Matrox Axio Add Support for Windows Vista, Sony XDCAM
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox Axio release 3.6 is now available. Highlights include support for Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate (32-bit) and realtime native editing of Sony XDCAM HD422 and XDCAM EX clips. »

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Focus Enhancements and Sony Agree to XDCAM EXTM Development Alliance »
Q&A: Dave Sperling, DP/camera operator »
Shooting Reality On the Lot »
Sony XDCAM On the Lot »
First Look at Sony XDCAM EX »
Sony Expands XDCAM Family »
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Fujifilm Introduces Professional Disc Media for XDCAM »
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XDCAM HD: A First Look at the Sony PDW F350
During a training and product launch event in Montreal, Canada, I was allowed to take a preproduction PDW F350 for a couple nights, and let me tell you, I’m impressed! »

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Sony XDCAM PDW-530 »

Hands On Sony EX (pt. 3)
In the third installment of Abel Cine Tech's seminar on the Sony XDCAM EX, cinematographer/producer David Leitner talks about the exceptional lens, shooting handheld, tapeless workflows and even weighs in on the MPEG-2 Long-GOP versus AVC-Intra codec debate. »

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Inner Workings of the Sony EX »
Hands-On with Sony XDCAM EX »
Three Ways to Transfer Sony XDCAM Content to Final Cut Pro »
Edit Sony XDCAM and Panasonic P2 Media with Grass Valley EDIUS 4.5 »
Create Multiple Effects with the Sony XDCAM HD »
Three kits for the Sony PDW-530 XDCAM »

Since its debut in 2004, Sony’s XDCAM™ Professional Disc system – an optical disc-based video production system – has been widely adopted for use by a large number of broadcast stations, production companies, sports teams, corporations, houses of worship and government and educational facilities around the world. »

Another extremely valuable feature is the +48dB "Turbo Gain" that the cam offers. I assigned a gain boost to one of the two assignable buttons found on the top grip. Engaging the +12dB Gain didn't display any noise in the shot whatsoever.