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Sony XDCAM HD
Customer Reviews
XDCAM HD in the Field with Ironworks
Productions
Ironworks Productions Inc. opened up shop in 1998 and
is best known for producing TSN’s coverage of the Subaru Triathlon Series,
the Canadian National Snowboarding Championships and Canadian Snowboarder.
Ironworks’ owner, Greg McFadden, sent us a report that really puts
XDCAM HD in
perspective:
Ironworks Productions Inc. goes
HD
With new HD
products every month, it is an exciting time for all of us, like Christmas
every day. Networks are making
the push for HD, and we are all for it; better quality is always a good
thing! Of course, unfortunately it does not guarantee increased viewers or
increased budgets from sponsors to pay for the high end HD gear to get the
improved HD product.
The numbers did not add up. At Ironworks Productions
the future looked far less clear than the HD images we are all enjoying!
June 18th, 2006 was a turning point for our company, we were
shooting the Subaru Muskoka Chase. Next year all our triathlon events on TSN have to be in HD so this was a chance
to try out the new Sony XDCAM HD. We have found our future!
Rental costs are comparable to the Betacam SP we
used to shoot; the camera operation is very similar to Sony’s SP line and
the HD picture quality is what our network is expecting in the future.
With
20 years behind a lens, having the shots on an optical disc took a little
getting used to but it all went flawlessly. You get an hour on each disc, so
less stock is involved. In fact there are huge cost savings because the optical disc can be used over and
over. We plan to input the shots; once we are finished the edit we will
output all the selects to one disc and have a condensed select raw library.
The other discs are ready for the next shoot.
There are lots of
choices out there and decisions to be made on what works best for each of
us. For Ironworks Productions
though, the path is much clearer than just a few weeks ago. Sony XDCAM HD is destined to be a major part of our
future.
To see
if XDCAM HD is the right road to HD for your productions, To
see if XDCAM HD is the right road to HD for your productions, contact
Videoscope Camera Specialist, Joe Freitas at 416.449.3030 and
take advantage of our XDCAM
HD Rental Packages .
XDCAM HD discs are in stock at Videoscope.
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