TESTIMONIALS
Jack McCoy - Legendary Surf Film Maker
Filmmaker Jack McCoy is known for his spectacular land and water photography that includes surfing, ocean waves, sunsets, time lapse, dolphins and whales and coastal scenes.
He has produced, directed and photographed 23 feature and short films on surfing, including the award winning Storm Riders, The Green Iguana, Billabong Challenge, Occy the Occumentary, TO’Day of Days and Blue Horizon.
Blue Horizon, starring Andy Irons and Dave Rastovich has received the 2004 Surfer
Magazine Award for Best Cinematography and also picked up the award for best
Reportage Documentary at the 22nd Sports Movies and Television International
Festival in Milan, Italy.
His 1984 windsurfing film Tradewind is considered a classic among wave sailors, and his award winning short films, Kongs Island,
Rhythm of the Sea and A Day in the Life of Wayne Lynch are still being shown around the world. He was part of the photographic team that worked with Bruce Brown on ‘The Endless Summer II’.
Jack McCoy talks about compact 3CCD technology
Jack filming 'Blue Horizon' in Tahiti
"I’ve been shooting my movies on pro cameras for many years and have now added a 3CCD compact model to my repertoire. I find the 3CCD technology is of the highest quality, which is what I demand in a small, lightweight documentary camera."
"While I use a broadcast 3CCD camera as my main video camera for surfing shots, I use my compact Panasonic camcorder for everything from set up shots to quick grabs that you go for in the documentary style of photography. Shooting from the hip means you are ready to capture what is happening, when it’s happening."
| "I have used the compact 3CCD during the shooting of my new |
| production “Free as a Dog”, starring world ranked surfer, Joel |
| Parkinson. The combination of the 3CCD system, Leica lens and |
| O.I.S. allowed us to fully capture the spectacular beauty of the |
land | and water locations in the film." |
| "The 3CCD camera system used in this compact model is the |
| type used in professional video cameras. Individual CCDs are |
| used to reproduce the red, green and blue colours that compose |
| an image - so you get more vivid, |
Jack films Taj Burrows from a jet ski in 'Blue Horizon' |
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