[Paul Pap]

“Paul, most major TV stations do not accept 7D footage out of hand. Check out the “Red Books” at PBS or the BBC standards. You may find that you want to look into the Canon xf300, Panny AF100, Sony Camcorders, or some other “broadcast accepted” camera. There are many upsides to those cameras, but if you find that the web is your real delivery mechanism, then there is no reason not to use a 7D. Also, if you have TV stations on board already, or have talked to them, find out if they will accept 7D footage. “

Hi Al,

Thank you very much for the info it is very helpful. In the past couple of days my research is also telling me that my current level of knowledge would make filming with a DSLR tricky as I feel I don’t have enough knowledge to film properly on that medium.

Thus I am leaning more towards the “camcorder” medium which may be a little more user friendly.

I will check out your advice on cameras but looking at the XF 300 (which looks great) I would say it’s out of my budget. I am starting to do some research into the Sony camcorders , mainly the HDR-CX700V and the NEX-VG20. Do you have any knowledge/advice on these/such level cameras?

From what I have gathered so far it seems that I must be able to record at an above HD 1080/60p in order to be able to use it for TV broadcasting purposes. Any advice on this?

Further more I have discovered a new challenge on the way while looking into these camcorders. The documentary I aim to produce (I don’t have any stations on board yet) is for a country that uses the SECAM system. I have lived in Japan (NTSC) for 10 years but the Doc is for Greek TV and based on my research if I shoot on PAL it should be convertible. Do you know anything about such matters?

Al, thank you for taking the time to help so far I am very grateful for your info. I wish you a nice day and hope to hear more great advice if you have the time to give it.

BR Paul