[MacDV] Re: Panasonic AG-EZ50

[YangZone at aol.com]

>>the AG-EZ50. It's a nice 3 chipper with 1/3" ccds

I think it has 1/5" ccds (dont 3-chip 1/3' ccd DVCams still come with a heftier pricetag?)

PJ


In a message dated 9/21/2003 9:23:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, selander at tkf.att.ne.jp (Selander Timothy) writes:

>> I am considering "taking the next step" - the purchase of a 3-chip 
>> camera. I am using a Quicksilver, dual 1K, Mac with FCP 4 and burning
>> to DVD. I  currently have a Canon ZR-45mc. I like to shoot in 16:9. Has
>> anyone had any experience with the Panasonic AG-EZ50?
>> 
>If I'm keeping my memories straight, I believe my DJ100 is the Japanese
>version of the AG-EZ50. It's a nice 3 chipper with 1/3" ccds, great
>picture. Have used its footage on air many times. Flip out screen is
>only 2.5", so a little small. Stabilization is electronic, not optical,
>so it's useless -- degrades the picture if you use it. Have never used
>the 16:9 mode. But it's quite an old camera -- four or five years old.
>Are they still selling it new in the US?
>
>The next model, MX3000, is a great camera, but was never sold in the US.
>I also wound recommmend the MX5000 (something or other 953 in the US)
>over the EZ50. Smaller chips, so slightly less low light performance.
>But very, very nice pics and nice optical stabilization.
>
>Tim Selander
>Tokyo, Japan
>
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