November - WOW!

I heard that too. And I understand it completely. For a cinematographer, it is much more difficult to shoot something in DV than film. You never see a cinematographer talking high about DV, just directors and producers. The fact is that she took the challenge and overcome it, but that does not mean she should show a lot of love for all that hard work. What November prooves is that good results are possible (in that case and still to be proved wrong, with a lot of money involved) from theese little cameras, so the conclusion, and it's not really new, it's a 40 year old conclusion, is that the good results are up to us. Hearing this is not more inspiring than watching "breathless" but the DV camera, the low cost solutions are a much more trendy source of inspiration theese days...
 
Good post and I agree, its never about formats of cameras but people. Give me a DVX and I'll make it look like nobodies business. I just had to do interviews for The History channel on a DVX and I was not pleased. For guys and gals like us it's a step in a direction that requires more from us to maintain the standard we are used to.
 
I hear the same thing from other cinematographers even when you mention the word HD. Their response is "I am shooting in HD, its called Film". I have die-hard friends who shoot 35 and some don't even like shooting 16. I told them that I have to work with what I have, so if you feel strongly about not working in the digital domain, then "can I borrow your A-minima super 16 camera?". Cinematographers don't adjust to change right away. Most say if you can show me a digital camera that can be on the same level as film, then I will consider it. I think the story comes first before the technology and all the movies out this summer that were shot on the DVX proves this. No one says that film techniques doesn't matter but you need a good story to keep them focused. I thought November was expertly done with what she had. Even the wide shots were suprisingly good. I'm interested in the next level of the HVX200. Bring it on!
 
Is there a website actually showing the difference in image quality between compressed and non compressed dv footage? Also, is there a side-by-side comparison between footage captured to mini-DV tape and footage captured straight to a hard drive? I'm new to the forum, but I wanted to at least find out what all the buzz is about tapeless recording.

Thanks!
Thinkingman
 
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