Posted by doc on 12/23/99 11:27

john, as of this afternoon we've switched gears and unless something changes
by monday morning, we're going to go with the DVC60 because as many have
suggested in here the DVX100A is somewhat unstable in the studio when
panning. now while we won't be doing much panning (not hardly any at all) i
didn't like how it really struggled to hold color adjustment when the f stop
increased in manual and there were actually points where it couldn't find a
stable point for about 3 to 6 seconds. that's too outta there for me.
however, the dvc60 (about a 1000 cheaper) is much more stable, and when in
total manual has a nice DOF and really nice color stability. obviously when
the f stop got too far out AND the shutter was set to the 1000's it went
crazy and really looked cool :o)

in addittion, we're going to get ONE SONY pd150 or 170 for field work
because the 60's are not a comfortable camera to pack around and play or
we'll wait to get enough money for one z1u or wait for the new HD cams
coming out in november from jvc, canon, and panasonic.

doc

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <o4pYe.12947$iv5.4009@trndny03>, doc <doc@drdimento.net> writes
>>hey thanks for that input. the project was appoved this morning and was
>>funded this afternoon, however, although we like the 100A and for the most
>>part are ready to move foward with them, we're going to go look at the
>>DVC60
>>which has the same specs but is about $600 cheaper and more professional
>>looking but with some less features. those comments kinda go along with
>>my
>>test run but then i didn't trust my run cause i had absolutely no idea
>>what
>>all the bells and whistles did (???) and all the pro shop did was hand me
>>the cam and said "here enjoy and play with it as long as you like, just
>>don't leave the lot with it" they were out in the country and thus i took
>>it outside did some pans with moving cars and all kinds of stuff. gonna
>>put
>>that stuff on a DVD along with the goodies i capture tomorrow on the DVC60
>>and compare 'em
>>
>>doc
>
>
> Good grief!
> --
> John Lubran

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