| Recently, I wrote about how the high capacity versions of Secure Digital cards (officially "SDHC") were going to revolutionize the digital imaging market, particularly video. Although there are only some 8GB versions floating around, SDHC cards should reach capacities of 32 GB at some point (maybe by '09 if not earlier). Although several video cameras with SD slots that explicitly support the "HC" variant of the Secure Digital storage specification, are coming onto the market, seeing a combination of SDHC support, 3 CCDs, Hi-Def video, and a 60 GB hard drive in a single camera that comes in around $1000 is pretty exciting. The camera is definitely a prosumer (pro-consumer) model but the question is, at about 8x less than cost of our professional Panasonic camera, can it handle our professional needs. We won't know until we put it through its paces (which we intend to do). But the good news is that the camera is here as is one of its peripherals (for burning DVDs so the HD content — if that's what you're recording in — can be easily archived to DVD). But in the meantime, I thought I'd share the unboxing experience with you on video. for more on this, visit: blogs.zdnet.com |
