Posted by Toby on 09/26/06 01:47

"Spex" <No.spam@ta.com> wrote in message
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> Laurent wrote:
>> Spex a �crit :
>>
>>> The Sony A1E shoots rings round the HVX200 for a 1/3 of the price.
>>
>> Do you know of any website where I can find sample footage of A1E?? I
>> found a couple so far but too many compression artifacts to have a real
>> idea...
>>
>> Thanks again for all your answers, and sorry my post seems to have
>> started a new Panasonic vs Sony war. I'm really not concerned by the
>> brand, only the result matters for me -- "tools" are secondary...
>>
>> Laurent
> Sorry that was my fault.
>
> I didn't write what I did to start a Sony vs Panasonic lame(sic) war.
>
> I think the current marketing techniques of some camera manufacturers to
> use web forums and fake blogs to hoodwink some naive people is
> reprehensible. Whenever I see HVX 200 the raw nerve is tweaked and I go
> into automatic mode!
>
> You'll find that Sony's much derided range of HDV cameras are performing
> extremely well in the field and making money for those that have chosen to
> ignore the ill-informed and partisan bullshit.

A friend who runs Tokyo's largest foreign production company tells me that
the majority of his commercial clients these days are requesting DVCam from
the Z1. I did shoots for him recently for Sony (Playstation) and a "day in
the life" of rising rock star Teddy Geiger for Columbia, and in both
instances the clients specifically asked for the Z1 over Betacam SP/SX. It
is lots cheaper than Digibeta and apparently the quality is up to spec,
althoug to be honest I still see a lot of difference between the SD picture
of a decent 2/3" chip camera (even the old Sony 300 and the Ikegami HV-55)
and those of the small cameras such as the Z1 and the Panasonic.

Toby

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