ripupthehwy
10-12-2005, 10:54 AM
Hello all. I had just had my first experience with this camera in the field. We rented one camera and a friend of mine just purchased a second. The experience was great. The footage looks great. No dead pixels, no split screen, no problems. Both cameras were labeled that they had been inspected in the U.S. on the outside of the box. I think this is the difference between getting a good camera and a flawed one..perhaps. Anyway, We shot about 70% in SD 24p and the rest in 24P HDV. Didn't see any dropout or noise problems. Started editing the SD and looks great! We did a dramatization with professional actors. When I showed them the footage later that night they were astounded. Once guy said it was the best looking footage he'd ever seen of himself, and it was the FIRST time he'd done acting on video instead of film! I beleive this to be a great alternative to shooting on film.
Maybe we were lucky getting good un-flawed cameras, cause I just don't see the problems that everyone on this post keeps complaining about. At any rate it's a good argument for not being so quick to run out a buy something before it begins shipping!!
Maybe we were lucky getting good un-flawed cameras, cause I just don't see the problems that everyone on this post keeps complaining about. At any rate it's a good argument for not being so quick to run out a buy something before it begins shipping!!