Max Field Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I see a lot of Sony DVW-709WS, DVW-790WS, stuff, but I'm assuming those were budget models? I need the minds of the industry veterans here! Stuff major networks were using. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted May 17, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2018 The 790WS was the "premiere" all-in-one model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 18, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted May 18, 2018 The was a DVW-970 which could do progressive scan. There was an option board to produce 3:2 pulldown on NTSC models. I'm not sure how this was handled on the PAL version but I suspect it was just shot and recorded at 25. The 790 was the archetypal version, though. Seen and used everywhere, on everything, right up to the high end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Great camera.. the earlier digibeta,s (700) I think from memory.. had a 4-3 sensor and VF and would crop for 16-9.. which was just coming in.. the 790 and 709 the big improvement was a 16-9 sensor /VF that cropped to 4-3.. used mine for 15 years.. paid for my house.. and was the industry work horse for just about everything.. before HD camer along.. I even got £1,500 trade in for it.. on my f5 in the UK..(any pro Sony camera ).. I phoned to check if my digibeta ( gathering dust under the bed) counted.. and they said yes !.. it served me well.. Edited May 18, 2018 by Robin R Probyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I used to shoot all the time with DigiBeta, mostly 790 WS. It was the workhorse camera in Britain for a long time, and a lot of the big TV shows used it. Nice cameras, but long in the tooth now, and only standard def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Im pretty sure they had the first color VF too as an option .. remember having a lend of one.. but was a total eye ball melter and cost a fortune .. but it did exist .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I did a short film on the PAL DVW-970 it looked surprisingly good, progressive scan - recorded using PsF so just split across 2 fields on the tape. We ran it through a Snell and Willcox upconveter for a screening at the BFI. It held up really well, it could give the first generation Panasonic HD Varicam a run for its money. In the UK most channels demanded Digi-Beta origination and these cameras cost in the $30-40k bracket and now you can get sub $5000 cameras that meet broadcast specs...fun times. When I was cutting my teeth on miniDV, I was always trying to seek out opportunities to shoot on digibeta - I normally ended up compromising on the loverly Sony DSR570WSP - the DVCAM workhorse of the digital indie film crowd. Thats the one in my profile pic - 1/4 black pro-mist and de-interlace in post and try to convince yourself its film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 A pity that the DVW-970 arrived too late, an editor friend said that on SD. it looked better than material shot on a F900 and then converted to SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 A pity that the DVW-970 arrived too late, an editor friend said that on SD. it looked better than material shot on a F900 and then converted to SD. I'd believe that wasn't the F900 only 3:1:1 colour sampling at 8bit. So digibeta's 4:2:2 10 bit is going to beat HDCAM in everything but resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Indeed it was, that's why it was a pity that it didn't come out sooner, rather than when SD was pretty much on the way out in the UK.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rodin Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Ikegami HL59 had a better camera head than 970, with very solid color science, surpassed only by D-Cinema cameras like F35 years later, but no progressive scan, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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