Re: HVX-200 Vs. Varicam- What do you think?

That is my point. I am not putting down the HVX200, I am just saying that as far as quality go, they don't compare.

And in the end, no the public might not see the difference (for the most part they actually don't care).

There is a reason things cost more money, whether it be better parts, larger chips, more R&D.

I work for a company that has the highest end of everything. VTR's, Camera's. NLE's, Compositors. And trust me, they don't do it because they enjoy spending the money so it appears that they are spending money. They use High End stuff because they want the product to look the absolute best that it can at its origin, so that when it gets hit with all the compression and distribution issues, it can still look fairly well.

Do you think that people use the higher end equipment just because it looks like it is expensive, no, they use it because of the quality of the picture they get out of it. Because again, their budgets are tight as well, and if there was a choice to spend less money and achieve the same result, they would do it.

I do agree with Micheal in that you don't have to spend the money on equipment to make good product. I have a DVX100 and make good product all the time, and it suits me fine in that my budgets are so low that I can make great profit off most jobs. Would I like an F900 or a Varicam, of course. Do I want the stress of having to answer to someone because it is their money I am using for the production, no.