Thursday, March 18, 2004
Prototype HD Camcorder From Sony
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 08:00 PM
"Sony is demonstrating a prototype camcorder based on the HDV high-definition video format at the Cebit exhibition in Hanover, Germany this week. The HDV format is a recording standard that was jointly developed by Canon, Sharp, Sony, and Victor Company of Japan (JVC). HDV uses MPEG-2 compression and is based on DV tape, a commonly used consumer video format. The HDV format can record and play back video at a higher picture quality than DV while using the same cassettes, track speed, and track pitch."
I'm all for the coming of HD video cameras, but I'm a little iffy on the whole "let's record in MPEG2" idea. Perhaps once this really happens I'll be less inclined to care if the quality is high enough, but to me MPEG means "compression", and the thought of compressing my source file is distasteful - compression should occur at the end of your project, not at the beginning. Then again, shoot in JPEG rather than RAW mode, so perhaps it's a matter of how much compression is used. We'll see! What are your thoughts on it? Any MicroMV-based video camera owners out there? Those wee tapes are for MPEG2-based content as well.
I'm all for the coming of HD video cameras, but I'm a little iffy on the whole "let's record in MPEG2" idea. Perhaps once this really happens I'll be less inclined to care if the quality is high enough, but to me MPEG means "compression", and the thought of compressing my source file is distasteful - compression should occur at the end of your project, not at the beginning. Then again, shoot in JPEG rather than RAW mode, so perhaps it's a matter of how much compression is used. We'll see! What are your thoughts on it? Any MicroMV-based video camera owners out there? Those wee tapes are for MPEG2-based content as well.
