Go from Acquisition to Editing in One Step
Featuring a backlit color display, an easy-to-use menu system, a 100GB hard drive, and a removable, rechargeable battery, the Focus FS-CV is the perfect DTE companion for your Canon HDV or DV camcorder. Audio, video, timecode, and control information is passed through a single FireWire cable, allowing you to record to disk or to disk and tape simultaneously.
Designed for use in even the roughest conditions, the FS-CV includes a 10-second electronic shock cache to ensure that you never lose footage. Advanced features such as time lapse (DV mode only), retro disk recording, scene marking, and clip categorization make the FS-CV Portable DTE Recorder the perfect companion for handheld shoots. When recording is complete, your footage is ready to edit instantly—no capturing, file transfer, or file conversion is required.

Assign Custom Metadata on the Fly
With the FS-CV, you can personalize and optimize workflow—while you shoot. With your wireless handheld device or laptop, you can access the FS-CV through a browser, define metadata, and assign it to video while you're recording, eliminating the need to tag footage when the shoot is over. During postproduction, simply transfer clips—complete with metadata—from the FS-CV to your NLE system or PX Media Server. All of the information that you assigned during the shoot goes with the clips, saving you hours or even days of logging time.

Engineered for Portability, Durability, and Ease of Use
Only 2.75 inches wide, 5.4 inches high, and 1.25 inches deep, the FS-CV packs a wealth of functionality into a sleek and durable package that weighs only twelve ounces. Crafted from the inside out to meet the reliability and quality standards that video professionals demand, the FS-CV is designed to deliver great results under even the most challenging shooting conditions.

Count On the FS-CV to Deliver

Powerful, Flexible, and Easy to Use
Record a wide range of HDV and DV formats
Navigate quickly and easily using the intuitive menu structure

Perfect for Long Recordings
Record up to 10 hours of HDV video at a time
Record up to 1.5 hours of HDV or DV video as a single clip; a new clip is automatically created when the end of the current clip is reached
Take advantage of up to three hours of recording time from the standard-capacity battery

Equipped for Connectivity
Connect to a wired¹ or wireless² network via the USB 2.0 port and transfer clips from the FS-CV to your NLE system or PX Media Server
Assign metadata to footage while it's being recorded2 using the FS-CV browser-based interface and your wireless handheld device or laptop

Quiet, Power-Efficient Operation
Enjoy the quiet operation of the FS-CV, made possible by its energy-efficient hard drive that does not require a fan

1 Requires an Ethernet-to-USB adapter (sold separately)
2 Requires an 802.11 dongle (sold separately)

Designed to Transform Workflow at the Recording Stage
Not only does the FS-CV enable you to go straight from shooting to editing by recording video in the NLE-compatible file format of your choice, but it allows you to add custom metadata to footage while you're recording. With three simple steps, you can define metadata fields for your shoot, add metadata tags to footage while its recording, and transfer edit-ready clips to your NLE system or PX Media Server, complete with camera-generated and custom-defined metadata. This simple three-step process dramatically streamlines workflow and saves numerous hours typically spent reviewing, logging, and tagging footage after it's shot.

Native Recording Formats

Native MXF HDV Support
With the FS-CV, you can record native MXF HDV 720p 30 and 1080i 50/60 clips and import them into Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Media Composer, or Avid NewsCutter for editing.

Native QuickTime HDV Support
With the FS-CV, you can record 1080i 50/60/25f/24f/30f or 720p 30 clips as native QuickTime HDV. The FS-CV extracts and decodes the audio from the incoming HDV stream, combines it with the video stream, and wraps it as a QuickTime HDV file. When recording is complete, your QuickTime HDV file can be imported directly into Final Cut Pro.
—no capture or conversion is required.

Recording Modes

HDV Recording Modes

• .m2t 720p 24/25/30/50/60
• .m2t 1080i 50/60
• MXF HDV (720p 30)
• MXF HDV (1080i 50/60)
• QuickTime 1080i 50/60/25f/24f/30f
• QuickTime 720p 30

DV Recording Modes

• AVI Type 1       
• AVI Type 2       
• AVI Type 2 24p       
• Canopus AVI       
• Matrox AVI
• RawDV
• MXF
• QuickTime 24p
• QuickTime
• Pinnacle AVI