Posted by Rick Merrill on 06/02/06 01:40

doc wrote:
> this is great! i recently worked with a client as a sub contractor who had
> a $100,000 Sony HD 24p camera on this major shoot for them (rented cam by
> the way) and i just happened to have my dvx100b there and with a pro tripod
> just followed along the shoot as they did only some of it behind the scenes
> instead, but still i did get some of the footage as did they. in addition,
> because of the size of my cam, i shot some handheld with a low angle using
> the handle and was looking for some neat angle effects. when they sat down
> to edit, their video was all pixelated and messed up, apparently some issue
> with tracking to which they were refunded their rental when the camera was
> found to be out of alignment. so, he just happened to think about my being
> there and collected my footage and compared it to their former work from two
> weeks earlier and guess what, my images were nearly as good as theirs (said
> he) and my camera was less than his rental :o) so much for HD and
> expensive cameras
>
> drd
>
....

Ah! Experience trumps theory every time!

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