Sony’s newest HDV camcorder, the HVR-V1U

[Kim Welch]

Any one have any thoughts on Sony’s HDV camcorder, the HVR-V1U?

http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/b2b/broadcast_production/pro_audio_video/release/25017.html

 

[MarkG]

Looks interesting, though the CMOS chips will probably hit the low-light performance. The progressive scan could be handy, and variable frame-rates, though I presume the latter only works when recording to hard disk.

 

[MarkG]

BTW, there's a V1 review here:

http://www.dvuser.co.uk/content.php?CID=141

It's the first one I've seen so far and seems fairly thorough.