FX1 vs PD170 in LOW LIGHT?

[rawfa]

Hi,

I have to shoot a bunch stuff for a producing company and in a lot of different indoors places (one of them is a mine). And due to the short time until the due date and the geographical longitude between each location I'm not sure there'll be time to visit each place before the shots. I have a FX1E that I was planning to use (even though they don't need HD I have a lot to gain by shooting Hd and downsizing it to SD) but when they told me about the possibilities of bumping into low light conditions in some of these places the PD170 came to mind (they have a bunch of PD170 and PD150 that they said I could use). Is it justifiable to shoot with the PD170 (1 lux) over the FX1 (3 lux)?.

 

[Kevin Lee]

If you have no control over the light. I'd say Pd170 especially if you only have to provide SD footage. Granted HD has advantage in Down Rezzing in post. But if there is grain, or blacks end up too dark, you're gonna wish you used the PD170. Dunno if you can bring both cameras, and use Pd only when its too dark for the FX. That would be ideal.

Good Luck