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...long last, the affordable handycam is helping to document unseen corners of Asia - and define a new generation of filmmakers. First there's Beijing's Zhao Liang, who used a decade of handheld shooting to create Petition, which chronicles the Kafkaesque torment of Chinese citizens seeking official redress for endlessly unanswered grievances. Then there's Burma VJ, the Danish director Anders ?stergaard's dazzling pastiche - marred at times by dull dramatic reconstructions - of material shot at great risk by underground videographers from Burma's democracy movement...
...Ain’t no money for no shoes or purses here,” Cam’ron raps about his meager paycheck. This presumably leaves little to no money for video production—it’s possible that the entire thing was recorded on a Handycam. A raucous piano riff kicks off a dull workday, narrated through the eyes of Cam’ron’s girlfriend with an almost Biz Markie-esque realism. The flashy whips and mansions have been traded for a mid-size sedan and cubicle, and with mounting bills...
...separate wide-angle lens that you can attach, by way of headband or armband, to your extremities. The camcorder itself stays safely tucked inside your jacket or carrying case while the remote lens captures all your adrenalized action. Another innovation: Sony's DCR-DVD403 DVD Handycam (out this spring for $1,000) brings richness to a home-video soundtrack by recording audio from five directions and encoding it automatically onto a DVD in genuine Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound...
...also be played on most PCs with DVD-ROM drives.) Hitachi was the first to launch DVD camcorders, back in 2000, but they were bulky and expensive. The new, slimmed-down versions are cheaper and easier to use. Hitachi's DZ-MV350A ($900, left) and Sony's DCR-DVD100 Handycam ($900, right) are the newest in a field that includes a model from Panasonic. Blank discs cost $10 to $20 apiece, but the prices are dropping all the time...
...PC100 Digital Handycam Camcorder SONY, $1,799 Digital camcorders are still pricey, but they offer a better picture, plug into your computer for easy editing and fit snugly in your hand...