Richard Weddle

No, I evolved and started asking better questions. I shoot hi-def 3D on the JVC GY-HMZU1 and 4K | UHD | RAW on the BlackMagic Design Pocket Cine 4K. Although there are bigger and better and more sophisticated stereoscopic cameras made by Panasonic, JVC and Sony they have been discontinued and are no longer supported by their manufacturers. Additionally, I could not afford to buy one. However, the JVC GY-HMZ1U has specs that are competitive with the higher priced cameras. It really is a remarkable camcorder. If only it allowed for interchangeable lenses. I was trying to put together a two-camera rig that would produce the same or better results, but as the industry was backing away from the support technologies it just became impractical. Some people have the know-how to build their own rigs but I'm not one of them. Ideally, there should be a stereoscopic camera as sophisticated as the BMDPcc4K. But -- and that's a capitalized BUT -- the studios really screwed up the big budget 3-D films they released for several years, confusing and alienating audiences, and the industry backed away from the process. Instead of realizing the potential of stereoscopic cinematography they obliterated it. Stereoscopic photography started at the dawn of the new art form in the 1840s. It's been around since the beginning. It's the natural way we see and the natural way to capture images. So far as I'm concerned stereoscopic cinematography is the most sophisticated form of image capture. It can be done in 4K or 16K. Doing it well is the true test of a cameraman's chops. End of rant.

Anyone good at finding statistics? How much money does the DVD / blu-ray home video industry make per year? How much money does the movie industry make per year?

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I'm looking for the best professional 3-D camera rig. I don't want to have build it from scratch. I'd like a rig that's already on the market, tried tested and proven. Is there such a thing? Perhaps some of you have used a 3-D hi-def camera that you can recommend?