One of the things that folks may not be realizing is that except for its high resolution this thing is more like a security camera than an ENG camera. You can buy a color security camera the size of a pack of cigarettes these days for $50-100. That kind of puts the $17,500 in perspective.
Brendan MacRae wrote: > --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It can't be as compact as it appears, the camera >> itself may be small, >> but I'll bet reasonable storage and power will have >> you tied down with >> anchors. >> > > No, not at all. In fact, even if this camera were > loaded up with handles and matte box and batteries and > such, it would be smaller than even the smallest 35mm > film sound cameras (those for shoulder shooting and > Steadicam). It would probably be around the size of a > good 16mm camera...which is night and day compared to > a 35mm camera plus magazine, lens, matte box, focus > rails and so on. In any event, it will be much lighter > than film gear which makes all the difference. Plus, > no changing film which takes time, no gate checks, and > no worry about tungsten and daylight light sources. > Just WB and shoot! It's a huge time saver. > > -Brendan > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
