BBC doesn't hate 5d after all

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Eddy Robinson

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Shot with 5d, used (ie, broadcast) for the opening of the 2009 World Snooker Championship. Kinda funny, considering the BBC technical people rejected the 5d some time ago due to its aliaising issues.
 
Very nice. This goes to show that sometimes the tests & charts really do mean naaaaaaathing.

This went out before the coverage, during prime time on BBC 2.

I also saw a BBC wildlife documentary the other week, which had a scientist using a 5D Mark II to take photos and footage of nouvelle insect bugs in Papa New Guinea.

Clearly the 5D is 'yesterdays news' :grin:
 
commanderspike said:
Very nice. This goes to show that sometimes the tests & charts really do mean naaaaaaathing.

This went out before the coverage, during prime time on BBC 2.

I also saw a BBC wildlife documentary the other week, which had a scientist using a 5D Mark II to take photos and footage of nouvelle insect bugs in Papa New Guinea.

Clearly the 5D is 'yesterdays news' :grin:
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I saw that as well. "Lost land of the Volcano" IIRC. we saw a shot of the scientist / 'tog getting shots of the bug with a 5DII, the next shot was from her POV. Looked pretty good, with 5D DOF, so not such an ironclad prohibition after all:happy:
Dave
 
The 5d, the 7d, the GH1, the d5000, the d90 are all fantastic cameras for SD.

But for the HD channel it will be picky. A few inserts, cut-aways, maybe even an entire intro title sequence (was this snooker displayed on HD? Bravo :) but I've never seen a fully shot show or film broadcasted on one yet.

BBC HD and even Discovery HD would most likely give lee-way depending on content. ie: award winning pieces, news, or material shot in extreme low light where certified HD camcorders would've been crippled.
 
but if u shoot the camera with all its strengths and avoid those issues, they'll accept it. goes to show, a great looking picture is simply a great looking picture no matter what the source.
 
Does Discovery HD and others even accept full shows in HDV yet? A few years ago HDV went through the same thing the 5D/7D is going through now in acceptability.
 
It depends on what you mean by "accept".

If you mean, will Discovery commission a show and hire you to produce it, knowing that you intend to shoot on HDV? No. The specifications call for no more than 15% of the show allowed to be HDV content.

But if you developed the show on your own, didn't ask Discovery to pay for it to produce it, etc., and you shot on HDV cameras, and then when you were all done you took it to Discovery and said "would you want to buy and air this show?" They might say yes at that point.
 
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