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Overall Impressions
If I had to choose among these camcorders for a production I would probably select the Z10000 as my ‘A’ camera and a few of the HMZ1 as the workhorse ‘B’ cams for alternate angles, odd camera positions and tight spaces. Did I mention the HMZ1 can shoot timelapse? (see DVInfo’s Shooter’s Guide to Stereoscopic 3D for details)

The Z10000 represents to me the best value, but I would still like to see a future version with BNC connectors for left/right HD-SDI output, and the ability to record separate left and right files to the two SDHC slots.

Los precios en dólares al dia de hoy son 

Sony Sony HXR-NX3D1 $2099

Panasonic AG-3DA1 Integrated Twin-Lens 3D Camcorder $13,900

Panasonic HDC-Z10000 Twin-Lens 2D/3D Camcorder $3,375

JVC GY-HMZ1U ProHD 3D Camcorder $995

Sony HDR-TD10 Full HD 3D Camcorde $799

JVC GS-TD1 Full HD 3D Camcorder $849

Sony HDR-TD20V Full HD 3D Handycam Camcorder $1498

Walter Bach demonstrates his latest camera, the Auricon Pro 1200, next to his swimming pool in Hollywood. The Kodachrome original was badly damaged -- shrunken, torn perfs, vinegar syncrome, cupped -- but it was scanned without any repairs at about 10 fps using a Kinetta Archival Scanner. The original scan was at 3296 x 2472, 12-bit. The optical track was extracted from this picture scan using AEO-Light software from the University of South Carolina MIRC (thanks Greg and Borislav). No EQ or other work was done on the audio. This is just a test scan, rough graded. Thanks to Martin Hill for the loan of the footage -- get well soon, Martin!

Does a GH2 really look as good as an F65? Only if you have the budget and time to make it so. Sadly this test doesn’t emphasize the latter as much as the former.