Comments on: The Dawn of Corporate Video

By: Keith Hawke

Keith Hawke — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:38:40 +0000

Ah but do you remember shooting with a clockwork Bolex? 100 foot loads. 2 minutes 40 secs running time. Manual processing of the reversal film and drying above a gas heater?

By: Jason R.

Jason R. — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:05:04 +0000

Awesome, love looking back.
Good stuff!

By: KIt

KIt — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:28:24 +0000

I started in the wedding and event industry with VHS in 1983. The evolution was first single tube cameras attached by cable to a VHS recorder. Then in 1986 or 1985, the first VHS camcorders were put on the market. There was a stigma to taping in VHS, given it was not “professional”. Correct, it wasn’t, but it was all wedding clients could afford. When Super VHS came along in 1987, folks in industrial video took notice because to many, its images looked better than 3/4″ with the added bonus of lighter weight field equipment. Once the DV and DVCAM and DVC-PRO equipment came on the market in the mid 1990′s, it narrowed the gap between event (wedding), industrial and broadcast. Now, in 2011, the consumer point and shoot cameras and particularly the HD ones I think rival the quality of some Betacam SP gear, but the jacks for microphone input are missing and the lenses are glorified “peep holes”. Nonetheless, the lowered weight, the lowered cost, the speed of capturing video for NLE post, it is all a new ballgame. The DSLR revolution is making for motion picture quality on what used to be a wedding videographer’s budget. To me, tapeless is a wonderful thing, no more video heads to get clogged, no more moving parts, less energy requirements. This was a great article, I loved it.

By: Gunther

Gunther — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:54:18 +0000

Started with Sony 3/4 machine, camera and deck with a cord. Had the panasonic 250 and 300 series super V, then the JVC Ky 17, KY 19 and then the KY27 with beta SP decks, Then Panasonic HPX 500,900 the Canon 5dm2, Gopros etc. Not to mention the 6- $3600 9gig seagate drives that had to be striped, when we started non-linear editing. I still boils down to the person using the equipment. Thank God!

By: H. Wolfe III

H. Wolfe III — Sat, 14 May 2011 14:58:27 +0000

Great post! In my 26 year production history, I used some of these including: the JVC KY-1900, The XL-1 and the JVC GY250

By: Lenny Warren

Lenny Warren — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:31:21 +0000

Boy does that take me back, I used a KY-1900e when I worked in Medical Illustration. We used to film operations… ah, them were the days. Prior to that it had been Bolex H-16′s….

By: lesj

lesj — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:13:01 +0000

Ah yes, I remember those days also. I remember Flashback, didn’y you guys kick off by recording the finish line at The Glasgow Marathon and selling copies to the punters of them crossing the line? I started with Hitachi PF21′s, then JVC KY950, JVC BY110, JVC FP15, JVC DY90 (D9) then DSR570, now just ordering a EX1R
Cheers
Les

By: Jim Snyder

Jim Snyder — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:17:29 +0000

I recall walking with my XL-1 Canon and having someone ask, “Doesn’t that big camera get heavy?” And also thinking about puny the camera actually felt! After the KYs and M3s, then later, BVW Betacams, the XL felt tiny,indeed! Add that to the 9600 Avid that eplaced roomsfull of tape machines, switchers, ADO and monitors and… WOW! Then there were the Arriflex BLs…!When I started, we actually had some Sony (-non-C) 1″ recorders with a yardstick and a grease pencil… When the mark spun around the drum, you’d mash down on the big red “EDIT” button! -after unreeling 35″ of tape. Of course, in THOSE days, we shot all the remotes on 16mm. I also remember all that stuff introducing me to another post-millennium phenomenon: eBay!

By: HD Warrior

HD Warrior — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:47 +0000

Thanks Simon I was wondering how long it would be till someone recognised Mr Bidgood, I am crap with names and could not remember Tony’s name. You can let him know he has gone down in the anneals of Sony history and if he cares to apologise for his poor predicting skills all the better.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:14:39 +0000

Wow, that’s a very young Tony ‘Bidders’ Bidgood!