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The day before the JVC booth opened to the public I was granted a few hours of access to both a release version of the GY-HM100 and the GY-HM700 with the Canon KT14x4.4B KRS zoom lens. The Canon 14×4.4 zoom…
This year I observed most of the NAB show from a fixed position at the JVC booth. I had been asked by JVC to answer questions and demonstrate the new GY-HM700 cameras in 24P cinema configurations. A Final Cut Pro…
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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…
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…
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…
Keep in mind that despite what you see here, there’s no actual difference in the body color of these two camcorders. They’re identical to their big brother, the XL H1, in basic black.
Here are some more views of the Canon G1 and A1 camcorders, from various angles. You can click on most of these to see a bigger version which will open up in a new browser window. You might notice that the camera body color is inconsistent throughout most of these images.
In brief… these two new Canon XH series HDV camcorders are the latest additions to Canon’s expanding line of High Definition video cameras. The XH series twins are smaller, lighter and less expensive than Canon’s flagship XL H1 camcorder; each delivers about the same performance as the XL H1 and they are nearly identical to each other with only one very important difference.