Mark and Matt discuss upgrading Mark's PC.
Realtime Workhorse
Matrox Pro Edit Realtime Workstation
($8895)
Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.
1055 St. Regis Blvd.
Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9P 2T4
(514) 685-2630
www.matrox.com
Among nonlinear video editors, 1999 may well be remembered as the year of the turnkey system. 1999 was the year in which full-featured, pre-configured nonlinear editing systems first became available at reasonable prices....
A Loaded Cam
GR-DVL9500 Mini DV Camcorder
($2000)
JVC
1700 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
(800) 252-5722
www.jvc-america.com
In an effort to get the competitive edge in the Mini DV market, manufacturers are pressed to put more and more features into less and less space. Well, JVC's latest attempt to pack a wealth of features into a...
Since the increased popularity of Hi8 and Digital Video, we've seen a steady decline in camcorders in the S-VHS format. S-VHS VCRs, however, have managed to hold their own in the high-end consumer marketplace. They've also managed to come down in price quite a bit, which is good news...
The concept is simple enough: a small box with IEEE-1394 FireWire and analog audio and video connections, designed to convert analog a/v signals to digital, and vice-versa. Sony's DVMC-DA1 Media Converter is both easy to use and effective.
Housed in a small gunmetal-gray plastic box, the Media Converter takes up...
Render Unto Matrox
The RT2000 from Matrox combines dual-stream video, 32-bit animated graphics and real-time digital video effects. The package includes the Matrox Millennium G400 Graphics Accelerator, a RT2000 capture card, an A/V breakout box, Adobe Premiere RT (real-time version), Ulead Cool3D titling, Sonic Foundry ACID for music creation and...
Canon Digital Camcorder Essentials
When set to record video, the Canon digital camcorder has two basic modes of operation: an easy mode and a
program mode. For quick and simple all-automatic, point-and-shoot recording, the easy mode
is the setting. No effects or manual controls are accessible in this mode. To...
Wedding Photography and Video
Chuck Delaney (1994, Allworth Press 10 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, 159 pp., $11)
Weddings provide opportune moments waiting to be captured on film. And becoming a wedding videographer may be the perfect way to catch them. Although Wedding Photography and Video is a guide...
Another 'Ura from Canon
Featuring 16x optical and 320x digital zooms, the Canon Ultura is the latest Mini DV camcorder from Canon. The Ultura's feature list includes an IEEE 1394 connection, Optical Image Stabilization and Canon's FlexiZone AF/AE Image Control System. Canon says the unit includes a built-in Auto Edit...
Pocket-sized Mini DV
GR-DVM70u Mini DV Camcorder
($1700)
JVC of America
1700 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
(800) 252-5722
www.jvc-america.com
In the now crowded field of palm-sized Mini DV camcorders, you need to have features that separate you from the pack, assuming you're a camcorder. These tiny camcorders are storming the market, giving beginning and hobbyist videographers...
