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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Past Issue: November 2009

Chris Meyer | 11/25- 10:16 PM

The fourth PVC Pipeline | Production newsletter is out of print - but not out of sight.

The articles below were included in the November 2009 edition of the PVC Pipeline | Production newsletter. If you haven’t already subscribed for the PVC newsletters, we suggest you do so now to ensure that you are notified as soon as they are available.

The articles in the fourth PVC Pipeline | Production newsletter included:

Preview: Sony PMW-350 2/3” 3-CMOS XDCAM EX Camcorder

by Adam Wilt

Sony has announced the PMW-350, the first 2/3” camcorder in the EX series of solid-state memory-based MPEG2 camcorders. It’ll ship in January 2010. Sony kindly lent me a pre-production prototype for a week, and this preview is the result: not an all-out review, because the PMW-350 isn’t finished yet, but a good “first look” that’s probably 90% accurate regarding the final product.

AJA KiPro: More Than Just a Field Recorder

by Steve Hullfish

The AJA KiPro (pronounced “kee-PRO”) is a very nicely designed unit that I believe will become more and more useful over time. As it is currently released, several of the features that I really am interested in are still not implemented, but the potential is definitely there.

My overall impression is that it’s a great little box that is very well engineered, but I have some reservations and an extensive wish list for making the device a “must have.” Before I get in to that, let me tell you a little about the device.

DSLR Shootout

by Richard Harrington

I am truly excited by the convergence of technology that is occurring with DSLR cameras and video recording. The format allows for the recording of some truly amazing images due to sensor size and lens selection. But like all technologies, it suffers from some constraints that need to be overcome.