Justin_Kirch
Runner Up.
Having been in Austin for Spring Break, I came across the SXSW Interactive Trade Show. There were many good things about the show, as well as many things I was disappointed in.
The good first...
I finally caught my first glimpse of the VariCam in action. HOLY CRAP THIS CAMERA IS AMAZING! I had the guy show me a demonstration of what 60p is capable of looking like...he popped in a tape of the winter olympics and I was immediately impressed. I have never seen footage as fluent in slow motion and look so good!
For the bad....
They had the Sony HD-FX there. I saw it, messed with it a little. The images were a lot crisper than I thought they would be, but when I changed it to the 'simulated 24p' and was sickened. All the camera does is make it have a strobe effect with what it seems like dropped frames. Talk about disappointment. I will never use that camera for a shoot because of this. Yes it shoots HDV, but no, it doesn't produce anything close to 24p. BOO SONY!
The good first...
I finally caught my first glimpse of the VariCam in action. HOLY CRAP THIS CAMERA IS AMAZING! I had the guy show me a demonstration of what 60p is capable of looking like...he popped in a tape of the winter olympics and I was immediately impressed. I have never seen footage as fluent in slow motion and look so good!
For the bad....
They had the Sony HD-FX there. I saw it, messed with it a little. The images were a lot crisper than I thought they would be, but when I changed it to the 'simulated 24p' and was sickened. All the camera does is make it have a strobe effect with what it seems like dropped frames. Talk about disappointment. I will never use that camera for a shoot because of this. Yes it shoots HDV, but no, it doesn't produce anything close to 24p. BOO SONY!
