Finally decided to take the time to document my transition to my next set of cameras. A new harness is in the works. for now a straight swapping of cameras was done.

Best thing about using these newer camcorders is the flash based storage. The footage is already broken down to seperate files by when the camera was used. Previously, I had to seek to the approximate time to get to a particular shooting. Now it can all be easily categorized. Post production video syncing is still necessary since both cameras don’t start syncronously. The use of newer batterys is a big minus for me. The new batteries with integrated circuitry makes buying OEM ones a bad choice. No digital reading of how good the battery is.

Pleasantly surprised to see that I got my 2 Canon HF200 today ahead of it’s release date from Dell. This pair will replace my budget camcorders for future 3d filming. Only disappointment I have so far is the fact that it doesn’t come with built in memory.

after a fruitless pursuit of a 3D lense adapter. I opted to get 2 budget camcorders and mount them side by side using a 30+ year old camera harness my dad had kicking around. Oddly enough, when I was spotted at the CES 07 with the rig, someone commented that they had the exact same harness.