HPX500 vs Grapefruit

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The 500 never stings my eyes when I poke it with a fork, but Grapefruit gets squishy after too many days on the shelf.

Wait.... let's compare the 500 to a circular saw.....

I wish folks would 1) do basic research first 2) decide what they need to do THEIR work 3) look at products in real-world, need-it-now solutions 4) realize that what floats one person's boat may have nothing to do with another's 5) remember, we're in this for ROI... it may not be the PERFECT solution, but if it makes you money.....
 
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EditingFX said:
I wish folks would 1) do basic research first 2) decide what they need to do THEIR work 3) look at products in real-world, need-it-now solutions 4) realize that what floats one person's boat may have nothing to do with another's 5) remember, we're in this for ROI... it may not be the PERFECT solution, but if it makes you money.....
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Well I think your post addresses the challenging environment we as camera purchasers are in today, even if it was not meant for that purpose...

Lets talk about ROI.

With an HD purchase I will be replacing existing, working SD cameras with HD cameras that cost at least twice as much per Chip size :) only to deliver on an SD DVD to clients that want to pay SD production rates.

So yes, we need to debate these purchases to the n'th degree, because I (we) are often trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

The camera market appears as quite a minefield to me right now.

I see or have seen over the past few years a lot of models that don't seem to have a lot of staying power in terms of length of service. - light hungry, expensive media, upsampled resolution, can't operate in certain conditions ect...

This would not be a problem if Blu-ray was sweeping the masses and the general public was enthralled with having everything shot in HD.
 
EditingFX said:
5) remember, we're in this for ROI... it may not be the PERFECT solution, but if it makes you money.....
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Dude - now you're singing my song! What do people not get about that? I hate when people are like "yeah, I have to go spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to be able to do my weddings"....I say BULL $h!+ to that. I understand that quality is important, but people, if you are doing this and don't understand business, please, for your sake and everyone elses... DON'T BUY ANYTHING!

Well, you could buy grapefruits I guess, but by a whole lot of them, an umbrella and a chair and sit at the side of the road and sell them.
 
I fully expected to see an HVX500 get beamed with a grapefruit Gallagher style.

I am disappointed in this thread; even though I agree with the OP.

;)
 
Hyuck, Hyuck

Elitists always have the worst jokes. God forbid someone looks for information in something that may be a new world to them.
 
An EX-1 at 500 yards taken through the SD lens of my HPX .30-'06.
 

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Bassman2003 said:
Well I think your post addresses the challenging environment we as camera purchasers are in today, even if it was not meant for that purpose...

Lets talk about ROI.

With an HD purchase I will be replacing existing, working SD cameras with HD cameras that cost at least twice as much per Chip size :) only to deliver on an SD DVD to clients that want to pay SD production rates.

So yes, we need to debate these purchases to the n'th degree, because I (we) are often trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

The camera market appears as quite a minefield to me right now.

I see or have seen over the past few years a lot of models that don't seem to have a lot of staying power in terms of length of service. - light hungry, expensive media, upsampled resolution, can't operate in certain conditions ect...

This would not be a problem if Blu-ray was sweeping the masses and the general public was enthralled with having everything shot in HD.
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Great post.
 
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