Posted by David McCall on 07/14/07 16:57

"Martin Heffels" <goofies@flikken.net> wrote in message
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> 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
> ;-)
>
Very funny

>>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.
>
Yes, of course you are correct. I should not have put professionals in
quoats.
My point was that market has tools now that are better than they had before.

> cheers
>
> -martin-

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