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Posted by jchristow on 03/22/07 15:46
On Mar 21, 4:20 pm, Spex <No.s...@ta.com> wrote:
> nappy wrote:
> > <jchris...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1173982843.506927.113170@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Mar 14, 7:43 pm, Frank <f...@nojunkmail.humanvalues.net> wrote:
> >>> On 14 Mar 2007 12:08:31 -0700, in 'rec.video.production',
> >>> in article <Re: What is the cheapest, 1920 x 1080, SMPTE 274M, Camera
> >>> available?>,
>
> >>> jchris...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>> Are you familiar with the Grass Valley Infinity series?
> >>> Only tangentially. I devote little effort to keeping up with the
> >>> specialty cameras such as the Grass Valley Infinity, Dalsa Origin,
> >>> Kinetta, Red One, etc. I know what they are, what they're capable of
> >>> in a general sense, but nothing much beyond that, preferring to
> >>> concentrate instead on more commonly used equipment, more mainstream
> >>> gear.
> >> Dalsa have offered me free use of the Origin for a short but there are
> >> a lot of ancillary costs and obstacles. Again this is too much camera
> >> for the project.
>
> >>>> I think the trick is achieving 1920 x 1080 at a reasonable price.
> >>> I hate to ask dumb questions, but since your client seems to be fairly
> >>> particular about the equipment used, I have to wonder whether you have
> >>> asked them directly as to which cameras would be acceptable to them?
> >>> They may already have a specific "approved list" for you to choose
> >>> from. That would make your shopping easier, I would think.
> >> It's a broadcaster - discovery.ca and yes I've contacted them. It's
> >> hard to get past the admin guys. I get the following response -
>
> >> All video shall conform to SMPTE 274M, "1920 x 1080 Scanning and
> >> Analog and Parallel Digital Interfaces for Multiple Picture Rates -
>
> > These are delivery specs? Not production specs?
>
> They are indeed delivery specs.
>
> Full raster HDCAM SR.
>
> You'll be able to mix all sorts into the production but as long as you
> provide a tape meeting SMPTE 274M specs you'll be right.
>
> Despite these guideline Discovery still fails to understand what makes a
> good documentary. The c**ts.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yes these are delivery specs but they only allow a 15-25% to be up-
converted.
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