Sony's F3 Shoots David Bailey Drama For BBC

Tim Palmer with Sony F3The last time HD Magazine spoke to DoP Tim Palmer was last year about his part in the production of The Road To Coronation Street single drama for the BBC. The unusual thing about the shoot was that, due to circumstances and a certain amount of curiosity on his and the BBC’s part, the main camera was the Canon 5D MkII DSLR, it ended up shooting about 85% of the show. If the drama hadn’t been and hadn’t looked so good there probably wouldn’t have been much of a story, but it looked spectacular and has gone on to win a television BAFTA for Best Single Drama, hence much gnashing of teeth about further use of the camera for broadcast.

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