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hopefully i have not mis-undertstood
But, are we not talking about a format that is still really in its infancy, and the support for it, isn't quite as high, as say the traditional methods of shooting on film.
And, I have noticed that many of you are referring to a bigger type of production than many people here get up to.
As a DOP, and occasional director, a lot of the time we are lucky to get a monitor on the site we are shooting. Sheesh we are lucky to really get permits to shoot on the streets we shoot in, hence we are up at 6am, working.
HD to me seems like a wonderful medium because even when downconverted you are still getting a really wonderful image without the massive costs of film, and you really are pushing sdtv to its extreme, usually when i have downconverted some HD video it exploits every single line of rez available, where as sdtv usually falls short of full rez.
I know cables are a hinderence but, i can see for smaller shoots that don't meet the budget of film, it is a small trade off for the advantages of the image, and I give it 1 year before it starts to be as easy as loading up a dv tape into a sd camcorder and pointing and shooting.
kermie
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