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sixtycyclehum
11-01-2006, 06:08 PM
LINK (http://digitalcontentproducer.com/hdhdv/depth/photo_finish_2/index.html)

It's a long article but it basically talks about how newspapers are incorporating HDV into their websites. I think its great for us because it gives us another venue to practice our craft.

I like what David Leeson from the Dallas Morning News says about stills from HDV:

“Most folks who make the argument [against using HDV video for still work] know very little about video,” Leeson says. “I usually smile and ask them to make the same argument to old timers who used a one-shot Speed Graphic. It's actually amusing to me to hear photographers whine about frame rates while holding a still camera that shoots at 8fps. Surely they must also know that, traditionally, increases in the popularity of still motor drive speeds has not been met with an equal growth in photographers able to capture ‘the moment.’ The bottom line is you either get the moment or you don't. If you can't find it with an 8fps still motor drive, I'm confused as to why people think a shooter would be able to find it at 30fps with video.”

pre-set
11-01-2006, 06:20 PM
The Washington Post has been doing medium/long format video pieces for several years now. Not many, but enough that's not a "new" thing to see a Post photog with a VX 2000 or PD 150.


Yes, I know we're talking about two different things here, but yes, papers WILL be shooting video one day. All media will eventually converge into one multimedia cyborg one day....

canuckcam
11-02-2006, 09:30 PM
Maybe. Check these out... Toronto Star. Shot by a (great) still photog.

http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/star_static.cgi?section=top&page=/Videos/060928_avro_arrow_main.html
http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/star_static.cgi?section=top&page=/Videos/060912_tiff_thecarpet.html
http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/star_static.cgi?section=top&page=/news/foursisters2.html

INLANDNEWS
11-03-2006, 12:31 AM
I am working out a deal out here in Southern California with a large "newspaper group" to provide video for their daily 5-minute webcast updates.