opinions?

[Lake Films]

Hi,
First question is:
In buying a used 100a, what is a decent amount of hours on the camera and what is an 'excessive' amount? For example is 250 hours a lot?

100a VS 100b, I know the technical differences but I wanted to know what the 'actual' users here thought of the differences, if there is even a big one?

Thanks!

 

[Ben Sliker]

for hours, i would really try to assert what type of user you are. In the past year, I've only put about 70 hours on my heads, so if i were to buy another dvx, maybe i could go for one with a couple extra hours on the heads to save money. This is totally hearsay, but i think about 1000 hours on the DVX heads is the limit before you need to get them replaced. Hopefully someone can chime in an affirm/correct me on that. So 250 doesn't seem "excessive", but it really depends on how those hours were put on the camera and how well it was treated.

 

[HorseFilms]

First of all, I'm digging the Bill Hinzman avatar.:thumbsup:

250 hours isn't a lot if the camera was treated well. That's the most important part.

I have an A. The only thing the B has that I really want is the ability to see an underscanned picture in the LCD/EVF. Otherwise, I'm a happy guy with my A.