JVC’s GY-HD101E camcorder used to film footage for the “Used Car Roadshow”

Experienced broadcast cameraman selects JVC

London, 03 October 2005 - The JVC GY-HD101E camcorder is been used by lighting and broadcast cameraman Tom Paterson of Forager Films Limited, to shoot programme footage for the “Used Car Roadshow”.

Produced by Daisybeck Productions, based in Leeds, the Used Car Roadshow has been traveling all over the UK meeting buyers and sellers, offering tips and advice. The show is broadcast on Men and Motors, Sky Programme Guide 136 and is scheduled to continue right up until Christmas. It has been running since June 2005 and is broadcast every Monday at 8pm and then repeated on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1pm.

Tom Paterson has 16 years of cameraman experience in primetime broadcast television and has worked on BBC’s “Ground Force” series. Tom explains how the JVC camera is being used. “Footage is shot using three cameras including the JVC GY-HD101E camera. With each show's links needing to be shot in one 12 hour period at a major car event around the country, it is crucial to be able to inter-cut between the three cameras.”

“The GY-HD101E came into its own with its easy hand-held operation. Working in the confined space of car interiors is made easy by the GY-HD101E's reduced size and simple additions like the lockable recording button on the handgrip and the flip-out LCD screen,” comments Tom Paterson.

The 1/3-inch 3-CCD GY-HD101E camcorder from JVC has HDVTM and DV in & out, and is supplied as standard with a detachable 1/3-inch bayonet mount 16x Fujinon lens. This allows the cameraman to work with a wide variety of professional lenses. The convenient menu operation makes it easy to set time code at the beginning of a tape. The camera is lightweight enabling it to be easily either shoulder mounted or hand held.

“I found the professional lens on the front of the JVC camera very easy to operate. The camera is of a solid construction and the controls and switches are all in established places and within easy reach. The combination of the camera and the new IDX-100E power pack allows up to 4 hours recording time and provides an even balance when the camcorder is positioned on the shoulder. A lightweight Teletest (2.4 GHz) audio and video transmitter is also used.”

“Whilst the camera was not used in 720p mode, (the production was not equipped for HDV editing) it performed extremely well in DV mode and performed favorably compared with other camcorders previously used on this production.”

Ian Scott, Director, Pro Video Operation UK at JVC Professional Europe comments, “The GY-HD101E has been put through its paces on this production and has proved its ease of use, versatility and quality of output. This combined with the low cost of ownership make it an extremely effective tool for television productions.”