OT - Z1 - Howzat?

PeterWright wrote on 7/23/2005, 5:04 AM

Just watched the first "Under the Grandstand" - Aussie SBS's weekend lunchtime show during the Lord's Cricket Test, and both the recorded and live parts featured Z1 cameras heavily - in fact may have been totally shot with Z1s - many handheld. Looked good too - noticed a few W/A lenses being used with handheld cams.

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JJKizak wrote on 7/23/2005, 5:52 AM

I have also noticed with mine that when taking indoor shots of running tv sets in full auto the pictures on the sets do not show lines or running vertical bars. Though it might have benn dumb luck. The tv set pictures look great.

JJK

PeterWright wrote on 7/23/2005, 6:06 AM

Yes, some interesting reports are emerging of this cam's penetration into the profession.

A post in the Cow's HDV forum tells of Z1s being used as 2nd cams with a Varicam and producing sharper, better colour saturated images!

And in the same thread a story of F900s being abandoned mid project in favour of Z1s.

farss wrote on 7/23/2005, 6:26 AM

Lots of stuff going to air down here shot on Z1s, Foreign Correspondent is using them for overseas shoots.
Bob.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 7/23/2005, 11:36 AM

I've got a friend who uses Z1's and Varicams and the whole shebang - he said that he put his z1 up against a varicam and on an HD plasma he could barely tell the diff. This guy knows his stuff w/o a doubt, and when I heard that I was pretty blown away. Anyway - the quality seems to be very decent off those little cams - can't wait to see what's coming down the pipes here in the future - should be some pretty good stuff.

Dave

MH_Stevens wrote on 7/23/2005, 2:42 PM

One finger raised high in the air.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 7/24/2005, 7:25 AM

????

winrockpost wrote on 7/24/2005, 4:04 PM

double ??????

PeterWright wrote on 7/24/2005, 6:18 PM

For those not familiar with the noble art of cricket, "Howzat" is the appeal shouted by the fielding side if they think they've got the batsman out in a way that needs adjudication by the umpire.

If the umpire agrees that it is out, he will raise a finger in the air, as decribed by MH_S.

Dan Sherman wrote on 7/24/2005, 8:03 PM

That would this be a polite "Peter Pointer" and not the nasty longer digit?
Also Peter, curious to know if there's an Australian rules version of cricket down there, where they have at each other with bats?

PeterWright wrote on 7/24/2005, 8:25 PM

Umpires do in fact use their long first finger, pointed to the heavens as if to say "Your time on this piece of turf is over".

The Australian version of the game is almost the same as the rest of the world, except they insist on winning. (Note I still say "they" - I've only lived here 33 years - learnt my cricket in England and leopards like me never change their spots!)