He said that they will get delivery schedules for the camera at the IBC show (Amsterdam 9/8/2006 - 9/12/2006). I'm already signed up to get hands on one of the demo units when they become available in South Florida area.
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In 2006, for $35,000, at the very least I expect 24p & 30p. That's probably why there hasn't been much discusion.
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I saw the Infinity at InfoCom in Orlando a few months back. The rep said that the camera will include 24P & 30P. They listened to the demands of the industry and they are delivering. However the rep went on to say that it will be a software acquired 24P, which makes sense, since the ccd's are interlaced. Also to add, the rep said the ccd's will be 1920x1080. No pixel shifting of any kind. This should be good!
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Infinity 1080p and 24/30p
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I'm sure they may be a little worried about competing with their own 24p cameras, like the Viper. When I worked at an NBC station in West Palm Beach, FL, they had/have Grassvalley HD cameras on the floor of the studio. They look a lot like the Viper, except aren't. Same body, which is small, which a large "pipe" coming out the back for video transmission.
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Go for it. It sounds like a cool camera.
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This, the Silicon Imaging camera or the XDCAM HD for me
I am probably going to buy one of these, as I've become spoiled by watching 1080 from my Westinghouse 42" 1080 x 1920 LCD, an HD-DVD player, the Dish HD DVR system, and of course the XBox 360.
The crucial issue for me is 1080P as a firmware upgrade in the not-too-distant future, and either free or not too expensive. I'm looking into that, but indications are that the upgrade is in the works. I've already started selling my JVC HDV equipment, so far the wide lens is gone, camera soon. Maybe the deck, but it's nice to have a good DV deck around too, and the BR-D50 is that as well as HDV. I've gotten some price quotes from TVMagic, the southern California GV dealer. The camera lists for $23,000, their price is $20,910. The VF is not included and their price is $2,728. Tripod adapter plate is $489. The lens I felt was my personal balance of cost and quality is the Canon Hh17ex7.6B IRSE -- list price $19,400, their price $14,330. The contact there is David Land and the phone number is 858 650-3155 x251. |
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Hi Tip,
When did your GV dealer say the Infinity would start shipping? Those are some very good prices for sure. I don't know if you have ever held the camera before, but in case you have not, I do remember it was VERY HEAVY, as compared to any other 2/3" camera. The GV rep at InfoCom said they were trying to cut down the weight. Maybe they put it on a diet.
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