Videography

Wedding videographer wins top awards with Sony kit

Capturing magic with the Sony PMW-EX3

Given that Turkish videographer, Cemal Gulas, grew up with a father who owned over 200 cameras, it’s little surprise that he quickly developed a love of photography and a flair for capturing the wonders of nature.

Rwanda 17 Project - The PMW-EX1R captures a new beginning

Claudio von Planta follows the Rwandan U17's to the World Cup with the PMW-EX1R

A BAFTA winner puts the Sony PMW-EX1R through its paces

Off the beaten track – Dance culture in 3D

Wim Wenders' 3D film project PINA was shot with a mix of HDC-1500s and XDCAM EX PMW-EX3s. HD supervisor Florian Rettich gives us the inside story on how it was done.

HVR-Z7E- Going to the End of the Road

Filmmaker Richard Nicholls turned to this lightweight durable tape camcorder for his first feature-length documentary, filmed in a £100 second-hand car driven over 4,000 miles across seven countries, and a stretch of the Sahara desert, to the Gambia in West Africa.

Racing Green Endurance – Making History

Intrepid documentary-maker Claudio von Planta is shooting an epic world-record bid by a group of students hoping to drive the full 26,000km length of the Pan-American Highway in an electric sports car.

Frozen Dreams

HVR-Z5E & HXR-MC1P- Shooting at –40º

Polar explorers Paul Kamphuis and Jan Fokke test the HVR-Z5E camcorder and HXR-MC1P compact camcorders in -40º conditions in Antarctica. Find out how they, and the camcorders, coped with changing temperatures, ultra bright weather and shooting in the dark.
“Our goal was to test the camcorders in harsh conditions, specifically with cold and high humidity.”

XDCAM used to record crash tests

“It doesn’t matter whether I use the F350 or the EX1, immediately after capturing the scenes I can view them with the customer and discuss and decide whether we have to do it again.”