High Definition Video vs Standard Definition
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My fiance and I have narrowed down our choice of vieographers to 2. One of them offers high definition and the other uses what he calls sd cameras. The high definition video guy says we need what he offers and that competitor is charging too much for his sd videos.
Which should we choose?
Beth 5-21-08
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Good question Beth!
First of all SD stands for standard definition which for decades has been 720x480 lines of resolution. Your standard "square" television screen. Since HD came out standard resolution screens and video have taken on the SD moniker.
As to your main question. First of all if the HD videographer is attacking his competitions price and quality over selling based on his own merrits I'd go find another videographer to talk to. Bad mouthing the competition, to make a sale, is just bad judgment and shows a lack of character. I personally wouldn't hire him.
As to HD vs SD; which videographer's work do you like the most? HD is just a tool, there are many bad HD videos out there now and their are many bad SD videos, HD cameras are like a painter's brush, they are the tool, not the art. So I would base my decision on the end result, which videographer's work do you like the best, which one do you believe will give you the most enjoyable experience to work with? Price has nothing to do with it except if it fits inside your budget.
Some videographes will argue that you are "future" proofing your wedding film if you go with HD today. I would argue this point. The standard camera that videographers use today is 720 lines of resolution. This is not the full resolution that HD can truly deliver which is 1080. But there is a ground movement from several botique manufacturers out there to start pushing cameras and screens that are 4000 lines of resolution. The technology is in place and these small companies are determined to take our viewing experience further, in 10 years 1080 may be considered the has-been. Get what you like today, not what you think you need tomorrow, you will be most happy with what you like.
My fiance and I have narrowed down our choice of vieographers to 2. One of them offers high definition and the other uses what he calls sd cameras. The high definition video guy says we need what he offers and that competitor is charging too much for his sd videos.
Which should we choose?
Beth 5-21-08
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Good question Beth!
First of all SD stands for standard definition which for decades has been 720x480 lines of resolution. Your standard "square" television screen. Since HD came out standard resolution screens and video have taken on the SD moniker.
As to your main question. First of all if the HD videographer is attacking his competitions price and quality over selling based on his own merrits I'd go find another videographer to talk to. Bad mouthing the competition, to make a sale, is just bad judgment and shows a lack of character. I personally wouldn't hire him.
As to HD vs SD; which videographer's work do you like the most? HD is just a tool, there are many bad HD videos out there now and their are many bad SD videos, HD cameras are like a painter's brush, they are the tool, not the art. So I would base my decision on the end result, which videographer's work do you like the best, which one do you believe will give you the most enjoyable experience to work with? Price has nothing to do with it except if it fits inside your budget.
Some videographes will argue that you are "future" proofing your wedding film if you go with HD today. I would argue this point. The standard camera that videographers use today is 720 lines of resolution. This is not the full resolution that HD can truly deliver which is 1080. But there is a ground movement from several botique manufacturers out there to start pushing cameras and screens that are 4000 lines of resolution. The technology is in place and these small companies are determined to take our viewing experience further, in 10 years 1080 may be considered the has-been. Get what you like today, not what you think you need tomorrow, you will be most happy with what you like.
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