Broadcast & Pro A/V

ZDF series shoots on HDCAM and XDCAM EX

“By always having a high resolution monitor on the set, you can permanently check for mistakes that might otherwise not be noticed before it is too late. HD production makes for more precise work.”

Minder comedy drama shoots on HDCAM

“The HDW-750P is a very good camera and has served us well in this.”

Making of the C4 drama series Skins

“I was producing a filmic image at speed and the schedules were really tight. We had to do a lot in a day. We don’t have the time we used to have. But even if we do have the time, with Skins the energy is captured through the speed of shooting.”

Gossip Girl shoots on the F23

“It’s an interesting challenge, shooting in New York and working with a post house in Los Angeles. However, one of the things that we have in our favour is the F23. We can do so much timing, colouring and shading on location.”

Harley Street records with HDW-F900R

“HD photography has reached as stage where it is capable of creating not a filmic look but a brand new look where you get sharpness and quality with shallow depth of field. Getting those lenses on the front of the camera really makes a huge difference – several shows are now doing this, including Carnival’s BBC One drama, Hotel Babylon.”

Danish drama records on HDCAM

“Isocam is the new buzzword for recording straight to computer. It’s an OB in a shopping trolley protected by flight cases. We took it everywhere. The principles used could apply to many other things. It will become a more and more popular method of making programmes.”

BBC drama series shoots on HDW-F900R

“It’s a great opportunity for a DoP to create a world where I have all the control I want and use light sources to create atmosphere and texture.”

BBC to show Anne Frank drama in HD

“For six weeks, the actors and crew were closeted in the claustrophobic annexe and it affected us all very strongly. It was really difficult to shoot because it was incredibly cramped and we had to shoot up and down very steep stairs.”

ProVision supports HDCAM dramas

“I thought it was a really nice camera to use. I try and get as close to a film look as I can and the skin tones are lovely. In fact, I was surprised by how much tonal range there was. I was cautious at the beginning, because I thought HDCAM didn’t have the tonal range of film, but it had more than I expected. As we started to grade, I realised I could even have been braver.”

BBC drama records on HDW-F900R

“I wanted to give the series a real flavour and texture of 1890s rural England so I lit the sets mainly through the windows with only one to two lamps on set.”

Denmark’s TV3 makes glossy drama in HD

2900 Happiness features Denmark’s top actors, lavish sets and HDCAM.

Proving that not only America makes high-end, glossy drama serials, 2900 Happiness is by far and away the biggest Danish TV drama project to date.

Where The Heart Is - shot for the first time in HD

"HD is the format of the future and I wanted to keep Where The Heart Is at the cutting edge" Ian Hopkins, Producer

Carnival Films has now shot two series of Hotel Babylon on HDCAM

"HDW-750P is perfect for the job" Sean Van Hales, Director of Photography

HDW-750P popular with prestige TV producers across Europe

“It was a test to see how everything would work, and it did, even in places with very tough conditions of high heat and humidity”

The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton uncovered with HDCAM

"HD can look very beautiful in low light but by getting to grips with the camera's menus in advance it's brought an agility to the whole shoot" Ian Moss, DoP

Eight hour BBC1 drama The Chase shot in HDCAM

"HD reacts slightly differently to light so, dependent on the scene, I'll change lighting ratios compared to film" John Rhodes, DoP

GMT Productions believes v2 HDW-750P software will transform television drama

: "The possibilities are enormous. With a HD master this good, you can produce for television, the big screen and foreign markets that already broadcast in HD. It will change the way we make television."

BBC's Super Volcano erupts on HDCAM

“We used it in an incredible range of ways, from filming in studios full of ash to shooting in Yellowstone Park, which must be the brightest place on earth. The experience was akin to giving birth – painful at the time, but the results make it all worthwhile! We achieved the look of a top-rated US show like 24, which is what we wanted."

Guns, Germs and Steel docu-drama shot in HDCAM across eight different countries

“With a documentary shoot like this, you carry very large quantities of film stock. HDCAM was a very effective way of avoiding these transfer and stock costs.”

TF1’s top cop show shoots with HDW-750P

“I strongly believe that HD is destined to take over television drama production.”