Sony DSR 570
The Sony DSR 570 is a medium weight camcorder recording onto large or small DVcam tapes. It is the second generation of the full spec DVcam location camcorders following the DSR500, with B4 mount and 16:9 CCD block to take broadcast lenses and all the facilities that cameramen and sound recordists look for.
It has a menu system for setting up the camera, timecode userbits and sound control, and switches in familiar places. It’s a well thought out camera with add ons like a box for a radio mic that feeds into the system and fire wire out for on board hard disc recording – not that many have availed themselves of cut and paste transfer from acquisition to edit.