Note: the last two are tricky because I'm not sure how you're going to be able to monitor HDV footage without something like a Matrox MXO (see other threads about this product). Video Playback: Apple Firewire NTSC (720 x 480) Go to Final Cut Pro>Audio/Video Settings and when it opens, adjust each of the pulldown menus as follows:ĭevice Control Preset: HDV Firewire Basic You can directly connect the HDR-DV1 to a television - via component or i.link, depending on your exact feature set - to play back content, but at the time of writing, the main reason to get an HDR-FX1 would be to capture content today that you should be able to watch on the DVD formats of tomorrow.First, make your own Easy Setup by using Audio/Video Settings. As yet, the specification for HD DVD is still totally up in the air, so although you can record content onto DV tape, and transfer it over onto disc for storage, there aren't any DVD players you could then play that content back onto. The HDR-FX1 is quite far ahead of the technology curve, and as such, the facilities to do things such as burn your home movies in HD format that'll be playable don't yet exist.
#Hrd fx1 software#
A number of prominent editing software packages, including those from Apple, Canopus, Ulead and Adobe either support HD format video editing natively, via a plug-in, or will do in future revisions.ĭownside: There's always a penalty with being the first to market, and in the case of the HDR-FX1, there's a single major quirk you'll have to deal with, although it's not really the fault of the camcorder itself. There's a pretty chunky array of accessories for the HDR-FX1, although it's not clear how many of the Sony-branded accessories will be available in the Australian market. In our quick test, we found the HDR-FX1's zoom capabilities to be quite slick, with the 12x optical zoom working smoothly either in hand-held operation or on the optional tripod.
#Hrd fx1 movie#
Sony's employing two proprietary technologies in the HDR-FX1, Cinematone Gamma and Cineframe, that allow you to simply give your shot footage a real movie look, changing the frame rates and colour tones to better give you that professional film-like look. The HDR-FX1 supports user-defined profiles - Sony calls this feature "Picture Profile" - so you don't have to remember the precise details of each setting you used in a particular shoot.
#Hrd fx1 manual#
It took us some time to get to grips with the HDR-FX1's button layout - practically every surface you look at controls one function or another, with just about every setting enjoying either manual or automatic modes that worked well in our brief time with the camera. It's weighted well in the centre of the camera, so it's less likely to tilt around too much when being held, although its size and weight does make it difficult to hold unless you prop it onto one shoulder. The engineering on the HDR-FX1 has taken into consideration the fact that consumers are less likely to tripod mount the camera. While it's certainly much larger than the average consumer camcorder - the initial market is more likely to real video enthusiasts and even possibly for more professional use such as on-the-spot news features. The HDR-FX1 records using standard DV camera tapes, and in a neat bit of engineering, can record the same length of SD or HD footage onto a tape. It lets you record video footage in HD quality, up to the 1080i specification, with a maximum resolution of 1440x1080. Upside: The major upside for the HDR-FX1 is pretty simple, really. It won't hit our shores in a retail sense until November, but it's certainly a product that's likely to shake up the existing pro-camcorder market when it does. At the recent Asia Pacific launch of Sony's HDR-FX1 HD-capable Handycam in Tokyo, we had the chance to have a quick evaluation of the HDR-FX1.
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