Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
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> On Mar 9, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Greg wrote:
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> > More than frame rate issues, what about audio and timecode inputs?  
> > If you can't put timecode into it, you step back about 30-40 years  
> > to where you rely on the slate alone to sync an audio track.
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> Its for clips, for the most part. But we've been using a system where  
> we run a typical video camera nonstop to create a timeline, and then  
> lay 5D clips over that, and sync them up. With two 5Ds you  can  
> replace the entire original track with better quality 5D shots. But  
> yes, its not going to replace all functions of all video cameras; even  
> if, under many conditions, it shoots much better video.
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> C. David Tobie
> Global Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> CDTobie@...
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> 


With the quality of under $5,000 HD video cameras that are out now, there is little that would cause me to go with the lack of features of a still camera. Sony Z5 with the CF card option is high on the list. Panasonic has some new cameras that go around $3,500, JVC has a really nice camera that just dropped down to $4,000 and is only 6 months old (200b). The Sony has a bayonet lens (but not B4) and the JVC has a B4 bayonet for 1/3 inch CCD. The Panasonic in the cheap end does not have a lens that comes off, you don't get that until you get up into P2 storage and the price on that is just silly.