Suprise run in with HD

[cameraguy]

I wish I knew about this earlier as I would have shot my group film about it. I Heard about a couple of guys shooting a music video in town today. Got to the set and they were using a Sony HDWF900 HDCAM. They rented it for $1500, pretty neat camera. I thought it looked incredible on their field monitor but it still was different than film. Certainly though the 24p is the future of video as it didn't have that video look, it kind of has its own look. Being low budget I ended up being "the guy who happened to be there Dolly puller". The director loved the fast passes by the band and he wore me out quickly. Still it was some unexpected fun horsing around a $100,000 camera.

[Alex]

A couple thoughts. That rental price will come down. However, they could have shot 35mm for that price. The only reason I bring that up is the purpose of the HD is they can get more done quicker with less money and it looks good, but 35mm can be shot cost effecitively with what these guys were paying for their rental.

I saw CSI the other night for the first time. I believe it is shot in HI-Def. I liked the look a lot. It has this little bit of green in every shot, and it really works as the show involves the investigation of someones untimely death. It doesn't look like conventional video, the motion is more pleasing to me, so I assume it must have been shot at 24 FPS.