Another HVX Saved The Day story!

TedRR

TedRR

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Today we arrived for an out of town shoot for WCBS of New York. We were told yesterday that we would be shooting in 1080i so I brought the HVX. After we arrived I was told that their editbay for this project needed SD and not HD.
"No problem because we have the HVX" I told the producer. We'll shoot it in DVCPro.

The producer said he "thought" that would be OK. Since I saw some doubt in his eyes I asked if I could call and confirm with his editor. The editor said he couldn't use the P2 .mxf files.
Then the producer got a little nervous since they had to head back to New York in just a few hours and needed to get this. I asked if they could take mini-DV. The editor said that would be fine.

The producer asked what the heck sort of camera could do all those formats. I just grinned and said, "only my trusty HVX". :happy:

This is just another example of how the HVX is like the Swiss Army knife I always carry. It'll get you through anything.
It certainly saved this gig and the producer thought we were a hero.
Just another day in the life of an HVX! :thumbsup:
 
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I got a call from the producer and he said it was some of the best looking footage he's ever gotten from a freelancer.
And don't forget, this came from the Mini-DV tape we ended up using. :thumbsup:
Gotta love the HVX.
 
Nice, but I HAVE to ask, WHAT editor were they using that can't edit with .mxf files? Its the industry standard for a reason.
 
McGee, I'm not sure. All I got from him was the HD edit station suddenly wasn't available for this project and that's what got us to go down the line of the HVX options. Since we were out of town I couldn't grab our BetaCam.
This is just another example of why I think I'll keep my 200A instead of the 170. Options are a good thing.
 
It is possible that the editor didn't know how to handle the .mxf files and thus blamed the editing software instead of accepting the responsibility for not knowing. Happens a lot.

Best,

Jan
 
awesome

awesome

TedRR said:
Today we arrived for an out of town shoot for WCBS of New York. We were told yesterday that we would be shooting in 1080i so I brought the HVX. After we arrived I was told that their editbay for this project needed SD and not HD.
"No problem because we have the HVX" I told the producer. We'll shoot it in DVCPro.

The producer said he "thought" that would be OK. Since I saw some doubt in his eyes I asked if I could call and confirm with his editor. The editor said he couldn't use the P2 .mxf files.
Then the producer got a little nervous since they had to head back to New York in just a few hours and needed to get this. I asked if they could take mini-DV. The editor said that would be fine.

The producer asked what the heck sort of camera could do all those formats. I just grinned and said, "only my trusty HVX". :happy:

This is just another example of how the HVX is like the Swiss Army knife I always carry. It'll get you through anything.
It certainly saved this gig and the producer thought we were a hero.
Just another day in the life of an HVX! :thumbsup:
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Ted that is sooo awesome... definitely great example of what the HVX is made for. To think I was treating her like a baby saying to myself I am not wearing her tape heads down.

Now if the situation calls for it I will...
 
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In those situations I try to sell DVCPRO-HD as files given on a portable external hard drive instead of P2 since alot of editors aren't there yet. They also argue that they must have a tangible tape for archiving and sometimes insurance purposes. They could easily export to DVCPRO tape when the piece is edited but it's a hard sell sometimes. It makes you wonder when Panasonic can provide a 5 bay P2 rack for an edit bay for under $2,000.00 which enables any NLE to ingest pre-digitized footage when a DVCPRO deck is close to $30,000.00 Go figure!!
 
Jan_Crittenden said:
It is possible that the editor didn't know how to handle the .mxf files and thus blamed the editing software instead of accepting the responsibility for not knowing. Happens a lot.

Best,

Jan
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Good pont Jan. My editor didn't know how to use .mxf files when we started with the HVX200 so it was a learning curce for her. Now she is an "old pro" with it (At 22 years of age I need to be careful calling her 'old' at anything).
 
Jan_Crittenden said:
It is possible that the editor didn't know how to handle the .mxf files and thus blamed the editing software instead of accepting the responsibility for not knowing. Happens a lot.
Best,
Jan
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Good point. I should send this guy a couple beautiful 1080 clips and he might find that he could use them all along.
Of course, I will do it in a way that won't sound insulting. :)
Thanks.
 
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