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Originally Posted by tony404
Actually tape is dying,more and more cameras are coming out with no tape drive and that trend is going to grow. So videographers are going to have to create a new workflow. HDV is becoming an older technology, so do you really want to spend 4 grand on something thats getting long in the tooth?
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from anything I read it seems that in order to get a decent SSD or HDD camera you need to get something like red which is way over board for 4k you can't get a red box for 4k LOL
tape is not dying and is still strong as it ever was... yes SSD is coming up but it's still brand new...
how many mainstream movies you think I still shot on film vs HD?
I am willing to bet 98% of all hollywood movies are still shot on film
Letters from iwo Jima used sony z1u (hdv) it looked fantastic on the big screen
I go to all the shows for this new stuff and as much as I like to think tape is dying it's really not it will be around for a long time...
you have to weigh out the pro's and con's of what type of workflow you want to have
a tapeless workflow is not that great we use one and hate it... ive met 3 real editors that liked the tapeless workflow...
for a small internet clip it may be tits.. just transfer it over and your done.. but for shooting anything real like Inde films, Docs, music videos, you need logs and logs of footage... we shot a commercial for the palms here they requested it be shot on the HVX so we did... we had 3 terabytes of storage on a 30 sec commercial
now which porn guy you know has 3tb for HD space?
we have had 2 firestore's fail on us loosing everything that was on it...
in my life while shooting on tape I have personally shot over 5000 hours and dropped frames on 6 of my tapes... it was small... once was in the middle of vows for a wedding... it just scares me to go all HD and hope nothing crashes... with tape and you get a crash you just start over again...