What About Quality?

Quality is a combination of factors.

Art

Of course, the videographer is most important. He or she determines the art of the work. It's their eye and skill that you are depending on to capture the moment, hopefully enhancing it enough to bring out the most important parts and weeding out the distractions. They will determine what is caught and what is kept. It is their abilities that will make or break the final result.

Technical

There are 2 parts to the technical.

One is the human part, the operator's skill, experience and ability to know how to work in the situation and to know his or her equipment well enough to get the most out of the situation. There is no way to quantify this.

The other is the equipment itself. In our western, technological era, we have lots of information on equipment. So I can help you a lot on this page with this. The quality follows the flow of the process:

The Scene
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Camera's lens quality
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Camera's Analog to Digital converter (# bits, etc.)
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Camera's digital processor (speed, features, etc.)
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Camera's Compression method?
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DVC Pro HD (highest)                       AVCHD (low to high)                       HDV (lowest)
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Storage media's quality (tape quality, or digital file)
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Transfer system to computer
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Computer's power, speed and health
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Editing system
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DVD/Disc Authoring System
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DVD/Disc blank's quality
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Handling

There are many factors that affect the quality of what you receive. It's important that whoever you choose for your work understands and appreciates all these factors to ensure that you are not disappointed.

At Light Source Video, we use all the highest quality professional equipment available. That includes:

82 mm Leica Dicomar HD lens
14 bit A-D converter (in camera)
19 bit camera digital processing
DVC Pro HD compression system
P2 cards (digital files) &/or Master Grade tape
Professional microphones such as Sennheiser and AudioTechnica
(48v phantom powered, XLR for min. noise)
CD-quality uncompressed sound recording
Gold Firewire to capture system
Adobe Master Collection CS3 or FinalCut Pro
Real Gold Archive quality DVD
Highest quality DVD case

What this means is that you will receive an outstanding product that you will enjoy for many years!