Panasonic Road Show - How not to give your viewers a 3D Headache!


Professional Video & Tape was proud to be the exclusive host of the the national Panasonic "When It Counts" Road show at the historic downtown Embassy Suites hotel.

Thanks to all our customers who came to learn about 3D production from Bernie Michell - Panasonic's AVCHD Evangelist - and see all the new products fresh from NAB.

Bernie has promised to share his presentation with folks who couldn't attend the seminar, so check back here for more information soon.

You can also learn about the new 3D camera as well as all the other products showcased - the AG-HPX370 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder; The 50 Series featuring AW-HE50 cameras, AW-RP50 remote camera controller, the AW-HS50 sub-compact live switcher with built-in MultiViewer; the AG-3DA1 – the world’s first professional quality, fully-integrated Full HD 3D camcorder, the BT-3DL2550 25.5-inch 3D LCD production monitor.

Our Dave Spraker was live-blogging the event as well - you can see his comments and photos here.

Watch for more Summer Blockbuster events coming soon!

 

 

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Big news from Canon broadcast video division. They have officially announced their long awaited first step into professional tapeless acquisition. The Canon XF300 camera brings 50mbps 4:2:2 mpeg-2 (XDCamHD 422) codec, 18x zoom lens, and compact flash card recording to your hands for under $7K. More details are... coming out with in the next week. Stay tuned for updates. Call today - we are accepting pre-orders now! More...

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Panasonic officially announced today the introduction of the AG-HPX370 camera. This is a minor upgrade to the HPX300 camera. The primary difference is a new image sensor block. This new image sensor system will fix some of the issues that users experienced with the older system including low light noise performance.... Most other features of the camera remain unchanged. More...

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JVC has announced a new flagship camcorder. The GY-HM790 essentially replaces the GY-HD250 as the top camcorder in its product line up. Like the HD250 the HM790 has full studio connection capabilities including timecode, genlock, and HD-SDI. HM790 brings all the features of the GY-HM700 camcorder with it including X...DCam HD recording to SDhc memory cards and native .mov Final Cut Pro file recording for direct edit. More...

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