The Shape of Things to Come
Canon ES1000 Hi8 Camcorder
Canon
One Canon Plaza
Lake Success, NY 11042
www.usa.canon.com
($1900)
It seems Canon's popular L1 and L2 get most of the industry attention--this makes it easy to forget that Canon is a company committed to offering a full line of camcorders for all levels and pocketbooks....
King of the Hill
Sony's latest camcorder, the Hi8 CCD-TR700, reigns as new king of the Handycam line. And rightly so: this little unit boasts numerous niceties, including a 10x multispeed zoom lens, color viewfinder, optical image stabilization, a full complement of manual controls and rewriteable consumer (RC) time code...
Editing Powerhouse
Sony SV-S7000 Hi8 VCR
Sony
Sony Drive
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
www.sony.com
($2000)
Sony has taken some heat, in this magazine and others, for being slow to grant certain key features to consumer-level Videomakers. In the case of Hi8, at the top of the "most wanted" list are the capabilities that bring real...
Have you ever wondered how Hollywood filmmakers get those terrific gliding dolly shots when the camera seems to float with an uncanny smoothness over rough terrain? Or how they make the camera move through narrow hallways, in and out of elevators, and up and down stairs-without a dolly track...
