Nick B
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If i was doing a feature then i would rent a camera, like Panasonic Varicam or Sony HDCAM if your going to do a big job then do it properly.
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‘we are under extreme deadlines and the shows have tons of effects and such.”
Well thats your problem your trying to achieve so much on let me guess a ‘low budget’.
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‘No. From what I know of the HD XDCAM it is 720p 1080i switchable.’
Thats interesting as Sony have been anti 720p in the past.
I did hear the price would be less than
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Trouble is the Sony HD XDCAM is 1080i but rumour has it the BBC in the UK wants to ditch interlace and go 720P -1080P and the EBU are also in favour of progressive so if your in Europe it might be best to wait .
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Those that do video for a living only have to add up how much money they have spent on tape over the last 5yrs + the cost of digitising those tapes to work out if P2 makes financial sense for them.
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If people spent as much time on the business of making money in this game rather than trying to design the perfect 24p Super HD camera for $1000 they would have less problem buying ‘expensive’ kit.
For instance we (as in 3 people) have just done over the past 12 weeks 4 fairly easy projects shot on cheaply hired 2 X Sony PD150’s cameras that many people on here wouldnt touch as they are not good enough for them, yet the money generated from those projects exceeded $50,000 which is enough to go and buy a Sony HDCAM camera should you want to work for free for a few months to ‘buy’ the camera.
So focus on the business of making money rather than wishing to save a few hundred $ and if you have no money dont buy rent when a paying job comes along.
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It is no good buying a P2 camera and trying to make it work with non P2 memory !
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Have a word with Peter Wiggins host of the cow FCP European section (Also worth posting on that forum)
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The camera also has compact flash for recording,
and It almost does not matter if its ‘industry standard’ a few hundred $ for a revo drive should be no problem for editing to get footage into the system.
the disks can be re used after editing and archieve.
It is also a quality camera.and it does 25p at 720
Seems to be the most cost effective quality HD camera solution coming to market.
I like it.
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Well i paid for my Blackmagic HD card on its first job the card infact made me money and could give the card away for free and still walk away in profit !
If you cannot make money to pay for these cards within a few days of work then frankly your in the wrong business.
Now is Avid still charging $10,000 for its compressed HD card ?