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 Posted: Sat Jul 21st, 2012 05:21
Graham Whistler



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 Brad thank you for that, you are quite right. What I am saying as a DVD/Blue Ray railway produstion filming on railways a DSLR is not the best tool compared with any pro video camcorder. I too have in the past used Betacam SP and Digital Betacam. For my type of filming now the portable and reasonable priced Sony NX5 does a very good job.

The D800 produces first class Movie footage and on a time line with AVCHD footage from the Sony NX5 it is sharper and colour is great, but when you output to BluRay or DVD there is little or no gain in the final result. No doubt on the Cinema you are dealing with a very large final image size, so I can see that high quality Nikon or Canon prime lenses and large sensors could be a major advantage. More so now with more and more feature films being shot digital and the likes of Kodak in serious trouble. I understand more that 50% of UK cinemas are now using digital projectors so film will soon be a thing of the past.



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