Posted by David McCall on 07/14/07 18:15

"Veggie Dave" <veggie_dave@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> In article <Ec6mi.1078$Wh4.1074@trndny06>, David McCall <news@junk.us>
> writes
>>There was a time when "broadcast" equipment was both high quality and very
>>robust (heavy).
>
> It still is.
>
>>It was also very expensive compared to consumer equipment.
>
> It still is.
>
>>Now the most popular "broadcast" equipment is "prosumer" equipment with
>>XLRs
>>added on.
>
> Z1s and PDs aren't 'broadcast' cameras. ;-)
>
I hope you brought your flame suit today.
Z1s and PDs are being used for broadcast today as much as HL-79s were a
decade or two ago.
Even though Ikegami HL-79s cost close to $80,000 by the time you got a lens
on them,
there were a lot of people that didn't think they were such a much.
In many ways the current crop of prosumer cameras are better than the old
cameras,
and DV stomps 3/4" tape (which was also used for broadcast) hands down.

David

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