Posted by Specs on 10/10/05 23:11

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
news:HdOazrFoSsSDFwn2@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
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> Much to the chagrin of the Champaign Palace Post Facility House
> industry, the BBC has just set up 60 FCP stations after deciding that
> they can finish, grade and audio sweeten much of their production needs.
> The lack of expertise and consequent dysfunction suffered by some should
> not be taken for a generality. FCP and other technologies, such as HDV
> at the moment, require certain specific system and production path
> knowledge. Both will let one down if one doesn't have that knowledge.
> Consequently the results of inappropriate and incognisant analysis are
> meaningless.
> --
> John Lubran

The BBC decision has had the Avid forum up in arms! How dare they shun Avid
'cause Avid is the God damn market leader they cry! Well, saving �18M a
year in production costs in one department alone by using FCP+Kona2+Sony Z1
cameras has got my vote!

I am glad the BBC has broken the shackles of the boutique Avid facilities in
Soho and are delivering us license payers better value for money.

One of the programmes on BBC2 call Full on Food already has used the FCP/Z1
during production and there was no way that anyone could tell such
affordable tools were being used. The Z1 picture quality in DVCAM mode is
obviously as good as the DSR 570.

If I was a facility owner in Soho or a camera operator/owner with Digibeta
or DSR 570 I'd be shitting myself.

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