Best HD camera (under $6,000)

[SRsupport]

I would wait until they get the vignetting problem fixed. Other than that, it looks like an incredible camera for the price.

From Sony:


Since the launch in November, the PMW-EX1 has been received extremely well within the

market with a huge level of order commitments and very positive feedback from customers

using the product.

Sony regrets to inform you that there have been a small number of reports of a specific lens issue

with the camera, which upon further investigation by our engineering team, has been identified

as ‘unbalanced light falloff’ at the edge of the picture. The cause of this has been identified as

being a result of a mis-alignment of the center of the lens and the light axis. Sony takes such

technical matters very seriously and although this issue has only been seen on a very small

percentage of the units supplied worldwide, Sony has implemented a full review and

modification of the manufacturing process in order to alleviate any re-occurrence of this issue.

Sony will re-align any camera exhibiting the symptom described above at no charge to you at

the highest priority. If your camcorder exhibits the symptom described please call our Product

Operational Support Center at 1-800-883-6817, option 2-5-2 for advice on how to proceed.

[Jerry]

From Sony:


Since the launch in November, the PMW-EX1 has been received extremely well within the

market with a huge level of order commitments and very positive feedback from customers

using the product.

I am still going to wait until NAB. That should give them plenty of time to fix this or any other issue related to 1st gen problems.

[fukly]

HVR hd1000 anyone?

hi guys..
has any one try HVR-HD1000?

[Blast1]

hi guys..
has any one try HVR-HD1000?

I'd buy a FX7 instead, the HD1000 is basically a HC7 stuffed in a bigger case, not knocking a HC7, I own one and think it's a nice little HDV cam for it's price(under $1k)

[kwshaw1]

I would wait until they get the vignetting problem fixed. Other than that, it looks like an incredible camera for the price.

I tested the EX1 and didn't see any vignetting which would be an issue under normal shooting conditions, plus Sony has announced a fix for the problem. Looks like a heck of a camera for the price, and if you need something better that's going to cost a lot more money.