New Gear Hoodman / Shining Technology / Sonnet
Hoodman's WristShot stabilizer is designed to shift the weight of a camcorder (when used handheld) from the wrist to the forearm. The WristShot includes five axis adjustments, a quick-release mounting system and a universal tripod adapter mount.
www.hoodmanusa.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$200
Shining Technology's CitiDISK SSD is a 32GB Flash memory-based direct capture device that captures video from most DV or HDV camcorders. The recorder has no moving parts and consumes approximately 80% less power than a hard drive-based direct capture device.
www.shining.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$1,800
Sonnet's Fusion D400RAID is a 4-drive SATA RAID that ships with a PCI Express RAID controller. The system can be configured as a RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 10 or JBOD and is supported by Mac OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux. Raw capacities available include 2TB, 3TB and 4TB.
www.sonnettech.com
Suggested Retail Price:
Starting at $2,995 (2TB)


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