Greg Laves |
November 8th, 2007 10:16 PM |
Professional cameras (Betacam SP or similar) can get you into some places that prosumer and consumer cameras can't. But on the other hand, when I got popped at the Indy 500 with my professional camera for not having the proper credential markings, they didn't say anything to the fans standing right behind me, that had high quality 3-chip prosumer cameras. Large professional camcorders can also get you some jobs that you can't get with anything else. Sometimes it's the sizzle not the substance that counts.
One other point. Since "Pro" cameras have virtually no automatic settings (except iris), if you don't know what you are doing, you can get some really terrible images.
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