For Those Of Us Who Can't Test

[David Saraceno]

Originally Posted by Chris Hurd

Umbrage? You're taking umbrage? Well I suppose I should probably thank you then.

Meanwhile David, I wholeheartedly encourage you to to continue with your planned tests, don't give up, don't take no for an answer. If you're not hearing back from one manufacturer's rep, try another. There are lots of 'em to chose from. Persistence always pays off.

Boyd gave you the best possible advice, by the way. If you don't take his words of wisdom to heart, then I sincerely hope that somebody else will.

Any DVD that comes out of the Texas Shootout will *not* be $100. It'll be more like... cost. I can't speak for Mike Curtis, but I will say that he and I are fairly like-minded on things, and neither of us are looking to profit from a DVD offering... only to cover our expenses, that's all.

My comment about the heavyweights wasn't a negative one. I trust you understood that Chris.

I'm aware of the pitfalls of editing with HDV footage, and the workflow issues with p2.

But I want to compare side by side footage for visual quality consistent with the suggestion above to elect a cam based upon what pleases your eye.

We spent $12.00 at a car show last weekend, and looked at dozens of cars from $10,000 to $130,000.00.

But I can't get any representative within a working distance to provide the type of footage that I, and hundreds others, might find beneficial.

I don't even care if someone else shoots it so long as there are locked down talking heads, sports footage and fast pan with three or more cameras of the same subjects.