The rapid transition to HD programming in broadcasting and postproduction has introduced a tremendous demand for an entry-level path into the HD world. Sony's response to this demand is the HVR-Z1U ...
Sony's HVR-Z1U camcorder has become the company's current inexpensive HD solution...In this article I will review the Z1U as I give you some of my thoughts and opinions about this new camera from Sony...The Z1U is a 1/3-inch 3CCD camera that captures high-definition (HD) resolution video using HDV...However, the list price for the Z1U from Sony...
The HVR-Z1U uses newly developed 1/3-inch CCD’s that have a pixel count of an astonishing one million, three times the resolution of the chips in the PD-170...The rear of the HVR-Z1U has a bunch of controls, the most familiar of which are the Menu button and Sel/Push Exec (Sony-talk for the dial that lets you scroll down the menus and select items...If you don’t...
The new HVR-Z1U 1080i HDV camcorder features three newly developed Super HAD 1/3" CCDs...DVCAM Support The DVCAM and DV formats are supported by the HVR Series to offer full backward compatibility with the standard definition DV world...Audio Mode 32 KHz and 48 KHz can be selected when the Rec Mode is set to either DVCAM or DV SP...
The HVR-Z1U seems too good to be true...The 1200 lines of horizontal resolution is pretty good - just about the same as 720p...But the vertical resolution is not very good at all...
Now, that's all well and good, except for the fact that a resolution of 1440x1080 achieves a ratio of 4:3, NOT 16:9...the biggest downside is there is no true 24p recording!! the 24 frame mode (cinescope or whatever it's called) does a good job for dramatic footage, but it still doesn't compare to true 24p...there are a few cons to this camera...
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Sony Electronics. HVR-Z1U. HDV Camcorder for Professionals. Technical Fact Sheet ... professional advantages of the HVR-Z1U over the Sony HDV HDR-FX1 camcorder ...
