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Originally Posted by Jody Eldred (Post 773529)

As about the only person on the planet with a lot of experience with the EX

Great to see you here again, Jody -- thanks for coming back!

Welcome Jody, good to see you over this way.

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Sony does not post here

No, but they do read here :-)

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Originally Posted by Simon Wyndham (Post 773726)

No, but they do read here :-)

It sure seems like Sony is reading this forum. Sony is doing an excellent job at listening to the end user and providing a competitive solution.

If Sony is watching, I sure wish they had added LANC to the EX for those
of us that like to shoot footage underwater....

but then there still is no info on the control port that we see on the camera...
I'm hoping its going to be a lot more than just a lens controller and that it
is actually more of a LANC controller for us...

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Originally Posted by Jody Eldred (Post 773529)

As about the only person on the planet with a lot of experience with the EX (I shot and edited the very first test footage with the Japanese the week prior to 2007 NAB, and have shot many hours worth for the Sony demos soon to be available on the web and other places), and as a longtime owner/operator of an F900, and one of the testers and first users of the Z1U, A1U, V1U, and XDCAM HD F350 (all of which I own), I can say conclusively that whether or not you choose to ascribe meaning to Jeff Cree's and my rating the EX at 800 ASA, it is a VERY good camera in low light and has very clean blacks. I have a lot to compare it to.

A "low light camera" with noisy blacks is not a low light camera in my book. Part of the criteria for being called a "good low light camera" necessitates clean blacks; otherwise it's useless in low light (unless you like that look.)

Test it for yourself when you can, or believe me and my tests and experiences with it. Or both. Doesn't matter to me!

:-)

High-end DPs (and even Lucasfilms) LOVE this camera and orders are through the roof. These aren't prosumers or amateurs-- they are top-of-the-foodchain DPs who shoot 35mm film and F900s. They must know something...

Wow...this is all great news! Ever since HD started coming to the masses I've been waiting for a GOOD low light yet affordable (in the low-level professional sense, not $15,000 + body alone models) camera. The EX would be fine as an HDV-level 1/3 camera if it delivered clean blacks at 800 ASA but the full raster, 1/2" chips REALLY do it for me! I will be buying one of these in the next year if it lives up to the hype/after I see test footage and audio samples ;-)