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Buying A Camcorder: How To Find the Perfect Model For You

The grinning video salesman behind the counter slowly leans forward and stretches out his long fingers for your hard-earned cash. You turn and run...

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Video Luggage: Bagging The Right Case

Videomaker

Next to shooting, the thing you most often do with your camcorder is lug it around. If you're a serious videomaker, you also tote...

Audio

Sima Video Editor Creates Fancy Scene Transitions

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Clean and Simple FX-L Video Ed/it Sima 6153 Mulford Street Niles, IL 60714 ($474.95) Sima, known for simple and easy to use products, continues its tradition with the FX-L Video...

Audio

How to Combine Multiple Signals and Still maintain Total Sound Control

Videomaker

Controlling your audio is a breeze when you've got just one signal to work with. One mike input, one mike cable, one mike. No...

Cameras

GO-Video Finally Releases 8 mm to VHS Deck

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Video Twins Go-Video GV-8020 8mm/VHS Dual Deck VCR Go-Video 14455 N. Hayden Road, Suite 219 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 ($1099) Committed to the dual deck concept from the beginning, GO-Video offered...

Cameras

Camcorder Reviews

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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...

Audio

Handycam Top Model – Hi8 CCD-TR700

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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...

Cameras

Sony SV-S7000 Hi8 VCR, Ready to Edit

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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...

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Floating Camera, Smooth Shooting

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Have you ever wondered how Hollywood filmmakers get those terrific gliding dolly shots when the camera seems to float with an uncanny smoothness over...