[Pierre]

Mike Most-

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I can understand where you’re coming from and trust that the labs that charge a premium for their services share your view.

Don’t forget that the MAJORITY of these labs are usually dealing with companies wielding TONS of money… so it’s not a big deal to ask for a big buck. Good for them.
I however, am not currently in the position to pay that kind of money. I don’t think that means I shouldn’t get to make pretty pictures. Apparently, you do.

Just for the record though

[Pierre]

John-

Thank you very much. I appreciate the information. I’ve been on the phone with a couple different people down at Fotokem- I’m not a student so I don’t qualify for those discounts, but perhaps it’s just a matter of speaking to the right people. I’ll give it another go!

I’m starting to think that the varicam is more of an option- I’m sure if treated properly in post in can be made to look like 16mm.

Cheers!

Michael

[Pierre]

Mike-

I’m from a planet called the working middle class. Creatively speaking, and otherwise, I try not to be controlled by money (or lack of in this case). That’s hard for you to understand?

By the way, contrary to what you wrote- Fotokem is one of the MOST expensive labs.

[Pierre]

What a horrible thought. Letting money be the deciding factor.
I know there are labs that charge less.

[Pierre]

Thank you everyone! I’m wondering though… what would happen if I utilized this same procedure with either 2 G-RAID FW800’s or 2 G-RAID SATA’s ? Would this be even faster then the “big disk extremes”.
I’ve read that G-RAID currently makes the fastest hardrives at the under $1000 dollar price point.

[Pierre]

The principals at Varicamp would undoubtedly apply to other Panasonic cameras (in a general way), right?
For instance, I own the DVX-100, will soon own the HVX-200 and will use the SDX-900/Varicam…
These are all differenct cams… will the info be applicable to them or just Varicam?

Thank you!

[Pierre]

Thank you both for the suggestions!

[Pierre]

Thanks a million. I’ll check it out this weekend.

Michael

[Pierre]

(Ryan) “Like I said in my last post, I agree with you. I don’t think the audience could tell the difference and if picture quality were and issue for them then “Blair Witch Project” wouldn’t have made two cents.”

Yeah- There are certain pictures where digital video actually lends itself to the story. Blair Witch was one of em. 28 days later was another. I can’t imagine seeing either one of the films shot on 35mm or HD… they would be completely different.

Thanks for the reply Ryan… this has been one of those threads that’s really gotten me going. I love the cow.

Cheers,

Michael

[Pierre]

(Mike Most) “It’s still a questionable possibility because contrary to all the pronouncements on this forum, the HVX200 doesn’t exist yet and nobody here or anywhere else has ever seen any images from it.”

You’re absolutely right. We’re just months away from finding out.

Michael