HD World: SD, SxS Cards Are In

I was looking at small consumer “DV” type cameras at HD World to buy for my “shooters” (VJ’s). Even JVC is  looking like it might license Sony’s flavor of XDCAM EX MPEG-2 to use on SxS
cards.

In an adjacent area in JVC’s booth they had “camera under glass” (probably Plexiglass). This camera, not much bigger than their original JY-HD10 model looks like it could get three 1/3″ chips in a very compact package.

On the small consumer side, the Canon HF 100, HF10, HF11 series is interesting for a 1/3 inch one chip sensor camera. We own one at work and it makes nice pictures for its size.

Over at Panasonic, I was hoping to see the AG-HMC150 SD Card camera in the ‘flesh’ Alas, they only had it’s P2 cousin , the AG-HPX170 on the show floor. Big difference in the cost of media.

And at the Sony booth, the HVRZ5U and the PMW-EX3 each have their strong points.