For documentary production I find the Sony Z1/FX1 and A1 perfectly suited to my budget, while providing that "reality" look which is ideal for broadcast. The Sony camera's are relatively easy to use in typical documentary situations as apposed to the HD100, which really requires an experienced DOP for optimum results. As an independent filmmaker who often has to direct, shoot and edit his own documentaries, there's beating the Sony cameras at this stage. A diehard is generally a person who stubbornly persists to hold an unpopular, minority opinion on an issue regardless of evidence to the contrary. I think that if anything it is Thomas James who is the diehard here, not the 200 000+ Sony HDV users.
Derek Antonio Serra
Filmmaker
http://www.controversifilms.co.za
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