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Posted by mv on 10/17/06 18:20
In message <TZuYg.714$kG5.622@trndny07>, Bill Farnsworth
<bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> writes
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><mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:LiN7ztDtYnMFFw9T@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
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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.
>> -- 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$9,000 on a 1/2 chip lens that will be superceded in a short time by a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.
>
>Bill
>
It's an awkward time we're in right now Bill. Just had a conversation
with someone weighing up the Panasonic DVX100 with the Sony A1 HDV. In
some ways the Panasonic is a better cameras but it's still a door stop
as far as UK market needs demand.
As far as the OP is concerned though there's also the second hand
market. There must be a good choice of good used Beta SP cameras out
there? I presume that Beta SP work for the US market is still 4x3 ? Over
here in the UK you can buy a DXC 637 with a PVV3 backend with a Fujinon
Pegasus 14x8x2 for as little as 5K Pounds ($8,750). Or how about a used
DXC 30 with a PVV3 and Pegasus 7K Pounds ($12,250) which also allows the
fitting of a DSR 1 DVCAM backend or a Beta SX, another couple of grand
will get a DSR D35WS which adds 16x9 to the tool kit.
I guess it all about business models, if one can earn enough to pay for
the kit and make enough profit with the next 18 to 34 months, then it's
viable
--
John Lubran
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