Are you Ready to Make the Switch to HDV? (page 3)

Contributing Editor Kyle Cassidy is a video artist and network engineer and co-author of Enterprise Internetworking and Security.

[Sidebar: A Word from the Pro]

"Members who don't already have HDV are certainly looking at it to see how it's going to play into their future productions," says John Zale, Director of Educational Development for the Wedding and Event Videographers Association. "Right now the big sticking point is: How do I get this to my bride?"

But that delivery mechanism might not be as big a deal as people think, points out Zale, who was himself married in 1987 and has a wedding video shot on VHS.

"If I could go back in time and get my own wedding video shot on HDV, would I? Of course, but it's hard to really appreciate what you're going to want in 15 years. This is something you're not buying for tomorrow or next week; you're buying it for the future. So some videographers jump in with both feet and say, "we'll deliver you SD now and HD when it becomes available." Storing someone's video until players become readily available is not a bad idea and not very costly. You can certainly deliver it for a price now or an additional fee down the road. And it's something you can do whether someone contracts you to shoot in HDV or not.…