Evaluating Production

Equipment
Slides 1 and 2 – What came before
Slides 3 and 4 – What the industry uses now
Slides 5 and 6 – What we use

By Jagvir Singh Tiwana and Damiano Shehu

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 Canon 8 VM-E1
Key features:
Price: • high-performance
$1,400 (When first 6X power zoom
lens with large
came out) f/1.2 aperture.
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ml computer.

Strengths:
• lightweight compact Limitations:
body. • Its too big.
• Lets you rewind still • Hard to carry.
Videos. • Not good to run with if
your chasing someone.
 Canon XF305 HD
Key Features:
Price: • MPEG-2 MXF recording to CF cards at up to 50Mbps
£5299.98 (UK Stock) (4:2:2)
• Comprehensive NLE support
• 18x wide angle Canon L-series lens
• 3 x 1/3 type Full HD Canon CMOS sensors
• HD-SDI, Timecode, Genlock
Strengths:
• • 10.1 cm LCD (1.23M dots); 1.3 cm (1.55M dots) EVF
Capture high quality HD to CF
• Variable frame rates
cards
• Flexible editing
• Professional jackpack and
independent audio
• Variable frame rate

Limitations:
• lack of aperture markings
• no audio during instant
review
• On/Off switch is not good
 Final Cut Pro 7

Price: £632.11 (From Pro Video

Sales)
Key Features:
• Good effects and transitions
• More good tools available to
use when editing
• Digital camera workflows

Strengths:
• Allows you to edit in high
definition
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Limitations:
Broad format editing
• The OS is slow
• Allows you to work well with
• When looking at videos on
other colleagues in different
YouTube and Facebook the
locations
browser crashes.
• Have to force it to restart.
IMovie
Key Features
• Movie trailers, this allows you create your
Own movie trailers.
• All new audio editing, this allows you to edit your movies
with sound also.

Strengths
• Easy exporting and sharing of your videos to YouTube Limitations
allows you to share your clips with the world. • Only 12 titles and
• Extract sound easily. transitions. Price - Comes
• Audio adjustment is weak. free with apple
macs but will
have to pay £4.50
for an upgrade or
$79
Panasonic NV-GS230
Key Features
• 2.5 inch LCD Screen Price
Approximately £230
• 10x optical zoom

Strengths Limitations
• Playback, allows you to see what has been filmed . • Battery life only last an hour.
• Usb port allows you to transfer images and videos to • Needs better zoom.
your computer.
• Easy to navigate.