Sold my camera. Feels strange not to have one, even if I haven’t been using it lately.
I’ve got over sixty dv tapes in my closet. Assuming $100/roll for 16mm (neg+processing+print), that’s roughly $150,000 worth of practice. As much as I like it, I’ve never really viewed DV as anything other than a learning format. Never have understood A-list guys shooting features on it when they’ve got better things available.
But HD seems to have bridged the gap between film and digital. And every day brings it a little closer to my price range.