Posted by Specs on 09/21/05 19:52

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hrtzOfFc5aMDFwRR@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Good grief Ty!
> >>
> >> Over 40,000 Z1's sold since April according to Sony themselves. Perhaps
> >> they're just lying, not.
> >>
> >
> >Ahhh according to Sony. OK. Used by soccer moms or by pros. If it were by
> >pros we'd be stumbling over them like empty soda cans after the soccer
game.
> >
> >Ty
> >
> >
> >-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other
audiocentric
> >stuff are at www.tyford.com
> >
>
>
> You really believe that soccer moms and home movie buffs are buying
> Z1's?
>
> I personally know of several Z1's in pro hands not yet heard of one in
> the hands of a purely domestic user. Quite frankly I don't expect to
> either. The BBC who have a couple of thousand compact DV's, mostly
> PD150's and PD170's, are in the process of replacing them all with Z1's.
> We have three Z1's and an FX1. This morning I received an A1, must be
> amongst the first few in the UK, haven't had time to explore it much yet
> but as far as I have been able to it's looking pretty amazing. It seems
> to have a picture quality generally similar to the Z1, at least in the
> good light conditions tested so far. Astonishing for such a tiny camera
> costing less than $2,500. It appears to me that the A1 profoundly
> underlines the nature of the acquisition revolution that is upsetting so
> many old school investments.
>
> Whatever next?
> --
> John Lubran

John

If you have a few moments could you do a comparison between the A1 and Z1
for the group?

Cheers
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