Posted by Jacques E. Bouchard on 01/06/08 21:03

"nappy" <n@n.n> wrote in news:1H8gj.3816$se5.417@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:

> I shot a commercial recently. I found a clever way to mount the
> firestore on the camera. On the top of the handle. While it was a tad
> heavy I shot handheld all day.
>
> A laptop would have made that shoot impossible.

Like I said, if I need mobility I use DV tapes. It's what people
recommend using anyway as backup even while using the FS, so I fail even
more to see the usefulness of a glorified (and overpriced) external HDD.

> In fact. I can not think of a single case where it would work. Save
> for shooting in the studio.

Anytime I set up the camera on a tripod, I record to laptop.

I'm begining to think people in this thread just aren't familiar with
Adobe OnLocation. Or maybve they don't use field monitors and/or
vectorscopes and WFM. Maybe that's why my detailed argument seems to go
in one ear and out the other


jaybee

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