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Yes, it has firewire that will be able to transfer the MPEG-2 data
stream to/from a computer. Also announced was future support from Adobe
for capturing video into Premiere Pro. Apple also said it will support HDV.
One note about the camera is that it is a 3 chip camera but each chip
(red, green, blue) is 960x1080 resolution. So half the resolution (left
to right) of a true 1080i signal. The main reason for some of the
limitations of HDV is the requirement for the data to fit onto the 25mbs
DV tape.
My biggest problem with the HDV format is that we still get these wacky
(i.e. not 16x9 in size and not an integer frame rate) frame sizes and
frame rates. It sure would be nice if we would just stick to the common
ATSC formats and integer frame rates (24, 30, 60). It sure would make
creating content and getting a good picture easier!
Here is the Sony press release:
http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/5118
Here is a picture of a guy plugging in the iLink (aka Firewire). It is
interesting that he is plugging the camera directly to a TV. So I
wonder which TV's Sony will know how to talk HDV?
http://news.sel.sony.com/digitalimages/ ... _id=165896
I saw the camera at this years' NAB, but it was mostly a "Look at what
we have" type of thing and pretty much did not say much about the
capabilities at the time. It will be interesting to see what the "pro"
version adds. XLR inputs and DVCAM support are the usual standard upgrades.
-Jeremy A Moore
