Re: 04-08-19 = Our House = Chama, NM.

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> OUCH!!!
> Can't be as bad as my Betacam SP camera and me
> taking a tumble during the Rotary run of 1993,
> somewhere between Garcia's trailer and Hamilton's
> point.
> The camera was around $17,500 new in 1992. Back
> in those days you had only B&W viewfinders. So I
> didn't know I had a major problem until a couple
> weeks later when I got home and played it on a
> Betacam SP deck! All the video after the camera
> hit the snow was pink! Apparently the chip-block
> that makes the colors was damaged. Luckily I had
> a 2 year warranty and time left, cause the part
> alone was $5,000.00. I only had to pay $500.00 for
> the labor to Sony. I paid $1,000 to a place to do
> color correction on the footage, and I shot 30
> 30-minute tapes during the time in Chama including
> the Rotary and a shortened charter due to the soft
> track at the State Line curve. Point is the car
> running over the drone wasn't as bad as my
> scenario. The color correction worked to a
> degree, but its one reason I have hesitated in
> putting "Tripleheader Rotary" onto dvd!!!
> Cheers,
> Greg
>
> PS Things Happen!!!

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