The NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) this week as many of the 'big guns'... the major equipment manufacturers show off their latest, newest and forthcoming audio and video gear. I will post what I consider the most interesting news from the show floor on this blog and on the Casablanca Expert Facebook page.
We'll kick off the news with an announcement Canon actully made last week but applies here as new video product news!
Canon
released three new camcorders today – that by itself is hardly big news
as the camera companies regularly bring new models to market. What is
very interesting about these new models to me are the wireless options
built-in.
We’ve seen
some social media sharing on consumer cameras and camcorders these past
few years (like the Kodak Play series of pocket cameras) and the Sony
Bloggie… but these new cameras by Canon are feature rich in both the
remote control options and sharing to social media.
From
the Canon press release: “FTP file transfer of MP4 (3Mbps) format video
to cover breaking news is enabled by dual-band wireless support (5GHz
and 2.4GHz), which also allows for data sharing. A wireless remote
feature also enables users to control the XA25 and XA20 camcorders via a
web browser of the user’s PC or mobile device.
Camera
videos can be played back or downloaded to a device using the web
browser* of a PC or mobile device connected to the camcorder. In
playback mode, video files can be uploaded to social media websites via
the free Movie Uploader app, currently available only for iOS-related
mobile devices.”
The
Canon XA20, XA25 (at $3,199 and $2,699) are considered part of Canon’s
professional product line and the new Canon HFG30 ($1,699) is the
addition to the Canon Vixia – consumer video camera product line.