THE INSTITUTE OF VIDEOGRAPHY Issue 222| May 2014 | Price £4.50 DSLRs, Cinema Cameras & TVCs (Traditional Video Cameras) THE NEW JVC GY-HM850 JOHN FRY STEADICAM OPERATOR SEBASTIAAN ter BURG 5D REDROCK RIG DSLR RIG FOCUS MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES A YEAR BY THE INSTITUTE OF VIDEOGRAPHY LTD GY-HM850 & GY-HM890 camcorders MULTI-DISCIPLINE ENG & STUDIO CAMCORDERS JVC’s next generation camcorders, featuring 50Mbps recording, advanced networking and studio/ENG form factors Whatever your fi lming requirements, there’s no need to compromise on design. Both the shoulder-mounted GY-HM850 ENG camcorder and the modular GY-HM890 studio/ENG camcorder feature three full HD CMOS sensors and F12 sensitivity, delivering images that are second to none. Dual codecs, H.264 50Mbps 1080/50p recording, four-channel audio and an interchangeable Fujinon 20x autofocus zoom lens with optical image stabilisation and chromatic aberration correction come as standard. The cameras have exceptional GY-HM850 GY-HM890 networking technology too – built-in live streaming engine, FTP and 3G/4G • Shoulder-mount ENG camcorder • Modular studio and ENG camcorder connectivity enables live HD transmission – while embedded Zixi network • 50Mbps recording • Includes all GY-HM850 features • Network streaming and FTP • Pool feed input with live streaming support ensures your story gets home, even under diffi cult network conditions. • 20x autofocus Fujinon lens • Fibre and multicore studio options For further information on our camcorders, please visit www.jvcpro.co.uk/800series. GY-HM850_890 A4 ad (InBroadcast).indd 1 5/19/2014 5:14:03 PM Welcome to the May 2014 issue of This month’s theme is DSLR Video Production, alongside rather than necessarily in competition with Traditional Video Cam- eras (henceforth TVCs) and large-sensor cinema cameras. So there are a number of articles connected to this theme, intro- duced by yours truly on Page 13, and with contributions from Alan Howard and Gary Greenwood. Speaking of TVCs we have a full and excellent review of the highly-specified JVC 850 by Chris North. Not sure if 4K capability counts as “traditional,” but anyway Cheema puts the Sony Z100 to the test starting on Page 26. With BVE and NAB now complete there are some enticing new products on the market to take our standards and spending to new heights! The Worth a Look column has what I hope are some interesting links for folks like us. I often wonder if anyone finds this helpful. Feedback on this and indeed anything in the magazine is always welcome! I am indebted to a number of regular writers - Chris, Keith, Richard, Peter and Kevin in particular - and value their encour- agement as well as their articles. I hope you will find this issue of Focus informative and entertaining. Tony Manning, Editor Index of Contents GY-HM850 & GY-HM890 camcorders 4-5 Area Reports 18-21 Review of the JVC GY-HM 850 6-7 ADDICTIVE Review by Chris North 22 Smile... by Bryan Stanislas with Keith Woolford MULTI-DISCIPLINE 10-11 Local TV Update 23 Video of the Month Result by Richard Laurence by Mike West ENG & STUDIO CAMCORDERS 12 Does Polecam Do Weddings? 24-25 Video Cameras & DSLRs Part 2 by Mel Noonan by Gary Greenwood 13 DSLRs, Cinema Cameras and 26-28 Testing the 4K Sony Z100 TVCs by Tony Manning by Zulqar Cheema 29 AKM Music New Releases 14-16 DSLR Video - Thoughts of a Late comer by Kevin Cook by Alan Howard 30-35 Industry News 17 Exec Briefing, Worth a Look 36 “The List” by Tony Manning 37 Trade Directory JVC’s next generation camcorders, featuring 50Mbps recording, advanced networking and studio/ENG form factors CONTACTS Published By: Whatever your fi lming requirements, there’s no need to compromise on design. Membership Administrator Arbitration Service Institute of Videography Ltd Martin Baker 12 The Drive Both the shoulder-mounted GY-HM850 ENG camcorder and the modular Tony Manning PO Box 625 E: [email protected] Loughton GY-HM890 studio/ENG camcorder feature three full HD CMOS sensors Loughton Essex IG10 3GZ and F12 sensitivity, delivering images that are second to none. Dual codecs, Assessment Administrator IG10 1HB E: [email protected] H.264 50Mbps 1080/50p recording, four-channel audio and an interchangeable Bryan Stanislas T: 0333 566 0064 Fujinon 20x autofocus zoom lens with optical image stabilisation and chromatic E: [email protected] e: [email protected] Editing & Design: Tony Manning aberration correction come as standard. The cameras have exceptional GY-HM850 GY-HM890 Webmaster Institute of Videography Ltd t: 020 8923 6068 networking technology too – built-in live streaming engine, FTP and 3G/4G • Shoulder-mount ENG camcorder • Modular studio and ENG