Video Twins
Go-Video GV-8020 8mm/VHS Dual Deck VCR
Go-Video
14455 N. Hayden Road, Suite 219
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
($1099)
Committed to the dual deck concept from the beginning,
GO-Video offered quality VHS to VHS decks. Now, GO-Video
answers the call for an 8mm to VHS deck you can use both
as a dubber and an editor....
Owning a desktop computer won't help you with standard video production techniques. Computer or no computer, you must still master the basics of camcorders, audio, lighting and so on.
Where the computer is a big help is with any project that 1) requires organization; and 2) lends itself to automation....
King of the Hill
Sony's latest camcorder, the Hi8 CCD-TR700, reigns as new king of the Handycam line. And rightly so: this little unit boasts numerous niceties, including a 10x multispeed zoom lens, color viewfinder, optical image stabilization, a full complement of manual controls and rewriteable consumer (RC) time code...
Editing Powerhouse
Sony SV-S7000 Hi8 VCR
Sony
Sony Drive
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
www.sony.com
($2000)
Sony has taken some heat, in this magazine and others, for being slow to grant certain key features to consumer-level Videomakers. In the case of Hi8, at the top of the "most wanted" list are the capabilities that bring real...
The director of a Very Important Shoot looks out over the location of her latest scene. She's just completed what seems to be the best take so far-and yet, something's still not right.
Should she shoot it again? The sun's setting, the clock's ticking, the budget's rising. She makes the...
