A Revolution In Hdv Video Production?
By Peter Garnish, Sat Dec 10th

With the advent of new technologies in DVD and digital videoproduction, corporate production houses are poised to startcreating much higher quality videos at a much lower cost. RecentHDV model releases from both Sony (HVR-Z1P) and JVC (GY-HD101)has seen high definition video production become available tosmaller production companies. As a result we are now able toproduce videos at full 1080i HD resolution, and with the releaseof Canon's hugely anticipated XL H1 get full HD-SDI uncompressedvideo straight from the camera.

The Canon XL H1 is long awaited follow up to the industrystalwarts the XL1/2 series. It is the company's first foray intoHDV video and is also the first camera in this range to featureuncompressed HD-SDI output. What this means is that for thefirst time video producers can purchase a relatively cheapcamera (less than US$9000) and edit full uncompressed video,without the disadvantages of using HDV and an intermediate

codecto edit.

Whether you are in music video, corporate video, DVD ormultimedia production, you now have the opportunity to competewith the larger companies with much higher overheads. This isgreat for freelancers and the industry in general as productionscan be completed at more competitive rates and the hugeinvestment in both camera gear and edit suites doesn't break thebank like it used to.

Remember the good old days when a BetaSP rig cost you$80-$100000 and about the same for an Avid setup? I for one amsure happy about the reduction in expenses and look forward toseeing some amazing work from everyone with all of this new gear.

Focusview video and multimedia is a Melbourne based companyspecializing in video production, CD ROM production and DVDproduction.

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