An Alluring Canon
Canon’s new Elura Mini DV camcorder offers a progressive scan CCD, an IEEE 1394 port and some interesting still photo capabilities. (800) 828-4040
Suggested retail price: $1799
| Big Blue Deskstar |  |
IBM has a new line of Deskstar Ultra ATA/66 hard drives. The Deskstar 22GXP holds 22GB, spins at 7,200rpm and IBM claims it has a sustained data rate of 10.7-17.9MB/sec. (888) IBM-5214
Suggested retail price: $520
| Level-Headed Base |  |
Bogen has a new compact Leveling Base designed for use with series 3, 4 and 5 Gitzo tripods. (201) 818-9500
Suggested retail price: $226
| Fine Tuning Video in Premiere |  |
Video Finesse, a video filter plug-in for Adobe Premiere is now available for PC users. Video Finesse for Windows is compatible with Win95/98/NT 4.0 and with Adobe Premiere 4.2, 5.0, 5.1. (949) 493-3444
Suggested retail price: $195
| A FAST Upgrade |  |
FAST Multimedia announces an upgrade to their popular AV Master. The AV Master 2000 is bundled with Ulead MediaStudio Pro 5.2 and Cool 3D. It also includes new drivers, a capture utility called FASTCap (pictured) and more. (425) 489-5009
Suggested retail price: $799
| High-Speed Shooter |  |
According to JVC, the GR-DVL9500’s high-speed recording mode captures 120 images per second. This allows smooth slow motion playback at 1/10th the speed of standard recordings. The DV camcorder includes a 3.8-inch LCD monitor.
Suggested retail price: $2000
| What’s in the Bag? |  |
Tiffen announces the Kipling line of camera bags. Designed to look like normal luggage, Tiffen claims that they "do not announce expensive photographic equipment inside." (716) 328-7800
Suggested retail price: $13 to $340
| Easy Jib |  |
EZ FX has a new jib for floating camera shots and simulated dolly moves. It has 10-foot vertical lift and can rotate 360 degrees. (407) 877-2335
Suggested retail price: $949
| Inexpensive MPEG-2 Encoding |  |
STB Systems has a new MPEG-2 encoder and decoder. The DesktopVCR is a computer expansion card that STB claims will encode video into MPEG-2 and decode two MPEG-2 streams simultaneously.
Suggested retail price: $200
| Flat Panel Video Monitor |  |
New from Sharp are two flat-panel LCD video monitors, the 12-inch LC-121M2UC and the 15-inch LC-150M2UC. Both combine high brightness, high image quality and resolution, wide viewing angles and a built-in stereo audio. (888) 523-7427
Suggested retail price: LC-121M2UC, $1499; LC-150M2UC, $1899
