Reality-TV producer Michael Bryant likes tough equipment. That's why he's using Sony's new XDCAM disc-based format for his upcoming The 5th Dragon series, which follows the AMA Chevy Trucks Outdoor Mo-tocross National Championships over the course of 12 races. Shooting began in May. The show's name is a reference to Japan's four major motorcycle manufacturers-Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha-which are called the four dragons. Each episode gets behind the scenes and on the bikes of the top racers in the country. "I can't say I've thrown the cameras off a moving truck as they were recording, but we have bumped them and run with them," says Bryant. "They're rock solid."
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