Posted by David McCall on 07/14/07 15:45

"Martin Heffels" <goofies@flikken.net> wrote in message
news:iseh93dchs3ufudgi216ipgbhssonuc8qe@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:49:46 -0000, "jef_boy@hotmail.com"
> <jef_boy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I am so tired of these japs and chinese making absolute junk.
>
> Don't blame them. It's the market demanding cheap stuff, so... that's
> what they get. Plastic = cheap.
>
>>Question: Where are all the german camcorders? What happened to the
>>germans. I'm not a little girl i don't need a 1.5 pound camera made
>>of plastic, i want a big hunk of metal that i feel like will last half
>>my life.
>
> Oh, start saving-up for the Arri D20 then. It's German bred and
> manufactured. As solid as the German Leopard tanks :-)
>
That looks like a very nice.
How many PD-150s could you buy for the price of one of those cameras :-)

There was a time when "broadcast" equipment was both high quality and very
robust (heavy).
It was also very expensive compared to consumer equipment.

Now the most popular "broadcast" equipment is "prosumer" equipment with XLRs
added on.

We get much higher quality for consumers than ever before,
but broadcast standards have dropped to meet the consumer level.

It's a wonderful thing for the "professionals" that used to shoot Hi-8 or
S-VHS.

David

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