Re: Freelancer work flow as an owner/operator of a HVX.

Donatello "the codec may be the same BUT 1/3" CCD's just don't give you teh same image as 2/3 " CCD's ... they are paying for quality... "

But the HVX can offer them 1080 images albeit from a 1/3" chip? So would you want Varicam slomo at 1080 instea of 720. It's all realative. An example. If you read the American cinematographer article about collateral you will see that they started out using the Viper system to record, but as they got into production they started to put more and more shots on tape. Now I am sure there was alot of technical debate with Viper over HDCAM,, yada yada yada. But in the end the production shot very littel viper and much much much more tape. So those producers and film makers that wanted viper, sacrificed the quality for speed and ease of use ehich ultimately were the important factors to telling their story. Here is a real world Hollywood motion Picture Scenario:

Pay close attention tot he progression in these paragraphs as it goes from pre-production nervousness to what actually happened the first day of the shoot.

Quoted from the August 2004 issue: