800 Pound Gorilla
 

Roland
I think your observations are very accurate. If you are in the video camera business, I would think the broadcast industry is the pot of gold, and it certainly seems like Sony is the 800 pound gorilla. I think Sony knows its market and has designed the Z1 to do exactly what it intended- replace broadcast use of dv/dvcam cameras ( a la PD-170) and to provide low cost HD capability for situations where the expensive cams are not the best option. There have already been anouncements that BBC is officially switching to the Z1.
The people who are doing film out, who love 24p, need HD with less compression, etc. are likely to gravitate to the new Pana, JVC, or other options. There's something for everyone. However, the notion that one of these other cameras is going to knock the Z1 out of the marketplace seems ridiculous. The latest sales figures I've heard for the FX1/Z1 is around 50,000. Wow. That's in the neighborhood of $200 million or more. Sounds pretty serious to me.
Bob

Just wait for Canon.

Since everyone likes to wait.

It will be better then all of em most likely.


- Shannon W. Rawls

It would be sweet if they could put a new XL serie cam out, with the technical things of the Panasonic, but with interchangeable lenses.
It's all subjective offcourse, but I just like how the XL is designed and where the buttons are placed etcetera, it feels very right in my hands, so a HD-version of an XL cam would be sweet. Everybody his own opinion offcourse.

I think I see tape drives making a comeback.

:D

The answer to this thread is absolutely "no".

Next!

who cares? if your content sucks, camera doesnt matter! just go out and shoot with what you have and can afford!