I’ve always believed if a company (or someone) pays me to shoot something for them, they own the footage. They ahve paid for it.
I have handed over the raw footage on more then one occasion, most of the time no. However, I always charged a fee for the master tapes.
He paid you to shoot. You did. He wants the camera tapes.
Charge $15. a tape and give em to him.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC