Barry's right about that. The production shooter has it easy. You have time to set up the shot, light it well, rehearse it and even do it again if things don't work.
Event shooters have but one chance to get the shot perfect. If we mess it up, the opportunity will never come again. And where the production shooter has time and control, we have 2, maybe 3 seconds to have the camera in place, properly framed, properly focused, properly exposed and rolling before we miss our one and only chance to get the shot. Which means we MUST have a camera with a servo zoom, a fast and accurate auto-focus, a fast and accurate auto-iris, and a quick start to the recording. (This is one area where my DVC80 let's me down consistently. I can lose 4 or 5 seconds before the damn thing actually starts recording sometimes.)
But...we also want those beautiful selective focus shots (preferably without any rolling shutter effects, which means CCDs). And because it's event work, the money is typically not nearly as good as production work. Which means we need it CHEAP!
C'mon Panny, think about us too, will ya?
