Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe

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petromak

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Has anyone seen the show "Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe"? I saw a bit of it the other day while channel surfing and saw one of the camera's being used was an XHG1. When I check out the show's website it says that the show it sponsored by CANON, and then a link takes you to the XLH1 page...in any case IT'S HDV and it is broadcast!

Does anyone know more about this? Here in Canada, broadcasters are really tightening the rules on acceptable formats and cameras, but I'm discovering that A&E as well as PBS and it seems Discovery are accepting some shows in HDV (not just 20% or something either...entire shows)

Also, check out James Gandolfini's film about veterans from the current war in Iraq made through his production company Attaboy Films...It was aired on HBO and on The Movie Network here in Canada - all shot with Z1U's. Again, HDV broadcast on HD channels...hmmm

Does anyone know more about what the tech specs are?
 
http://www.highdef.com/magazine/archive/HighDef_2009_3MayJun.pdf

From the get-go it has been produced in HDV with Canon H1 cameras. They are small, light, rugged and durable which is the reason we use them. We use an interchangeable wide angle lens along with a regular lens. The first season we edited native so we stayed in HDV. The second season we reduced render times by using a small converter box to edit in DVCPro HD.

At the beginning I was concerned how the HDV would hold up. What we discovered is that if a scene is fairly well lit and well shot, and you are not pushing HDV in terms of wanting to do lots of effects or composites, it does very well. The colorist we use at Victory Studios, Seattle is John Davidson and he has been very impressed with the consistent quality of the HDV footage. With his help, we’ve achieved the gorgeous images that the Art Wolfe series demands.
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I watched several of episodes on PBS, and the image is very much HD. Too bad they do not offer Blu-ray discs, currently they sell DVDs only.
 
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