Nice footage Michael. I didn't care for all the flash transitions, but jsut my opinion. Personally speaking, you can't compare just based on the number of chips a camera has. Put a 3 CCD in the hands of a total noobie and it can look worse than a pro with a 1st generation 1 chipper. CMOS and CCD are different animals, both having different advantages/disadvantages...

Your 2 part highlight just showcased how a 1 chip CMOS camera can knock the socks off of some 3CCD cams out there. Good job!

Agreed I went overboard on the flash transitions & I will look out for that in the future.

And I 100% agree that it's never the wand, but the magician. When shooting 3chip vs 1chip cameras in good light the average viewer will not notice a significant technical difference in picture quality & from there on it's up to the skills of the videographer and not the camera that will ultimately make the video work or not.

Thank you! Altho I did purchase an XH-A1 for lowlight/indoors work, my trusty HC1 will still remain my primary workhorse for outdoors work.

BTW Jerome I checked out ur site, the xmas eve wedding trailer was great!

Thanks! Would you believe me when I tell you I had that up that night?

Jerome,

I'm really impressed with your work, very nice job on the clips. If I may ask, what software editing suite are using, that you can achieve such great results in such a short timeframe (like the X-mas clip that you did the same night). Vegas, Premiere, Avid???

Thanks Alex. I'm using Vegas 7. I have a pretty slick workflow for making trailers "fast"... similar to how people do SDE's without a DTE device. When I get one of those puppies, I'll spit them out in about an hour.