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Posted by Toby on 10/16/06 11:50
"Bill Farnsworth" <bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Cricky Bill ! It must be the waiting for going HD that's causing SP to
>> linger on in the US then. SP has all but disappeared over here, I still
>> keep a PVW2800 just in case, and have lots of SP archived. All the TV
>> news here is digital. BBC accept DVCAM, Digi Beta and SX for news, all
>> 16x9 of course. XDCAM HD and HDCAM for news and everything else is just
>> around the corner. HDV will be accepted as HD compatible just as soon as
>> the old farts assertions to the contrary have become overwhelmingly self
>> evident.
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>> John Lubran
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> I know John.
> It's just that the HD-XDCam available right now has three 1/2" chips
> configuration.
> The SD-XDCam that is used has three 2/3" chips.
> Most of us freelancers consider the 1/2" chipped camera a "bridge" camera.
> I am not too keen on spending $25,000 on a camera body and another $9,000
> on a 1/2 chip lens that will be superceded in a short time by a $32,000
> 2/3" HD body and another 10 grand on a compatible lens.
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> Bill
Ah, remember the good old days when Beta SP would keep you in business for
the foreseeable future?
Over here in Japan no one knows what's coming or going. The networks are
halfway between Beta SP or DVCPro25/50 and HD (like the VariCam and a new
2/3" body recently introduced that shoots DVCProHD for about $18,000--I
don't know about Sony's offerings). The head of the largest production
company over here tells me that these days many clients are specifying the
Z1, but everyone is nervous about buying new equipment because of the speed
at which developments are happening...
Toby
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