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Posted by Moving Vision on 09/06/05 12:55
In article <431ca76e$0$17471$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>, Specs
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>> I presume you are personally familiar with the product of all the
>> formats under discussion then Greg ?
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>> I am. While the DVW 790 has certain creative advantages over the Z1 ,
>> such as having lens options that crush the focal field very nicely and
>> certainly better resolution and latitude in SD mode, the HDV mode of the
>> Z1 blasts the Digi Beta clean out of the water in all other respects. As
>> for XDCAM what a BBC driven con that is.
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>> John Lubran
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>John, could you elaborate on your XDCAM comment please?
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>I have been wary of XDCAM as from my own personal perspective it looked like
>another SD format that would be quickly overtaken by HDV and XDCAM HD etc
>etc.
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>I'd be interested in your view.
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XDCAM is a perfectly good SD format and if your production
infrastructure is geared to a uniform tapeless system, such as we are
seeing at the BBC it provides some solutions to Data management where,
as a huge organisation, the management of vast amounts of video data is
a salient issue. The con though is that the BBC have encouraged
independents and freelancers to invest in XDCAM when it's an obsolete
format before it's even hit the dealers shelves. What we are seeing more
and more of these days is the 'establishment' and their wishful
sycophants arrogantly presuming that their own ludite reality bubbles
are consistent with the digital distribution revolution and the
consequent radical business models of an emerging new media industry
that won't look anything like the present one, and of which only the tip
of the proverbial iceberg is showing above the current surface of
presumption.
The major errors of presumption at those dying and reactionary
institutions are;
That tapeless formats are universally superior to digital tape. In fact
for many producers digital tape represents a far more economically
flexible and cost effective solution which also provides better
functionality for most location production and better insurance against
accidental loss of often expensively and demandingly acquired material.
That SD formats as a whole will remain viable for longer than they
actually will. That HD as a domestic consumer reality is further away
than it actually is. SD XDCAM is a part of this delusion. Those who have
recently invested in any SD format including XDCAM and Digi Beta are
going to be the losers unless they have a business model that guarantees
pay back within the next twelve to twenty four months.
I'd agree with your caution Specs. HD XDCAM would be a better investment
if you're contracted to work with the BBC, but as an independent multi
tasking producer needing to keep my options open, I'll stick with HD
tape formats for the foreseeable.
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John Lubran
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