Claro
• Built-
• Built-
• Whisper quiet operation
• Fast processor
• Firewire Digital
• 120gb Hard Drive
In 1996, when Casablanca made its debut, the marketplace for video editing products
was revolutionised drastically and long-
Since then, many new Casablanca models and options have been released. The system has established itself firmly in the video scene which would simply no longer be the same without it. Casablanca users have organised themselves into clubs, they meet at the traditional, annual MacroSystem conventions in spring or at the Photokina/IFA in autumn. A considerable number of video editors swear by Casablanca.
There has been one disadvantage though:
Editing with Casablanca was easier and often
better then the competition, but it came at a price. The system, developed and produced
completely in Germany, has been somewhat more expensive than many competing PC products.
The brand new CLARO model puts an end to this. The price has been reduced to £799 which includes a DV port and DVD writer! Despite this, CLARO is clearly a German manufactured Casablanca system. SMART EDIT 6 runs flawlessly fast, all options are available *) and even the demo mode (for unlicensed software options) works just like on the `bigger´ Casablancas. CLARO even incorporates an integrated card reader which supports all popular storage cards used by digital photo cameras.
With CLARO it is possible to edit completely on a VGA monitor. To date, using a high-
CLARO is a true digital editor designed for use with Firewire (MiniDV) which is now the standard today. CLARO has no connections for analogue video sources.
CLARO is shipped with a 120 GB hard-
*) Due to technical variations between Casablanca systems,
some software packages may partially be subject to differing
functionality.