Projects
HDCAM ON TOUR
The HDW-750’s abilities in bright and low light conditions
stood out when filming a doc on Hayley Westenra
Fact Not Fiction Films was on a tight
schedule when it worked on the pre-production of the show off the beauty of Ireland in the way that it captures
documentary Hayley Westenra On Tour In Northern the image. We used our inhouse Sony HDW-750,
Ireland in less than a week and needed a high quality supplied by Mitcorp in 2008, along with an additional
and easy to operate camera such as the HDW-750. 750 camera. The versatility of the model meant that we
Made with the support of Tourism Ireland, the could be on the move on and off stage with Hayley in
documentary is an insight into the classical singer and out of both bright and low light conditions,” he adds.
Hayley Westenra’s life during her concert tour of The HDW-750 was also chosen due to the flexibility
Northern Ireland. it offers, picture quality, 2/3 lens capability, low weight
When selecting a shooting format, it was important and price. “The HDW-750 has also been proven as a
that it was capable of capturing not only the classical great camera to use for both television documentaries
singer on tour, interviews carried out by young singer and on low budget feature films,” adds Loraine. “Apart
Kate Garbutt and the beauty and vibrant cultural from the image quality, the additional HDKW-703
heritage of the Northern Irish countryside to their full picture cache board was very beneficial to use. It
potential, says director Tristan Loraine. “HDCAM was provides up to eight seconds on the HDW-750 of loop
the obvious choice and I think that it did a great job. We recording using solid state memory. In layman’s terms
chose this camera specifically because the film was what this means is that all the action occurring within
made in conjunction with Tourism Ireland and it had to the eight seconds before pressing record is captured.”
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