As a filmmaker, I dreamed of the day that I could toss my standard def camera for a high Def one. I started pricing them about 5 years ago and one hundred grand was the best price I could find. It took a couple years until it had come down by half to fifty grand. Even then, I was never going to have the kind of a budget to own or even rent such a camera. Then, in late 2004, Sony broke the $10,000 barrier and released the FX1 and, in 2005, the Z1U, bringing the dream of owning an HD camera to regular people like you and me. Over the last year Panasonic, JVC and Canon have followed suit giving microfilmmakers everywhere broader options in cameras and more tools to tell stories at a much higher quality than they used to have. Since I owned a Sony PD-150, which I liked a lot, I naturally leaned toward the Sony HDV camera. I did my homework on all of them and in the end I decided to go with the Z1U. It has its ups and downs but over all it has lived up to the hype.

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There are a lot of reviews available on the Z1U. As a shooter I found that those reviews glossed over a lot of things that effect me in the practical day-to-day use of this camera. In this review I have glossed over a few of the features that will make your jaw drop in awe in favor of giving you a perspective that has some practical value to the microfilmmaker. That way when you drop a few grand on getting this camera you at least know all sides of the picture. Exif viewer mac download.

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Recorded with Canon 60D. Find firmware updates, drivers and software downloads for HVR-MRC1K. My Sony HVR-A1J high definition camcorder does not work on Win7100 RC 32 bit, and I've been unable to find any compatible drivers. Will any drivers be available for my camera for Windows 7 in the near future? I edit video professionally, this is a feature that can not be missing. Are there any other drivers that might be compatible?