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Posted by Moving Vision on 09/14/05 12:47
In article <0fJVe.12283$ck6.3519@trndny05>, doc <doc@drdimento.net>
writes
>i was really studying the specs and all i can see is that other than the xlr
>inputs really there's barely more res with the z1u but not enough to justify
>$1,000 in my book ??
>
>doc
Thousands of broadcast and professional shooters would disagree with
you, including myself. Anthony Lacey's list herewith gives an
indication, but each of those '40 additional features' suggests at least
one other important aspect of overall production that's not obvious to
the uninitiated.
Thing with this news group is although its a rec.group it's frequented
by quite a few actual vastly experienced and time served professionals,
one or two of whom are quite well known amongst their industry peers to
boot. The contributions to many of these strands often seem quite absurd
as rank amateurs assert all sorts of things in blissful ignorance of the
expertise and experience of those with whom they are in discussion. So
often a case of the blind leading the blind.
For my 10 pence worth though and in consideration of all the discussion
on HDV so far, I'll suggest the following;
Currently there's only two editing platforms worth a hoot that provide a
viable HDV solution. The best by a significant margin are the Canopus
Edius platforms; NX, cheap and limited, SP, good value for money does
almost everything and upgradable with HDV to HD SDi bridges and then
there's the HD, at over $30K might seem expensive to the low budget
operator but it does more than any other $500,000 box of tricks on the
market. If there's one single product that underlines how much of our
post production industry is about to loose it's shirt it's the Canopus
HD.
Next most viable for HDV is Final Cut Pro 5. It's actually a pretty
good HDV editor but at least two sandwiches short of picnic compared
with Canopus. It's all about unique, brilliant and ingenious codecs,
Canopus's codecs. All the other two bit and half baked offerings being
discussed here are just that, I wouldn't have them even if they were
giving them away.
--
John Lubran
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