2 shorts from Italy

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We went over to Italy for 3 days last month. At the airport i realized i’d forgotten to bring my driving license, so we had to take the train instead. Here’s a couple of little things i shot with the A1 on the “true colour” setting. …

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Revision to "JVC GZ-HD7 Handbook" only for those that use iMovie 08

Dom Stevenson wrote an interesting post today on
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Tonight I sent out a revision to my “JVC GZ-HD7 Handbook.” The ONLY revision is to Appendix A which covers editing with iMovie 08. Some mail did not go though — often because a mailbox was full. So if you didn’t get your revision let …

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extra zoom

Conner Flynn wrote an interesting post today on
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Hello there all, i have a JVC HD201 and i am useing at the football games, i would like to know how i can get or what i need to get more zoom. rob. PS nothing to expensive most of the footage is just going to the big screen.

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Sharing my experience with the Z7 for wildlife

Robert Bale wrote an interesting post today on
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I am not happy to hear about all the problems some people have with the camera/lens and I hope these issue will be addressed and fixed. However, I only use the Z7 for wildlife with Nikon still lenses mounted on it and I am very pleased …

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GL2 Power Off - Any Updates?

Luke Arndt wrote an interesting post today on
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Found a year-old post about a GL2 that powers off while in use then restarts itself shortly. We have a camera which has just started doing this while powered through the electrical cable. The camera’s only used in a stationary indoor …

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HDV deck for playback?

Luke Arndt wrote an interesting post today on
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I am looking for a small economical deck for playback to capture to avoid using the camera itself and running time on the heads. I know Sony used to make one for mini DV will this work for HDV shot on the A1? Attached Images.

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Service Pack 3

Bob Bowers wrote an interesting post today on
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Has anybody tried Windows sp3 yet? If so…how is it working?

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XL2 20x lens issue with focus

nobody@flickr.com (mills70) wrote an interesting post today on
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Hey guys, Recently, i’ve been having issues with my stock xl2 lens. It all started when I was shooting a baptism for my sister and all of a sudden, the image would blur. I would try to focus it again, but it would blur itself again, …

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New Zero Gravity Tripod Head by VariZoom

nobody@flickr.com (mills70) wrote an interesting post today on
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This is Tom from VariZoom. We released our new Zero Gravity tripod head at NAB 08 and pleasantly surprised with two awards for best of show by both Videography and DV magazine. What is unique about the Zero Gravity is that it allows the …

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CF card 15 frame drop outs between 4 gig segments

Thomas McKay wrote an interesting post today on
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I’ve noticed that when using the CF cards that there is about a 15 frame loss between the 4 gig segments (60i HDV). This occurs with the Transend card and the Sandisk CF card that I have. This does not appear to be a speed of the card …

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