Posted by Martin Heffels on 07/14/07 16:34

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:45:40 GMT, "David McCall" <news@junk.us> wrote:

>That looks like a very nice.
>How many PD-150s could you buy for the price of one of those cameras :-)

Probably enough to give every cameraperson in Africa a personal PD150
;-)

>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.

True. But that is due to having production costs as low as possible.
Plus I can imagine wit the constantly changing market, a
tv-station/production-company will also play safe and wait till the
market is settled, and go for cheaper sources.

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

Yes, true, but in the end, what is left of all yor hard work? People
seem to be full of joy watching your HD-originated material on the
iPod's.

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

A wedding videographer is a professional too, who chooses the right
tool for his kind of work.

cheers

-martin-

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