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We produce hunting videos (White Knuckle Productions), and I can tell you, we're probably about 4 or 5 years out on going HD. Biggest reason I have is that footage is only as good as it's taken. I've had guys ask if we were using top end cameras because we have some beautiful footage in our video. I watch everyone elses stuff, and can tell you that about 90% of the stuff out there I don't consider to be great footage (believe me, we have our share too). So, going HD for these guys will allow them to produce poor quality high definition footage I guess???

How many people do you know that currrently have HD tv's and service? I only know a couple if that, not saying a percentage of the country doesn't - but I'm not quite certain that the hunting industry is a perfect demographic for "hi-technology" like other industies. Nothing against hunting or hunters (as I live for it brother), but we do have quite a number of pretty traditional guys who would rather spend money on hunting gear than tv's....

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That's about what I think as well. ;) We are shooting SD video right now, and will eventually make the jump to HD, but still a few years out on that. Now those that are in contract to shoot footage for established outdoor programming tv, or want to sell their footage to them will need to go HD, as most of the biggest names have gone HD this season. The good thing is that there will be alot of guys getting out of their SD cameras and going HD, so there should be some decent deals out for SD cameras ;) If you are only doing your own thing right now, SD is all you need. HD is the future though, so for those that are looking to spend some bigger money right now, it would be wise to just apply it to HD now, instead of loosing the depreciation on the SD camera you buy.

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I agree 100%. If I already had a good SD camera, I wouldn't be dumping it to buy HD, but being that I was looking to spend $2-3K on a camera, it just seemed to make sense to make the jump now rather then later. Plus, in addition to filming hunts, I hope to get some wedding gigs and I think the "HD" hype may make me a little more competitive in the market place.