Paying Its Way
AG-456UP S-VHS Camcorder
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems
One Panasonic Way
Secaucus, NJ 07094
($2495)
The Panasonic AG-400 series of S-VHS camcorders has set a standard for providing high-quality, industrial-level camcorders at consumer-level prices. Notable features in past models have included a two-CCD imager section (AG-460) and vertical interval time code...
OK, you've decided to step up to better picture quality. You are the proud owner of a new high-quality camcorder or VCR, perhaps Hi8 or S-VHS. You've opened the box and inside are a number of little plastic bags holding all kinds of cables and accessories. Sure, you had...
Screen Tests
by Doug Polk
PC Video Ed/It ($60)
Sima Products Company
6153 Mulford Street
Niles, IL 60714
(800) 345-7462
Sima has a long history of making stand-alone video editors for the budget-
minded consumer, but this is their first venture into computer-controlled editing.
The PC Video Ed/It uses software and a priority cable that connects to...
Your video masterpiece is complete. You shot and edited it on a high-band format such as Hi8 or S-VHS. You cut no corners when you made this one; you did everything by the numbers. All along in the back of your mind was the desire to win an award...
Whether you're the designated family videomaker or an experienced video professional, you'll come to a point where you have projects that require an upgrade of your current acquisition system. (By acquisition system, we mean the gear that you take with you on the shoot, as opposed to the VCRs...
Long ago, in a land far, far away from Hollywood, a young boy saw a movie. It was nothing memorable--
one of those Saturday afternoon "Chiller Theater" television programs. Attack of the Crab
Monsters was the title.
In the flick, a couple of horrific, giant-sized crabs terrorized the residents of a...
If you've spent any time looking at editing
systems, you may have come across terms like serial data transfer, Control-L, Control-M and ViSCA. They
sound more like things you'd expect from an episode of Star Trek than features of editing
systems.
What are these cryptic terms, you ask? They're names...
As much as you may like creating video, it just isn't the same if you don't make money while doing so. In
fact, they have a name for such a venture. It's called a hobby. Nothing wrong with that. Just don't
confuse it with business.
Having your own business sounds...
If you've followed the articles in this column for a while, then you know how important good quality
sound is to your videos. And you've probably read it here over and over again: attaching an external
mike to your camcorder can help you obtain better audio.
But sometimes, using an...
Video, despite what the word suggests, is not just a visual medium. It's also very much an audio medium.
Audio makes video come alive. Would you watch a music video without the music, or a wedding video in which you couldn't hear the exchange of vows? Pretty dull stuff.
When you...
