Have you ever wanted to test your camcorder to find out how it really performs? These tests will help you put your camcorder through its paces. Each test is similar to the tests manufacturers use when publishing their technical specifications. We won't bore you with the technical aspects of...
"Nurse Raster?"
"Yes, Dr. Monty?"
"I've got a full schedule today. Please prep the patients to go through the usual routine before sending them in."
Since his success with his star patient Vince Codac, Dr. Monty, cyber-video-psychotherapist has built a thriving practice serving desktop video producers. Today, four very different patients will...
This month:
Sharp VL-DX10U DV Camcorder/Still Video Camera Elite Video
Bryce 3D Software
Mitsubishi HS-U680 VHS VCR
Video Sphinx Pro MPEG-1 Video Digitizer
SD-3 Duplication Station
Jack of Two
Trades
Sharp VL-DX10U DV Camcorder/Still Video Camera
($3399)
Sharp Electronics
Sharp Plaza
Mahwah, NJ 07656
http://www.sharp-usa.com
tech specs
Can't decide whether to purchase a digital still camera or a DV camcorder?
Like...
Five ways to keep from shooting yourself in the
foot.
I was a professional videographer when I received my first personal camcorder
as a birthday gift from my wife. It was the same brand as the professional
S-VHS camcorder I had been using for work, and it had similar features,
too. Even so, I...
Camera! Action! Wait. Something's missing. What happened to the lights? You see, just like the famous "Lights! Camera! Action!" we hear reverberated by directors in studios across the land, your production needs lights to make it complete. Proper lighting can give your images depth and dimension, help fill in...
Writing Docudrama
Alan Rosenthal (1995,Focal Press,
313 Washington, Newton MA 02158, 271 pp., $24.95)
Fact-based fiction is enjoying a surge
in popularity in film and on TV, proving the old adage that real life can
be as entertaining as fiction. Writing Docudrama: Dramatizing Reality
for Film and TV explains the ins and outs of writing...
No doubt about it--1997 was a good year for both professional and amateur videographers. A number of new camcorders with never-before-seen features and functions hit the marketplace; one even boasted the use of a hard drive instead of tape as a recording medium. Editing equipment also became available in...
This month:
JVC GR-AXM25 VHS-C Camcorder
DataVideo Technologies SE-300 Digital Video Illustrator
Mitsubishi HS-U780 S-VHS Editing VCR
Data Translation Broadway 2.5 MPEG-1 Video Digitizer
FutureVideo Media Commander 100 Batch Digitizer
by Joe McCleskey
An LCD from JVC
GR-AXM25 VHS-C Camcorder
($1000)
JVC
41 Slater Drive
Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
(800) 252-5722
http://www.jvc.com
Tech Specs
One of JVC's latest camcorders, the GR-AXM25, taps into the company's...
Has anyone ever asked you the question, "What do you use a camcorder for, recording weddings or mending the faucet?" If they did, you'd be likely to answer "Weddings" and miss the $1000 prize.
The camcorder is a unique tool with a host of unsuspected uses. It can become an...
Sure, you can make good videos "in the camera," without
ever taking a single step into the realm of post-production. But
if you want to take your videos to the next level of quality and
professionalism, you have to edit. This may sound like a simple
over generalization, but try to imagine what...
