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The BBC document appears to abruptly bring us back to the "good ol' days", when so-called managers & engineers ruled the show: DV & DVCAM were considered "unacceptable" (at least at the TV station I used to work for). Then good stuff shot in those formats popped up - and it was aired as an "exception to the rules". Then the managers discovered that it was cheaper (and often more sensible) to shoot DV, and even BBC (if I'm not mistaken) dispatched a dozen crews around the world with PD-150s or 170s - and the engineers had to keep quiet. Now they seem to be back. Not for long, I suspect (unless they really think that people care more about pixels than about programs).
Just my two cents (after 25 years in the business) Vasco |
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Unfortunately they've also made quite a few poor programmes with these Mini DV cameras. Reminds me of a saying that one top cameraman used with directors with little visual sense: "be careful what you ask for, you might actually get it".
There have been good documentaries with them, especially in situations where you wish to keep a low profile. However, DSR 500 or DSR 570s do produce better pictures if you're going the DVCAM route. |
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Best Vasco |
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Posted today on The Reel Show is a segment "Reel Time #1, part 4" where Andy Benjamin from the "DV Mentor" dept. at the BBC talks about how they asses camera's and specifically about the EX1 and a little bit on how/why the 35Mb/s is not enough for the HD channel.
The "Reel Time #1" show is cut a bit strangely as Andy Benjamin is announced at the very end of "part 3", so if you just watch "part 4", he's not introduced at all. George/ |
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Perhaps, if they get more HD channels, what is technically acceptable will come down. The Z1 was described as half way between SD & HD, which I guess is fair enough given the resolution figures I've seen in published tests. |
I nearly Shatnered myself when I saw ALL HDV cams were out... I just bought an HDV cam (XH-A1). I know that many show like Top Gear have used Z1U's in the past! I don't live in the UK but I do watch some of their content on BBC America, very nice and professional, especially compared to most of the trashy TV we have here in the good ol; US.
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The HDV restriction only applies to BBC Hi Def productions. |
Hi All,
Ivan Snoeckx just posted a link to Nigel Coopers "One day in Belgium" review of the EX3, which ends in the quote: Quote:
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And note it's not just the HDV format that restricts the use of this type of camera, but also (from the original link) "Cameras with image sensors under ˝” ". The image sensors of the EX may be as important as recording codec in gaining it broadcast acceptance.
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