DSR-300 Digital Camcorder
A video camera is only as good as its operator. David Nathenson is an award winning videographer with over 20 years event video experience. But here's the scoop on the camera anyway...
I am proud to shoot with the DSR-300 Digital Camcorder - the latest Sony DVCAM broadcast camera featuring Lectrosonic and Sony UHF wireless microphone receivers and Aanton Bauer Nickel Hydride Batteries.
Videographers using consumer digital camcorders with mini cassettes can only record for 60 minutes at standard play (changing tapes during a ceremony). The DSR-300 DVCAM records a third faster resulting in unbeatable images for 3 continuous hours. It features 800 TV lines of resolution and an 18 x 1 internal focus lens that shoots beautiful close-up low light pictures.
Incorporating Sony's latest DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology based on the TruEyeTM process, the DSR-300 realizes faithful color reproduction never experienced with conventional analog and digital cameras. Drastic smear reduction and high sensitivity achieved by the newly developed 1/2" Power HADTM CCD provide more shooting opportunities, while maintaining high picture quality.
Based on the TruEyeTM system, the DSR-300 further offers a unique feature called DynaLatitudeTM which adaptively manages the contrast of each pixel according to a histogram of video signal level distribution. The DynaLatitude brings a new dimension to the technologies such as Dynamic Contrast Control (DCC) that control the dynamic range of video signals. The DynaLatitudeTM feature optimizes video level distribution based on video signal histograms in order to utilize the limited dynamic range of the video signal standard.
The DSR-300 incorporates the newly developed Power HADTM CCD sensor. This sensor features a minimal smear level equivalent to the conventional FIT CCDs, which addresses even the stringent demands of the high-end production field. The total performance of the Power HADTM CCD sensor approaches that of the standard FIT.
The Skin Detail function in the DSR-300 gives the subject a pleasing complexion with a softer image in the facial area, while maintaining the sharpness of the other areas. The DSR-300 provides edges with a natural line and appropriate thickness in areas with extreme dark-to-light or light-to-dark transitions, by digitally optimizing the level of detail signal to each of the transition parts, not by just clipping the detail signal. Consequently, the "Black Halo" effect which is seen as thick black edges surrounding an extremely bright object, as well as a stepping diagonal edge, have been eliminated.
Remember that the camera is only as good as the operator. With Digital Dave you can't go wrong!