Which HD camera is the best?

The owned and operated stations of the ABC television network wanted to compare
the latest High Definition cameras. They asked me to help with the shootout.
We looked at Ikegami, Sony and Grass Valley Group cameras.
They were all very impressive but one was slightly better than the others. Can you guess which one?

On the news set at KABC-TV, Los Angeles during the HD camera shoot out.

We lined up the cameras after the factory reps left and adjusted then so they looked the same
to get a true picture of what the cameras actually looked like. Notice we used the same lenses
on al the cameras so the lens would not change the look of the different cameras.
This 25x Canon lens will probably be the one used in the studio.

We also looked at the different models of Ikegami cameras. All three looked very
close since they use the same imaging chips and similar processing.

So did the cameras look good? They looked spectacular! This is shot right off a 60 inch plasma screen.

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