On Valentine’s Day my family and I headed to downtown Vancouver to check out the Olympic festivities. The streets were blocked off so no cars could pass through. Lots of foot traffic though and no lack of excitement.
We arrived early at about 10 AM before the crowds hit the streets. By 1 PM it was a mob scene – from street performers to beer guzzlers.
Looks to me like a Sony DXC-537 with a PVV-3 Betacam SP recorder. I find it hard to believe a cameraman in this day and age would use such an ancient piece of gear. Seriously, dude… time for an upgrade into the digital world. There’s no reason to carry around that big, heavy camera when there are cameras a quarter of the size and weight shooting much better pictures.
Lots of artwork all over the streets. This one called the “Equestrian Monument,” by David Robinson.
Munchie #1 – Viet Sub
I can’t even begin to explain how delicious this sandwich was! If you haven’t had a Vietnamese sub then you’re missing out.
Munchie #2 – enough of downtown and enough of the crowds. Next stop Commercial for some Canadian cuisine.
Poutine: French fries topped with cheese curd and brown gravy. It’s a Montreal thing but according to this blog post there are some spots in Vancouver worth checking out.
Unlike the other day, there were no protesters in the streets. I’m not sure if the cops threw them in jail or what… but no sign of them anywhere.
I saw a lot of the news broadcasters carrying those large cameras, and tripods. I don’t know much about broadcast, but apparently they’re pretty hardcore cameras, especially the Panasonic ones. Sometimes cameras don’t have to shrink to be great quality. Looks like that Sony one isn’t as old as you think, it has a XDCAMHD on the side. Boy they are expensive. http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-broadcastcameras/cat-xdcam/
That viet sandwich looks good. Though I highly recommend Ba Le sandwiches, there’s one on Kingsway/Fraser, and another in Chinatown. Really good stuff.
The fries look ok. Never been to that place.
Al,
Your comments are much appreciated but I’m sorry to tell ya you’re wrong here. The Betacam SP logo and XDCAM logo are very different as are the shapes of the cameras.
I agree that size isn’t everything… but that camera is ancient. You can get that setup on eBay for cheap, cheap… cheap!
Oh I can see it now, It is BETACAM SP!
I have a few of those tapes sitting around here from school years ago, though I don’t have a player to watch them ;/
Might be a camera collector/restorer testing out the equipment in his collection. Just like a lot of photographers still take mini film cameras with them for the novelty and history of it all.
I’m afraid you’re both wrong. It’s a Sony BVW-D600WS camcorder. You’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between the widescreen video that camera produces and a regular HD image. Also, a camera a quarter of the size doesn’t have multiple audio inputs for the two wireless receivers that guy is working with. As someone in the TV business, I must say you’re quite naive.- and your comment reeks of ignorance.
P.S. A good portion of Discovery/BBC’s “Planet Earth” was shot in simple widescreen standard definition video.
Oh, BVW-D600WS? They still accept that format? When was that camera released?
I def could tell the difference between the analog image it produces vs. let’s say any HD camera produced after the year 2000.
And… there are XLR inputs on smaller cameras moron.