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Shifting to full-on XAVC S 4K mode cuts that time to a little more than 2 hours.
SONY FDR AX1 DIGITAL 4K VIDEO CAMERA RECORDER 1080P
A sub-$40 Class 10 64GB SD card nets almost 14 hours of shooting time in “standard” AVCHD 1080p HD mode. It can also shoot HD/4K and at lower resolution at the same time, which can save time in post-production. Of course, shooting in 4K is the camera’s trump card, but it also shoots in two different 1080p HD modes or even lower resolution if you need to dumb it down for Web video or the like. Shooting in 4K is the camera’s trump card, but it also shoots in 1080p HD or lower. We had the camera long enough (over a month) to learn the menu structure and tweak the controls to our tastes, as well as toy with some interesting features. It maintains camcorder archetypes with major controls – zoom, start/stop, focus, fold-out LCD screen, etc. The semi-tubular body has a metal subframe covered in some grippy plastic, and overall, it has that “serious quality” feeling that makes you feel better about dropping two grand on it. It also has a bit of heft, coming in at 2 pounds with the included battery attached. At almost 8 inches long, it’s the size of one of their old 8mm Handycams from the 1990s and that is certainly intended. So what can the big electronics companies do to entice consumers to plunk down hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a new camcorder that they have to lug around? One way is to push video capture resolution way past HD, into the Ultra HD (UHD) or 4K realm, as Sony calls it in big shiny letters on the side of their new high-end 4K Handycam, the FDR-AX100. Why cart around a camcorder when your smartphone shoots HD video? The tiny cameras packed into cell phones, especially higher-end models like Sony’s Xperia, Apple’s iPhone, or Samsung’s Galaxy, take photos and video at a quality level only available from very spendy high-end standalone camcorders just a few years ago.
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Fitbit Versa 3ĭigital imaging companies like Sony, Panasonic, JVC, and others are looking at ways to give people new reasons to buy a camcorder.