[David C jones]

Glad they got back with you. NAT/SOT is a term that is almost exclusively used in news and so, no one else has any idea what it means. Yeah, as someone who works in news I can tell you we ALWAYS want seperated tracks :o)

[David C jones]

I my vast experence with broadcast, split audio means they (ABC) don’t want the narration/reporter/interview track mixed with the rest of the sound. In news, generally, you only have two tracks to work with so, the reporter track in on channel 1 and the nats are on 2. They just want to be able to take out/or control any narration track you’re using, and when it’s mixed, they can’t do it.

[David C jones]

I agree with Jeremy; rent if you can, and when it comes to projection, bigger is always better. I come from a film background, and there’s a reason all the new high-end “cine” cameras are made with a 35mm imaging chip: the final project will be projected on a really big screen. It’s not just about how compressed your video will be, but how big your image is to begin with. The 3000 is the only Panasonic camera with imaging chips at true full-raster 1920X1080; go for it!

[David C jones]

Hi Ty,

Thanks for the response. I actually thought it was just me…lol. I still haven’t gotten an answer on the Apple Soundtrack forum which maybe because, unfortunately, there IS no answer. We did do several tests yesterday, and, as far as I can tell, have it working correctly. Call me “old fashion” but I’ll take a stand-alone recorder over a computer “software” program any day!

[David C jones]

CNN is using them on their Election Express truck for election coverage.

This camera is only one of two (as of now) that has full-raster 1920X1080 imagers; the other is the HPX-3000 (not counting the high-end cine cameras). The PDW-700 will have them, too, but it only records in 1080i or 720p.

I’m planning on getting one, soon.

[David C jones]

I clicked on the link, and for some reason they put their old site back up! Sony, no, no… I realize it wasn’t finished but it was still much better then what’s there now.

[David C jones]

Actually, I just noticed Sony IS advertising their new dual wireless in-slot receiver for the PDW-700, and future camcorders. So, there you go.

[David C jones]

It seems everyone is coming out with a dual slot receiver (which is good). What Lectrosonics was saying, is that the Sony cameras that have a receiver slot built-in only have the ability to use a single channel receiver (there are not enough pins in the slot for the new dual channel receivers). However, I’m not sure about the new PDW-700.

[David C jones]

Hey Bill…

I came across some info I found to be interesting: as you know the SR is the new dual wireless slot receiver from Lectrosonics; well, according to them, Sony cameras only accept single slot receivers, so Lectrosonics made a 5-pin (adapter cable?) in order to take advantage of the dual channels of the SR. I don’t know if the new PDW-700 is dual or single, though (hope it’s dual).

[David C jones]

According to the preliminary stuff, it does. But, I’m not at NAB so, unfortunately I can’t look at it myself. I was excited about this camera at first, but since finding out it will only do 1080i or 720p (not 1080p) I’m a little disappointed with it.