Posted by doc on 09/22/05 03:11

geez, John. the A1 is a pro camera? for less than $2500?

doc

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> Good grief Ty!
>>>
>>> Over 40,000 Z1's sold since April according to Sony themselves. Perhaps
>>> they're just lying, not.
>>>
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>>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
>>
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>
> 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

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