Having been working in the video business since 1988 I have amassed a great amount of knowledge of both the kit and production values over the last 30 years.
10 thoughts on “HD Warrior 2009 Awards Competition”
OK, I’ll start this off. I choose to interpret ‘best’ as ‘most suitable for my purposes’, because most of my work these days is voluntary, so value for money is very important.
On this basis I reckon Sony’s new EX1R is the best camcorder of 2009. Although I own an original EX1, the latest improvements make their great camera truly terrific.
For archiving, I rate Western Digital’s high capacity ’My Studio’ hard disks as the best. It’s tempting fate, but so far I’ve not suffered any problems with any of mine, in spite of hammering them very hard.
So far we have…
Sony EX-1R
WD My Studio for Archive
Thanks for voting
EX1R
Canon 7D
new iMac
archive on SD cards
Canon 5DmkII
Storage – Drobo
Best gadget – Zacuto Z Finder
Sorry Peter but Canon 5Dmk11 comes under September 2008.
Didn’t say anywhere that it had to be released this year 🙂
Peter you are 100% correct plus no one took it seriously till 2009.
Not trying to stir things up, but Wired made the 5D camera of the year in their November issue (USA version of course!)
All HD SLRs are in the melting pot till December…and Peter, you will be glad to hear the 5Dmk11 as well.
OK, I’ll start this off. I choose to interpret ‘best’ as ‘most suitable for my purposes’, because most of my work these days is voluntary, so value for money is very important.
On this basis I reckon Sony’s new EX1R is the best camcorder of 2009. Although I own an original EX1, the latest improvements make their great camera truly terrific.
For archiving, I rate Western Digital’s high capacity ’My Studio’ hard disks as the best. It’s tempting fate, but so far I’ve not suffered any problems with any of mine, in spite of hammering them very hard.
So far we have…
Sony EX-1R
WD My Studio for Archive
Thanks for voting
EX1R
Canon 7D
new iMac
archive on SD cards
Canon 5DmkII
Storage – Drobo
Best gadget – Zacuto Z Finder
Sorry Peter but Canon 5Dmk11 comes under September 2008.
Didn’t say anywhere that it had to be released this year 🙂
Peter you are 100% correct plus no one took it seriously till 2009.
Not trying to stir things up, but Wired made the 5D camera of the year in their November issue (USA version of course!)
All HD SLRs are in the melting pot till December…and Peter, you will be glad to hear the 5Dmk11 as well.
Excellent!!