From the course: Video Data Management on Set and in the Field

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Evolutions in acquisition

Evolutions in acquisition

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Evolutions in acquisition

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- I recorded my first piece of video as a child more than 35 years ago. And things have changed a lot in that time frame. As I moved into college, cameras were two pieces, almost 40 pounds on each shoulder. If you were able to carry it, sometimes it was a two-person crew, you'd put the deck on one shoulder and the camera on another, or use two people to carry that gear around. We've continued to see smaller and smaller cameras. I remember, for example, when we first started seeing tapeless acquisition. No longer needing to carry the deck, but rather using something like this... a P2 memory card from Panasonic. It was absolutely innovative. This cased 16 gigs of storage. It would hold about an hour with the footage on one card. And it was great, except it was expensive. But the ability to bypass the need for record decks, made it easier and easier. But miniaturization happened, and we started seeing smaller cameras, and smaller physical cards with higher capacities. Now it's possible…

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