camcorder Zulqar Cheema Mob: 07960 719520 Executive Committee connectivity enables live HD transmission – while embedded Zixi network • 50Mbps recording • Includes all GY-HM850 features • Network streaming and FTP • Pool feed input with live streaming E: [email protected] support ensures your story gets home, even under diffi cult network conditions. • 20x autofocus Fujinon lens • Fibre and multicore studio options Zulqar Cheema M.M.Inst.V. FOCUS Magazine contents, and its logo, and Tony Manning M.M.Inst.V. the Institute Logo, are copyright of the Institute Treasurer Bryan Stanislas M.M.Inst.V. of Videography Ltd. While we make every effort Steven Abrams F.Inst.V. Mike West M.M.Inst.V. to ensure accuracy, we cannot take responsibil- For further information on our camcorders, 2 Ingledene Road, Liverpool L18 3HJ ity for losses resulting from publishing errors of any kind, howsoever caused. please visit www.jvcpro.co.uk/800series. E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 0151 722 6692 ProVideo 2011, ProVideo 2012 and ProVideo 2013 are trading names for Institute of Videography Ltd GY-HM850_890 A4 ad (InBroadcast).indd 1 5/19/2014 5:14:03 PM Report of East Anglia (AREA 7) MEETING held on 6th March 2014 Our 6th March meeting was held at The Ferry Boat Inn, Holywell, Cambs and The meeting concluded this item by was a chance to go through a keynote presentation on the demographics of discussing possible initiatives within the area membership along with discussing the issues of meetings and member the area that could help including participation at area events. A small number of members were in attendance. area sponsorship. We also had a display of various pieces of kit to give members a chance to play After this we went on to looking at and ask questions about. A Datavideo ipad autocue, a Lishuai LED interview the pieces of kit brought in. The ipad lighting kit, an Editors Keys vocal booth and SL300 Mic bundle, a Sony NX30 autocue was demonstrated with a and a Kenyon Labs Gyro were on show. wireless controller that allowed the presenter to control start/stop and speed. I purchased it to allow us Firstly, with the keynote presentation, to do presenter training but it we went through details of Area 7 has also become invaluable as a member numbers, which had de- tool for face to camera presenta- clined, from 61 in 2011 to 47 in 2014, tions and has replaced a laptop a reduction of 28%. Less than half under the camera as a more of the membership had attended a practical and professional set up. meeting over this period. The LED light interview kit We looked at the distribution of the proved popular and it was dem- membership, which showed that onstrated with battery power there were concentrations in the showing the temperature and cities but the spread was fairly even dimmer control. Now I don’t over the counties. It was established have to worry about leads, pow- that the centre of the area was Bury er points and hot lamps. In fact St Edmunds where we had, courtesy Kevin Cook F.Inst.V.Hon wrote a of Vintens, a venue that had been great review of the kit and it can utilised over the past few years. be found on the following link: Although this was relatively central http://video-artisan.com/lishuai- it was still some distance for some led508as/ members and therefore we had made a conscious effort to move the meet- The Editors Keys vocal booth ing venue around. We had managed that was also set up with the to do this to some degree but there SL300 microphone bundle was little feedback on additional pos- proved invaluable for clean, sible meeting places. good quality voiceovers. Again a review can be found from Kevin We took time to look at the benefits on the following link: that IOV membership brought with http://video-artisan.com/voiceo- accreditation, Focus magazine, the an indie film presentation, a presenta- ver-recording-solution/ forum and Videoskills to name but a tion dealing with RAW video files, a few, but it was still felt that face-to- hands-on lighting workshop, several Everyone had a play with the Sony face networking through area meet- visits to Vinten’s factory and two sum- NX30 that features the image sta- ings with like-minded professionals mer social events. bilisation system termed ‘balanced was important. That is why, in Area 7, optical steadyshot’. It also boasts a ½ we have tried to maintain meetings, A number of members had helped inch CMOS sensor, HD formats includ- making them training events where greatly with presentations, including ing 1080/50p, 96GB on-board memory possible, so that there was a purpose. hosting and thanks to them many of plus SD card slot, a built in projector, the events had taken place.