does anybody use an Editcam?

[Star Video]

Everyone's talking about XDCAM and P2.

What about the Editcam HD?

How much do the disks cost?

It seems like a possible tapeless solution. I know Ikegami makes solid cameras.

Instead of a producer getting P2 cards transferred to their harddrive and talking the video home with them to edit (a colleague of mine has worked this way), why not just transfer the footage from the editcam? Which, if i'm correct, supports firewire data transfer?

Also, what about in-house production? Say, I shot and edited a program?

Are there problems with the cameras? How much do they cost? Does the camera shoot 720p?

[Baltimore Shooter]

How will you archive the footage and edited piece?

Warren

[dhart]

Format has been around for years. Mainly for news gathering. Never really caught on in EFP. Biggest drawback is how do you get the material transfered to medium a normal post-production facility could use? Of course that's the problem with these formats other than Betacam.

[Miles]

It really doesn't look like a bad camera, neither does panny's HPX2100 (in fact, I do like this camera!).

But Warren is right..."How will you archive the footage and edited piece?"

I'll be right on board as soon as someone can give me a creditable option.


Here's the site.....
http://editcam.ikegami.com/

[Miles]

By the way, does anyone know the price range for the HDN-X10?

[Star Video]

Archiving?

Just dump it to tape, SD/HD DVCPro, HDCAM, XDCAM disc, or whatever "print to tape" deck that you're using with your NLE. (In my case, Final Cut Pro) I don't see the problem.

The camera itself has Firewire, so you could dump it to a firewire drive if the editor is in another city, the producer can bring the drive.

People fly with laptops all the time. You could even edit on the plane.

[Star Video]

Man, the specs on the camera itself kick butt!

1080i, 720p, 1080p, etc, etc, CMOS chipset, 2 filter wheels, 145 mb/sec bitrate, weighs under 10 pounds, 1000 TV lines of resolution, low power consumption....