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Posted by Steve Guidry on 10/05/00 11:45
> There's a whole schedule full of programmes that a PD170 can shoot where
> an OB unit with multiple $50K rigs would be as useless as a three legged
> donkey at a steeple chase. Conversely we wouldn't expect to cover that
> race with a PD170, though we might get some interesting behind the
> scenes insights.
This is - - in my mind, anyway - - the true beauty of DV. It travels
well, the tapes are available in EVERY spithole third-world country, and
it's cheap, almost to the point of being throw-away.
> These heavy weight studio engineering and OB truck realities have little
> to do with those intrepid film makers who get out there with a single
> camera, across diverse locations, often multitasking everything.
> The luxuriant nit picking of the former reality has little to do with
> creating content. Apart from the fact that both worlds are using cameras
> the similarities end right there.
I agree. The problem in my world is that there are a whole host of new
producers who came up in the DV world, who don't _know_ anything else,
and who are becoming increasingly successful at making the customer base
believe that DV is all that's out there.
It's a tool, like any other camera or format. Useful for some things, not
for others.
Steve
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