Joe Lawry

I'm consulting for a production company who are in need of a unique angle. They want to attach a small hd camera to a horse..

Now they've been suggested a V1 by someone, and i've been asked to also look into it. Not being the biggest fan of CMOS chip cameras i thought i better do some more research before i went and said no to the V1.

All i know so far about the shoot (tv series actually) is that it will be attached to the horses saddle and by the sounds of things will be used a lot throughout the series ie lotsa horses...

Now all im worried about here is picture quality as the whole series is being shot on Panavision Genesis.. and im not sure how well a CMOS HDV camera is really going to work.

Will the horse's galloping cause wobble/ induce rolling shutter? will it break the codec? im also worried about the chip size.

I suggested p2 when i first spoke to them however they are worried an HVX is to heavy, which is a very good point. The V1 is light a small, and size wise would work perfectly.

..if only i could get hold of an HPX170 sooner but they start shooting next month.

Maybe a Canon XH A1 would work better.. food for thought.

Cheers