This
is where it all started for Sony in sport parachuting back in the early 70's, using reel to reel systems weighing in around 60 lbs, worn on the chest.
in this pic:
you can see several helmets, and 3 of them have CX7s or HC 5's on them. My personal production helmet carries an EX1, 40D Canon still camera, and 580EX flash.
All of it weighs less than half of what the original Sony 16mm tape-based reel to reel systems weighed.
If you're around the PHX area next month, the world national VRW competitions are being shot, and those are done with HC camcorders set to 1/120 shutter speeds. Some of the new camera flyers are wearing CX7s, which are ideal for judging, as there is no rewind time, no tape logging time, nothing. Just drop off the card and go.
Sony's sure come a long ways in nearly 50 years...B/W camera kits shooting on reels, with weight enough that a truck was practically needed to haul it around, terrible quality. Pretty proud of what we can do with the little AVCHD and HDV camcorders for this sort of work.
is where it all started for Sony in sport parachuting back in the early 70's, using reel to reel systems weighing in around 60 lbs, worn on the chest.
in this pic:
you can see several helmets, and 3 of them have CX7s or HC 5's on them. My personal production helmet carries an EX1, 40D Canon still camera, and 580EX flash.
All of it weighs less than half of what the original Sony 16mm tape-based reel to reel systems weighed.
If you're around the PHX area next month, the world national VRW competitions are being shot, and those are done with HC camcorders set to 1/120 shutter speeds. Some of the new camera flyers are wearing CX7s, which are ideal for judging, as there is no rewind time, no tape logging time, nothing. Just drop off the card and go.
Sony's sure come a long ways in nearly 50 years...B/W camera kits shooting on reels, with weight enough that a truck was practically needed to haul it around, terrible quality. Pretty proud of what we can do with the little AVCHD and HDV camcorders for this sort of work.