I'm an amateur who videos school plays and musical recitals: the resulting SD DVDs are sold and 100% of the proceeds go to the school to support the theater (that is, I charge zero for my time and materials). I'll never be a Pro (I'm retired (early) from a somewhat successful software engineer career).
Cameras: Sony HVR-V1U x 2; Sony DSR-PDX10 (especially to capture uncompressed audio at 48kHz x 16 bits).
Editing: FCS 2 on MacPro G5 2.5 Quad; Firewire 800 7200rpm drives; HDV generally transcoded to ProRes 422 (1440x1080) (note: I've used 60i previously, but will try 30p HDV for my next shoot).
Audio Editing: when necessary (actually rarely), ProTools LE (Digi002 Rack) or ProTools TDM HD3 which is mostly used for my amateur pro-audio studio.
The V1U is not great in low, uncontrolled lighting which is what you get in school productions. There is no chance of a separate video only shoot. That said, the videos are greatly appreciated by students and their parents, and the theater can really use the money for off budget equipment (better lights, mics, cables, set building supplies, costumes, etc.).
The Scarlet looks like a terrific, cost effective step up beyond HDV if we can still get good audio, it has low light performance at least as good as the Canon XH-A1 (should'a got those instead of the Sony's: too late now), and with BluRay HD close at hand even for amateurs like me, the possibility of 1920x1080p60 is appealing.
Eddie O
Cameras: Sony HVR-V1U x 2; Sony DSR-PDX10 (especially to capture uncompressed audio at 48kHz x 16 bits).
Editing: FCS 2 on MacPro G5 2.5 Quad; Firewire 800 7200rpm drives; HDV generally transcoded to ProRes 422 (1440x1080) (note: I've used 60i previously, but will try 30p HDV for my next shoot).
Audio Editing: when necessary (actually rarely), ProTools LE (Digi002 Rack) or ProTools TDM HD3 which is mostly used for my amateur pro-audio studio.
The V1U is not great in low, uncontrolled lighting which is what you get in school productions. There is no chance of a separate video only shoot. That said, the videos are greatly appreciated by students and their parents, and the theater can really use the money for off budget equipment (better lights, mics, cables, set building supplies, costumes, etc.).
The Scarlet looks like a terrific, cost effective step up beyond HDV if we can still get good audio, it has low light performance at least as good as the Canon XH-A1 (should'a got those instead of the Sony's: too late now), and with BluRay HD close at hand even for amateurs like me, the possibility of 1920x1080p60 is appealing.
Eddie O
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