Huge Praise for Canon's HDV cameras.

EDIT: let me rephrase that. There's nothing wrong with a general-interest press release that talks about someone actually DOING something significant, with one of these tools that are within all of our reach.

What we don't need, and don't want, and have very little (to no) patience for, is more "mine is bigger than yours" stuff. But if someone comes on and says "hey, I'm a DVX user and my film just got nominated for an Oscar" then yeah, we want to know about it. If an XLH1 film sells at Sundance, we want to hear about it. If Peter Jackson buys HVX200s, we want to hear about it.

Canon owners can justifiably take pride in knowing that some professional or other endorses their product, just like JVC owners have frequently referenced that Rodney Charters of "24" fame prefers the HD100, and Sony Z1 users were thrilled that Jody Eldred used a Z1 on a shot in JAG early on, etc.

The point is, all those people are out there doing something with their products, not just bragging or comparing. That's the direction that we think would be healthiest for all of us; less bragging, less measuring, more doing.

(and hopefully in the next day or two we'll get to see the results of what a lot of our membership has been actually doing, when SpyFest opens!)
 
Well said, Barry. I think you guys threw the baby out with the bathwater re: Steven's thread, but I'll just respectfully disagree with the way that was handled.

Often times, I think people forget, that the best camera is the one that works and more importantly, the best films are made by the best filmmakers. I constantly use Thomas Vinterberg's "Celebration" to support that idea. It's easily one of the most brilliant films ever made and it was shot with a $1000 camcorder.
 
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