Marcelo Moiola
May 23rd, 2005, 07:10 PM
hello everyone
I need to discuss this with people other than salesmen, i no longer trust their deinterested opinions.
I'm currently working in a small studio (really small> 15 ft x 24 ft x 8 ft high)with 3 JVC KY17 cameras w/ CCU and focus/zoom controls ;a sony dfs-300 switcher and recording in betacam SP and DVcam decks.
The question is that i've been told to open a similar studio but we already have a switcher with included TBC (sony dfs-300) and the decks (betacam SP- dvcam)
I have been wearing my brain off thinking in the solution. So far this are the options i'm considering.
A - Used SD camera heads with more than 700 tv lines. no ccu. no studio viewfinder or zom/focus controls.
B - New HD camcorders (Sony FX-Z1 / JVC HD100 / panasonic 200 )
C - New SD camcorders (PD170 - XL2- AGDX100)
I could spend between 15 and 20 K u$s
Our clients are very small productions, most likely second class cable content. Their shows are sometimes even broadcasted on S-vhs or VHS. But we also have the possibity to work with bigger productions as long as they can accomodate to our small instalations.
A: looks like the most reasonable. but dont like the idea of buying equipment everybody else is throwing away at not exesively attractive prices. Say, 5000 u$s for a DSR-300 w/lens or ikegami HC 240 for $ 3500 ea.
B: The furure of HDTV in my country is rather blury. At the moment about 0.5% of the people have hd ready monitors and there is no cable signal broadcasting HD material.
I like the future proof aspect. I like that they are new equipment. HD could attract customers whether they use it or not. There's the possibility of working with independent moviemakers (the only kind in my country). I think JVC HD100 would cover the future proof aspect and do a decent job in SD too. I Also like the component out (jvc - sony) for connecting to the switcher
C: I should understand that our clients and their audience wont notice a big difference between any of the options. Also consider that they pay as little as u$s 50 the hour of recording in betacam sp (this includes 1 director, 2cameraman, 1 sonidist and videographer) and get three dv camcorders probably used ones (since i wouldnt be using their transport only capturing through them) for u$s 1000 ea.
Thank you very much in advance, I would appreciate any opinion
Marcelo Moiola
Buenos Aires
Argentina
I need to discuss this with people other than salesmen, i no longer trust their deinterested opinions.
I'm currently working in a small studio (really small> 15 ft x 24 ft x 8 ft high)with 3 JVC KY17 cameras w/ CCU and focus/zoom controls ;a sony dfs-300 switcher and recording in betacam SP and DVcam decks.
The question is that i've been told to open a similar studio but we already have a switcher with included TBC (sony dfs-300) and the decks (betacam SP- dvcam)
I have been wearing my brain off thinking in the solution. So far this are the options i'm considering.
A - Used SD camera heads with more than 700 tv lines. no ccu. no studio viewfinder or zom/focus controls.
B - New HD camcorders (Sony FX-Z1 / JVC HD100 / panasonic 200 )
C - New SD camcorders (PD170 - XL2- AGDX100)
I could spend between 15 and 20 K u$s
Our clients are very small productions, most likely second class cable content. Their shows are sometimes even broadcasted on S-vhs or VHS. But we also have the possibity to work with bigger productions as long as they can accomodate to our small instalations.
A: looks like the most reasonable. but dont like the idea of buying equipment everybody else is throwing away at not exesively attractive prices. Say, 5000 u$s for a DSR-300 w/lens or ikegami HC 240 for $ 3500 ea.
B: The furure of HDTV in my country is rather blury. At the moment about 0.5% of the people have hd ready monitors and there is no cable signal broadcasting HD material.
I like the future proof aspect. I like that they are new equipment. HD could attract customers whether they use it or not. There's the possibility of working with independent moviemakers (the only kind in my country). I think JVC HD100 would cover the future proof aspect and do a decent job in SD too. I Also like the component out (jvc - sony) for connecting to the switcher
C: I should understand that our clients and their audience wont notice a big difference between any of the options. Also consider that they pay as little as u$s 50 the hour of recording in betacam sp (this includes 1 director, 2cameraman, 1 sonidist and videographer) and get three dv camcorders probably used ones (since i wouldnt be using their transport only capturing through them) for u$s 1000 ea.
Thank you very much in advance, I would appreciate any opinion
Marcelo Moiola
Buenos Aires
Argentina