Sony PMW-EX1 XDCam HD Camcorder

www.sony.co.uk
0870 60 60 456
Sony
£3699 ex-vat

Pros:

Love shooting to SxS card and the integration with MacBook Pro, great lens, very sharp images, excellent LCD screen, focusing is a dream, shoots XDCam HD or HDV

Cons:

Only does HD, auto-focus slow compared to other models though few competing models offer a lens to match that of the EX1

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Impressions of the Sony EX1

Shooting XDCam with a new breed of camcorder

Rick Young | 11/04/2008

PAGE 2 First Impressions
The box arrived, the camera is in my hands. It was smaller than I had imagined. Shorter than a Z1 yet chunkier, due to the protruding, rotating, hand-grip. Amazingly compact for what it is.

The Lens
Lens I hadn't even switched the camera on, yet the lens stood out as being something special. To touch, it feels like a pro lens. The mechanism, the look, the markings, the layout -I get the impression the designers started with a lens and then built a camera to attach to this. Of all the lenses on all the affordable cameras that have ever come to market this stands out as being high-end.

SxS cards in the slots, battery attached, screen extended, I switch it on.

SxS Cards

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