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Ryanvdonk
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your all so stoked on the world of miniDV, well now here's your chance to take it up a notch to what the news and professional (no skiers) use, DV. the quality on these cameras is amazing.

here you go: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140080249083&rd=1&rd=1
Jan 31 2007 1:51AM
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FigmentFilmski
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thats sick
Jan 31 2007 3:04AM
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nitsua
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wow i just got booted off my computer for looking at that. my school is fucking gay
Jan 31 2007 12:20PM
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Ryanvdonk
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haha, they have blocks on ebay.
Jan 31 2007 1:17PM
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Ryanvdonk
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oh, and as for reference, this camera cost around 5000 new (when they were made, the price has dropped a bit now) if it sells for 2000 or under it's a sick deal.
Jan 31 2007 1:25PM
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nitsua
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yea they have blocks on everything its annoying
Jan 31 2007 2:33PM
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ummmmm53
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looks pretty sketchy, terrible grammar and capitalization in the ad and then they only accept money order and western union. I wouldn't risk it.
Jan 31 2007 4:24PM
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bobtheskier05
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mom doesnt let me put credit card on internet
Jan 31 2007 4:49PM
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4ReeL_
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that thing is ghetto old, for that price you can get an hd fx1
Jan 31 2007 6:06PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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shits not even HD. Plus its miniDV, despite you saying its DV. Not that DV and miniDV are even different. Just the size of the tape.
Jan 31 2007 6:33PM
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Static
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word
Jan 31 2007 6:59PM
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Ryanvdonk
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shit, sorry, i thought it was the 170, not the 150, my mistake. still a sick camera though, better quality sound than a GL or VX, it was only 200 when i posted this.
Jan 31 2007 9:16PM
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[~_~]
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too bad that camera is a piece of shit
Jan 31 2007 9:55PM
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seider
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would it be used? and are hd fx1s 3chip as well as hd??

Jan 31 2007 10:41PM
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[~_~]
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they are 3chip but not HD.
Jan 31 2007 10:49PM
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Schoening
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what am i missing here? all i see on that link is a sonyvx2100 with a lense and a big mic.
Feb 2 2007 9:36AM
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[~_~]
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That camera isnt actually that good either. Thats what they film much of Booter Crunk on. and Newscasters use bigger cams than that, they use full sized tapes, not miniDV.
Feb 2 2007 10:25AM
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Static
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more lines of resolution than a dvx.
Feb 4 2007 1:52PM
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tostein4
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I need one of those.
Feb 6 2007 7:11PM
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[~_~]
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tru, but it still looks like shit.
Feb 9 2007 10:59PM
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Geoff.
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its the pd170 which is "older brother" of the vx21k. it has xlr imputs and shoots DV and some other jazz.
Feb 9 2007 11:29PM
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skiierman
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The quality wasn't good on Booter Crunk at all... I liked it but I have to admit it wasn't good quality.
Feb 10 2007 1:19AM
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Static
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you can color correct it to look like whatever you want. You can adjust the frame rate to whatever you want. I've said it before and I'll say it again. The DVX's 24p is a fucking gimmik.
Feb 11 2007 4:30PM
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[~_~]
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actually I love the DVX for the 30p mostly. It is ooh so smooth. the 24p looks good in my opinion, I dont see how it is a gimmick. It looks very legit and you can make very good looking short films with it. Whenever I see FX1 footage, I just cant help but think of it as ugly, 60i footage, like a vx on steroids. It is down-converted to sd in the end anyway, so the resolution is useless for most viewers.
Feb 11 2007 10:52PM
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Static
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Just because you watch something on an ntsc monitor with 480 lines of resolution doesn't mean all footage looks the same. If you don't like interlaced, then that's your thing, personally I like the look of video. Either way, it doesn't really matter what camera you use, it's what you point it at.
Feb 11 2007 11:18PM
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[~_~]
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don't most people?
Feb 11 2007 11:50PM
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Static
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ehh I don't know, I know a lot of people with an hd tv, regardless of what tv you watch something on, you always want to start with the highest resolution possible.
Feb 12 2007 12:02AM
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[~_~]
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yeah but in my experiances, the DVX has more details image controls than the FX1. I dont think a sharper image is worth sacrificing a good quality otherwise. I know you can tweak the FX1 in post, but being able to make it look good in camera is always good.
Feb 12 2007 12:54AM
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[~_~]
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Plus, I love the video look too from time to time, but I think the DVX has a waaaay better video look than the FX1. "The Office" style footage looks doooope.
Feb 12 2007 11:39PM
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