Sony has introduced a very impressive new balanced optical steadyshot system on its handycam. It would be fantastic if they could introduce this feature on their professional cameras. However, there will be some engineering issues to overcome since floating the lens in the housing would require additional space. http://85.133.72.79/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=7217&NewsAreaId=2

I have made a quick guide of the Sony Z1P camera for my students. Hope you find it useful. Click to open or download (right click and Save as…)

Yesterday in the late afternoon, I got an overnight loan of the yet to release Sony NEX-FS100 video camera. With about 1-2 hours of daylight left, I quickly drove to a nearby place and put the camera to test. It was at the end of a long day of work fixing some Avid issues and I initially thought I was [...]

Sony HDW-750P HDCAM with Canon HJ17ex7.7B lens – ungraded 1080p25 footages of the new Admiralty Park at Woodlands, Singapore. Compressed at 10Mbps H.264 using Sorenson Squeeze. Codec didn’t handle some compression well, so the artifacts, if any, come from the H.264 compression. As this is in 1080p, watch with HD off unless you have a fast bandwidth.