MARCH 2014
NZVN Issue #200 Yes, it’s here, issue #200 and I wonder if anyone really thought we’d make it. Just like we did for issue #100, this is an opportunity for my trusty but ageing assistant to put her tuppence worth into the mix.
Vol 200
but in fact there were some high def cameras but a fair bit of standard def stuff such as monitors with tape on them showing where the crop occurs … there’s your 16x9 frame and not your 4x3. The adoption of high def was certainly a lot slower than the manufacturers would
Miss Hellfinger: Yes, you’ve made it to 200 issues – did you think this was possible when you got to 100? Ed: Well yes I did. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, both from our readers and by the advertising support from our industry suppliers. I think however, that 300 might be a bit of a peak too far. I’ll be 70 by then, your Barbie head-pho nes will probably be no more and I won’t be able to get tape I’m sure. But we’ll give it a good go. Miss Hellfinger: What’s been the biggest technology change in the industry since issue 100? Ed: Probably there’s actually been three that I’d mention. Ed takes a selfie to include Miss Hellfinger. The first one would be high definition. Now we think high definition is the norm but have hoped. It’s also not been well understood, nine years ago, we had standard definition in 4x3. therefore possibly not well explained, because each However, the adoption has been rather slow and there’s manufacturer has its own version and its own barrow to been many instances when I’ve gone into studios push, so confusion out there as to what really is high thinking “oh, this must be a full high definition studio”, def but does it really matter? To know that at least one