The all new FS-H200 Pro Portable Compact Flash DTE Recorder brings ultra-reliable solid state acquisition with Direct To Edit Technology to your DV or HDV camcorder.

Watch your video on the FSH-200 Pro's LCD screen!
FS-H200 Pro allows you to view thumbnails and playback proxy content, create and share MPEG4 proxy clips, assign clips to folders with custom names during recording using the REELS functionality, and much more. FS-H200 Pro utilizes standard Type 1 removable Compact Flash media which provides fast, reliable, and low-cost recording.

Powerful, Flexible and Easy to Use

• Record a wide range of HDV and DV formats
• Navigate quickly and easily using the intuitive menu structure
• Play video clips and View thumbnails on the color LCD

Equipped for Connectivity

• Connect to a wired1 or wireless2 network via the USB 2.0 port and transfer clips from the FS-H200 Pro to your NLE system or PX Media Server
• Assign metadata to footage while it's being recorded2 using the FS-H200 Pro browser-based interface and your wireless handheld device or laptop

Quiet, Power-Efficient Operation

• Assign metadata to footage while it's being recorded2 using the FS-H200 Pro browser-based interface and your wireless handheld device or laptop

Solid State Acquisition to Editing in One Step
The Focus FS-H200 Pro introduces a new element to DTE Recording. With the FS-H200 Pro you can record directly to a removable and inexpensive Compact Flash (CF) memory cards (sold separately). Connect the FS-H200 Pro directly to your DV or HDV camcorder using a single FireWire cable, allowing you to record to CF card only or to CF card and tape simultaneously. By recording to solid state Compact Flash cards, the Focus FS-H200 Pro can be used in extreme conditions including high-shock and altitude environments. With the FS-H200 Pro, once a recording is completed the Compact Flash card can be removed from the unit and inserted into a memory card adapter for quick computer access or remain in the FS-H200 Pro and mount to computer via USB. DTE Technology ensures that your footage is ready to edit instantly - no capturing, file transfer, or file conversion is required.

View Thumbnails and Video Clips
With the FS-H200 Pro, you can view thumbnails and video clips on its brilliant color display. Thumbnails can also be viewed on a web page when the FS-H200 Pro is connected to a network. MPEG-4 proxy files can be generated and transferred to a host computer or a video-sharing web site, as well as distributed to portable media devices, making collaboration easy.

Assign Custom Metadata on the Fly
With the FS-H200 Pro, you can personalize and optimize workflow - while you shoot. With your wireless handheld device or laptop, you can access the FS-H200 Pro through a browser, define metadata, and assign it to video while you are recording, eliminating the need to tag footage when the shoot is over. During postproduction, simply transfer clips - complete with metadata - from the FS-H200 Pro 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.

Industry Standard File Format Support
The Focus FS-H200 Pro brings the most popular DTE file formats to solid state recording. When used with 25Mb/s HDV cameras. The FS-H200 Pro supports QuickTime 1080i50/60 and 720p25/30 recording for Final Cut Pro use, MXF HDV support for Avid, and M2T 720p/1080i recording for use in a number of different applications from Adobe, Avid and Grass Valley (Canopus).

Removable Compact Flash Slot
The FS-H200 Pro features a CF card slot on its side for insertion of standard Type 1, UDMA, 266x minimum Compact Flash Cards (16GB min.). Compact Flash cards feature a fast interface and very high capacities (currently up to 32GB) at low cost. The FS-H200 Pro also features a captive protective cover for the CF card slot to protect and secure your media. Buy as many CF cards as required.

Native QuickTime HDV and MXF HDV Support
With the FS-H200 Pro, you can record 1080i 50/60 or 720p 30 clips as native QuickTime HDV. The FS-H200 Pro extracts and decodes the audio from the incoming HDV stream, combines it with video stream, and wraps is 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.

Designed to Transform Workflow at the Recording Stage
Not only does the FS-H200 Pro 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 are recording. With three simple steps, you can define metadata fields for your shoot, add metadata tags to footage whle it is 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 is shot.

Recording Modes

HDV Recording Modes

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

DV Recording Modes

• AVI Type 1
• AVI Type 2 | AVI Type 2 24p
• QuickTime | QuickTime 24p
• Canopus AVI
• Matrox AVI
• RawDV

Videoguys Top 10 Products of 2009!

The Focus FSH-200 takes the new v2.0 features and performance of the FS-5 (a 2008 Top 10 award winner) and combines it with the flexibility of using CF storage. With the FSH-200 Pro you can capture your HDV footage directly to CF cards, then preview them on the built in color LCD screen. You can select thumbnail images for each clip and add metadata while logging your footage. Then, using Focus Direct-to-Edit (DTE) technology, you can drag your clips into your NLE and immediately start editing. No need to take an hour capturing an hour of footage!

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Here is a list of features that the FS-H200 Pro has over the original FSH-200

• View clip thumbnails and playback proxy content on the FS-H200Pro LCD screen
• Create and share MPEG4 proxy clips
• Lower consumption of power.
• Network connectivity for wired/wireless custom metadata logging (compatible with Final Cut Pro and Avid) and FTP support
• Control and sync multiple FS-H200's together using network connectivity
• HDV MXF (1080i 50/60 and 720p30) and DV MXF (PAL and NTSC) support for Avid
• Retro disk and timelapse (DV only) support
• Up to 10 seconds of retro cache (user definable)
• Manually or automatically assign clips to folders with custom names during recording using the Reels functionality.