I've used 3 sony cameras. My first camera was a PC-10 (I still have this camera but don't use it because I have a flattop-pro now and want to have a trv-type-camera. The PC-10 also don't have a lanc option for my cameye II). But after buying a Bonehead Flattop-pro I bought a Sony TRV-11. Both very good camera's. But I am always looking for camera's with a better quality. When I was looking for a Sony TRV-50, I found a secondhand Sony VX-1000 for a very good price. And because the picture quality is very high I bought the VX-1000. Before I bougth this one I've contacted Henny Wiggers (famous dutch camera man). He said that this was his best camera ever. Till so far no problems. Besides that the VX-1000 is a little bit heavyer. But I can handle that so far. But now my problem. In a normal season I make about 200 camerajumps a year. But because I am going to train with a team who wants to make 360 jumps in 3 trainingsperiods in 2003. My total amount of jumps for 2003 will be around 560 or more. And that is a little bit to much wearing a VX-1000. And because I don't want to lower the image quality of my pressent DV camera (VX-1000) I was looking for the new TRV 950. But the TRV 950 is not an option I believe when I am reading the reactions.
A college cameraman is using a trv 900. And I am not aware that he is having problems with his camera. He is only using it with filming RW and Tandems. Is this a exception? Or is it position the camera is in during freefall. (Reaction: Also, just for clairification, it is not an issue of flutter, it is the "floating iris" that causes the image to shake. With inconsistant and rapidly changing lighting conditions the iris would not know where to constrict, and would jump around, making the image appear to shake.)
Because he is not heaving problems with his camera
I interested in bying his camera. But when I going to have the same problems when using the TRV-900 with filming Tandems from underneath or FF or Students this is also not an option.
The reason for looking for a other camera are:
image quality; 3ccd camera imagequality is better then a 1 ccd camera. Alltough the sony camera are having 1.5 million pixels, this is only used for making digital still pictures. The quality of your film is not getting better.
Poor white balans: Most Sony camera are having a lensopening which are to small. So when it is very cloudy or you are filming inside the hangar faces are very dark.
I hope you can help me with your reply looking for a new (high quality) dv camera (You can imagion I prefer a Sony).
Greetings,
Edward Blaauw
Holland
