Sony HVR-HD1000E

HD OK

These are the main HD camera's currently used in YSTV.

Power

These camera's are picky in that they need 8.7V through a propriety connector. There is an adapter cable-tied to each camera to allow the use of 4-pin XLR to provide power. However, care must be taken to avoid plugging a 12V supply into the camera's. Doing this turns the camera into a tape muncher, among other problems.

Current condition

Due to the use of incompatible power supplies (see above), two of YSTV's three HVRs are currently 'tape munchers'. A somewhat reliable solid-state recorder can be used with these cameras. The other camera records to tape fine, but has issues with sound due to a damaged microphone jack. This can be worked around by using the Zoom H2N to record sound (you can even plug the rifle mic into it). This camera also suffers from occasional optical issues, producing a distorted image. All three cameras can be used for live shows, although the composite output is damaged on a couple of them - use the S-Video connection instead.