DVW-700
July 2nd, 2008We are in the process of shooting an on-board video for Peter Pan Bus Lines. Our camera of choice for this project was our DVW-700! We purchased this great digital camera in 1994-serial #28! It still creates a great image. We had to replace the head block when the camera was around five years old. It has a nice Canon wide angle lens that makes small areas look big–great for corporate work!
For the on-board video we videotaped Melissa Picknelly outside the bus as she described the services that Peter Pan provides. Our Director of Photography, Rob Blanchard used a Arri 575 with a Chimera as a key light source, along with a bounce card to give Melissa a nice backlight. The depth of field that our DVW-700 along with the Canon lens was impressive. We also videotaped a bus driver describing the safety features of the bus. We had three rows of seat removed from the bus so we could get our camera/prompter combination on the bus. We lit the bus driver with the Arri 575 with some bounce and tungsten light (color corrected) for fill.
I can’t say enough good things about the products we’ve purchased from Sony. I’d have to say that maybe the best of the best is our DVW-700! It has produced great images for fourteen years! The camera with the lens in ‘94 came with a bill of almost $100,000! I can tell you that camera owes us nothing! If HD hadn’t come along it would still be the king!
Ric Serrenho