Hi def cameras

I have a sony hdr-fx1. same one berman and level 1 used for Shanghai 6. Its the dopest camera out there. Just do your homework is all I can say.
 
the sony hdr-fx1 is the only HD cam available to the public, there's lots of 3cc cams obviously but he asked about hd. haha and beware of cams that say hd on them, sometimes it means hard drive not high def lol. The hdr-fx1 retails about 5 large CAN dollars
 
Your HD movies will play back really well on my HD dvd player...hooked up to my HD capable TV

Oh, wait, HD dvd players aren't out yet, and HDTV adoption rates are still low, because there's very little programming available in HD.

So basically, HD is useless right now, except to future-proof your film company. But oh wait...by the time HD is actually the industry standard, you'll be able to get HD equipment for way cheaper, and it'll be better than whatever you can buy now. So you're more or less just pissing away $5000 for nothing. Way to think it through....
 
does anybody have the 3500-4000 bucks to spend on a high def camera?

i hear the new sony one berman used for shanghai six is really good, also the new JVC one.
 
Why is it so much more than the HDR-fx1??

and HD dvd players are becoming much more common, or at least will be, they're on the market, it just depends when people decide to trash the old one for a new one.
 
thats true about the programming which is why if you shoot HD now you can sell your stock footage for $$$$$ and get your camera costs back and profit. when hdtv adoption becomes more widespread there will be a huge shortage of material and HD footage will be in high demand (aka NOW).

by the time all the HD equipment costs drop and everyone is shooting HD and watching HD dvds on HD dvd players your footage won't be worth shit anymore outside of your own productions
 
agreed. the clarity is fine, it's just that the colors often get skewed.

my bad on the GL2 recommendation. anyone who knocks it, though, is a fucking moron- it's a sick camera for sure.
 
You also got to keep in mind you will need a computer that can handel that type use. If you are doing the editing you will need a huge hard drive, HD video is very large. And these types of things dont come cheap.
 
(HD is 6.5 times larger than DV) 4 TB back up drive runs about 4000 CAN, HD editing system from adobe 1500 CAN, monitor to display HD footy about 1000 and up.
 
hd does take more room than digital, but the sony fx1 is hdv, which is compressed i mpeg2 format, meaning its barely largere than digital because it has to fit on the same tape (miniDV) anybody wanna talk technical I'll talk circle around you.
 
There is a resale value for HD stock footage, not HDV. Don't go buying your Sony HDV camcorder thinking you'll pay it selling stock, you'll go bankrupt.

The Panasonic HVX-200 will be way better than the Sonys.
 
RETARTED? Retarded perhaps, but there is no HD DVD player out there for consumer purchase that has any comercial titles released for it. There is one machine without any real support, and it's basically playing back WMV files just like a computer. Speaking of which, you can edit HDV and burn it to a disc that will play back in a G5 Mac.

There was a release in Japan of the BluRay HD player two years ago, but it is different from what the mass release one will be. Trust me on this, I work on this stuff every day and it's still a big pissing match between Sony's BluRay and Toshiba's HD-DVD over which format is going to win. Right now neither will be on the market until Q2 2006.
 
Really? GL2 footage always seemed a bit muddy to me.

I much prefer the look of 24P footage shot on a Panasonic.

Then again what do I know, I have a Sony FX1 that I almost never shoot HD with since all the clients still want 4:3 DV.
 
GL2 is the biggest piece of shit ever.

Do yourself a favor and set yours on fire right now. Anyone who thinks this is a decent camera is fucking stupid.
 
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